Books
“Mouse’s First Fall” by Lauren Thompson
“Fall Leaves Fall!” by Zoe Hall
“The Busy Little Squirrel” by Nancy Tafuri
Mother Nature, Did You Sneeze (Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle)
Falling, falling, falling leaves
(wiggle hands down)
Mother nature did you sneeze? Aaaachoo
Red ones, yellow ones, orange and brown
(hold up fingers)
Big ones, littles ones, on the ground
(hold arms out wide, bring in and touch floor)
Falling, falling, falling leaves
Mother nature did you sneeze? Aaaachoo
Brown Squirrel, Brown Squirrel
Brown squirrel, brown squirrel
Shake your bushy tail
(wiggle bottom)
Brown squirrel, brown squirrel
Shake your bushy tail
Wrinkle up your little nose
(tap nose)
Put a nut between your toes
(hold hands up like claws)
Brown squirrel, brown squirrel
Shake your bushy tail
All the Leaves are Falling Down (Tune: London Bridge)
All the leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down (wiggle hands down)
All the leaves are falling down, it is fall
Take the rake and rake them up, rake them up, rake them up (raking motion)
Take the rake and rake them up, it is fall
Make a pile and jump right in, jump right in, jump right in (jump)
Make a pile and jump right in, it is fall
Fall is Not Easy by Marty Kelley
How it Went: This is an all ages storytime that is DOMINATED by toddlers because of this I did an introduction to Fall. We talked about how the weather is starting to get colder, the leaves start to change colors and many animals prepare for winter by storing food in their homes. Discussing this before hand gave them more context for the books. Today’s storytime was a lot of fun, children especially loved pretending to rake up a big leaf pile and jump in! I typically bring out a cart full of special toys at the end of storytime but today I brought out the parachute. We sang a few songs with the parachute and then I put felt leaves on it. There were lots of happy giggles while we made the leaves fly (not so much from the custodian when I needed his help getting down leaves that were stuck to the ceiling… one still remains).