Fall

October 2012

Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]

Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)

Announce Theme: Fall

Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”

Book: Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

Movement Rhyme: “If I Were a Leaf”

Book: Leaves by David Ezra Stein

Counting Rhyme with Flannel Board: “Five Little Pumpkins”

Book: If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

Craft: Leaf Rubbing

Take Home: Early Literacy Extras from Perry Public Library’s Autumn Colors Storytime Theme

October 2017

Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]

Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)

Announce Theme: Fall

Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”

Book: Yellow Time by Lauren Stringer

Game with Flannel Board: Where’s the Owl?

Book: Wonderfall by Michael Hall

Rhyme with Flannel Board: One little Owl…

Book: Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

November 2019

Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin

Announce Theme: Fall 

Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”

Book: Yellow Time by Lauren Stringer 

Game with Flannel Board: Find the Owl 

Game with Flannel Board: Find the Acorn 

Book: In the Middle of Fall by Kevin Henkes 

Rhyme with Flannel Board: “One Little Owl” 

Book: Leaves by David Ezra Stein 

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

October 2024

Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin

Announce Theme: Fall

Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”

Book: Baby Bear Counts One by Ashley Wolff

Movement: Pumpkin Chant

Rhymes with Finger Puppets: Two Little Blackbirds

Book: Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt

Flannel Board: One Little Owl

Movement: The Leaves are Falling Down (normal, stand on 1 leg, 1 hand on head)

Book: Full of Fall by April Pulley Sayre

Book: “How Does Autumn Feel? From Awesome Autumn by Bruce Goldstone

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

Take Home: Activity Page from Counting Crows