Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Autumn

As the weather starts to cool off [finally!], we are learning about Autumn this week!


Books:

Toddler Books:
Acorns Everywhere! - Kevin Sherry
The Busy Little Squirrel - Nancy Tafuri
Pumpkin, Pumpkin - Jeanne Titherington 

Preschool Books:
Pumpkin Circle - George Levenson
Where Are My Books? - Debbie Ohi
Fall Mixed Up - Bob Raczka 
Acorns Everywhere! - Kevin Sherry
The Busy Little Squirrel - Nancy Tafuri
Penguin and Pumpkin - Salina Yoon

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

The Squirrel and the Acorns:
Down around the corner by the big oak tree
Sat five little acorns as tasty as can be.
Along came a squirrel with a big bushy tail.
He took one acorn and ran off down the trail.
Count down 4, 3, 2, 1...
Source: One of my LA's found this rhyme but I changed the words slightly. 
*I used laminated acorns and squirrel puppet for this particular rhyme.

Pumpkin, Pumpkin:
Pumpkin, pumpkin, on the ground (touch ground)
How'd you get so big and round? (make a big circle)
Once you were a seed so small (pinch fingers together)
Now you are a great big ball (make a big circle over head)
Pumpkin, pumpkin, on the ground (touch ground)
How'd you get so big and round? (make a big circle)
*I also found a version from Jbrary that uses sign language.

Five Hoot Owls:
Five hoot owls, sitting in a tree.
One flew away!
Now how many do you see?
One, two, three, four...(continue to count down)
Source: Storytime Katie

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