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