In short, I am busy: Autumn storytime

 

Rhymes, songs, and movement

• Baby bear counts one (felt numbers)
• Squeaky door by McDonald (storytelling)
• Fall is not easy by Marty Kelley
• Apples in a basket
• Leaf rhymes
• Apple rhymes
• Leaf streamers
• Die cut paper leaves, ribbons, popsicle sticks
  

Vocabulary and concepts

• seasonal changes, autumn, fall
• hibernation, migration
• counting

Toddler listeners (*nonfiction)

• Kitten's Autumn by Eugenie Fernandes (laminated big book version)
• Time to sleep by Denise Fleming
• Tap the magic tree by Christie Matheson

Preschool listeners (*nonfiction)

• *Every Autumn comes the bear by Jim Arnosky
• *Rainy, Sunny, Blowy, Snowy by Jane Brocket
• Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
• *Hush up and hibernate by Sandra Markle
• *Snuggle down deep by Diane Ohanesian
• *Snack snooze skedaddle by Laura Purdie Salas

School-age stories (*nonfiction)

• Winter is coming by Tony Johnston
• Round Robin by Jack Kent
• Goodbye summer, hello autumn by Kenard Pak
• Those darn squirrels by Adam Rubin