Fall Leaves

This is by far my favorite time of year! The smell of the leaves, the crisp fall air, the gorgeous colors. It could be fall all year if I had my way!
During this beautiful time of year we encourage you to collect leaves and take a walk with your family. Enjoy!


Books
Leaves by David Stein
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
Welcome Fall by Jill Ackerman
Mouse's First Fall by Lauren Thompson

These stories have little to do with leaves but with lots of sickness going around and many children have been out picking pumpkins we added a few titles for fun.

Llama Llama Home with Mama by Anna Dewdney
One Dark Night by Lisa Wheeler
Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper

Songs

Leaves (to the tune of "London Bridge is Falling Down")
Red leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Red leaves are falling down
Falling to the ground.

Yellow leaves are swirling down...
Brown leaves are gliding down...
All the leaves are dancing around..

A-P-P-L-E (to the tune of "BINGO")

I know a fruit that grows on trees
And apple is its name-o
A-P-P-L-E, A-P-P-L-E,
A-P-P-L-E,
And apples is its name-o.

Poem

Five Little Apples

Five little apples
Hung in a tree
The farmer wasn’t looking.
So guess who came to eat?
A caterpillar! Munch munch munch!

Four little apples
Hung in a tree
The farmer wasn’t looking.
So guess who came to eat?
A horse! Munch munch munch!

Three little apples
Hung in a tree
The farmer wasn’t looking.
So guess who came to eat?
A pig! Munch munch munch!

Two little apples
Hung in a tree
The farmer wasn’t looking.
So guess who came to eat?
A bird! Munch munch munch!
One little apple
Hung in a tree
The farmer wasn’t looking.
So guess who came to eat?
A scarecrow! Munch munch munch!

Now the tree is bare
There are no more apples there
But when next fall comes around
Guess who’ll be there!
The caterpillar
The horse
The pig
The bird
And the scarecrow!

Craft
Our craft this week was a tree trunk with a variety of leaves. Children can collect leaves from outside to put on their tree or they can cut out their own leaf shapes.

Also, after reading Leaf Man children can create their own leaf man with leaves collected from outside.