Fall

Books

Awesome Autumn by Bruce Goldstone (JE GOL)

Fall Leaves Fall by Zoe Hall (PROF JE HAL)-Riddle

Every Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky (PROF JE ARN)

Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (JE EHL)

Leaves by David Stein (JE STE)

Mouse's First Fall by Lauren Thompson (JE THO)
Possum's Harvest Moon by Anne Hunter (JE HUN)
Sophie's Squash by Pat Miller (JE MIL)

Flannelboard
Five Little Pumpkins

Rhymes and Songs
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down, down down on the ground.
Students are standing, and holding their arms up high with
Their fingers wiggling like the leaves falling down. Begin to
Crouch down until they are as low as possible.

Rake them up and make a pile, make a pile, make a pile.
Rake them up and make a pile, guaranteed to make you smile.
Students stand up and pretend to rake the leaves. They
Stop raking and sing” guaranteed to make you smile”
While holding their fingers to their lips in a smiling grimace.

Jump into the pile of leaves, pile of leaves, pile of leaves
Jump into the pile of leaves, taking turns if you please.
Students jump up and down. They stop jumping and sing
“taking turns if you please” nice and strong.
Put a leaf in a book, in a book, in a book
Put a leaf in a book, in a few months take a look.
Students bend down, pretend to pick up a leaf and clap
Hands together as if closing the leaf in a book. Everyone
Sings “in a few months, take a look”.
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down, down down on the ground.
Students are standing, and holding their arms up high with
Their fingers wiggling like the leaves falling down. Begin to
Crouch down until they are as low as possible.

Craft
Leaves 'falling' off a tree on construction paper

Up and Down

Books

All About Where by Tana Hoban (JE HOB)
What's Up, What's Down by Lola Schaefer
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood (PROF JE WOO)
Up and Down on the Merry Go Round by Bill Martin
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

Flannelboard
Little Mouse

Songs and Rhymes

Up and down, round and round (draw circles in the air), 

put your fingers on the ground. 

Over (hold hands above lap) under, 

(below legs) in between (you've hidden your hands in between your legs)
Now my fingers can't be seen!
Hands in front, hands behind , now my hands I cannot find.
Here's my left hand , here's my right,
Hands and fingers back in sight (wriggle fingers).

My hands upon my head I place

My hands upon my head I place,

On my shoulders, on my face,

On my lips, by my side,

Then behind me they will hide.

Then I will hold them way up high,

And let my fingers quickly fly,

Hold them down in front of me,

Then I'll clap them, one, two, three.

Over the Hills and Through the Woods

London Bridge is Falling Down

The Wheels on the Bus

Hickory Dickory Dock

Craft
Flash cards- have children glue words that match on opposite sides of the flash card (over/ under, up/ down, left/right, above/ below, etc)

Squirrels

Books
The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri (JE TAF)
A Good Day by Kevin Henkes (JE HEN)
Hooper's Treetop Adventure by Marcus Pfiseter (JE PFI)
Micawber by John Lithgow (JE LIT)
Moon Glowing by Partridge (PROF JE PAR)
Nuts to You by Lois Ehlert (PROF JE EHL)

Songs and Rhymes
Gray Squirrel (PROF CD JE WHE)

A Squirrel Song
(sung to She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain)

I'll be gathering all the acorns till they're gone.
I'll be gathering all the acorns till they're gone.
I'll be gathering all the acorns, gathering all the acorns,
Gathering all the acorns till they're gone.
And I'll put them all inside my little home.
I will put them all inside my little home.
I will put them all inside, put them all inside,
Put them all inside my little home.
And I'll eat the nuts until the winter's gone.
I will eat the nuts until the winter's gone.
I will eat the nuts until, eat the nuts until,
Eat the nuts until the winter's gone.
Then I'll do it all again come next fall.
I will do it all again come next fall.
I will do it all again, do it all again,
Do it all again come next fall.

Flannelboard
Five Little Squirrels

Craft
Decorate a scene with a squirrel and acorns

Dancing

Books
Barn Dance by Pat Hutchins (JE HUT)
Big Bear Ball by Joanne Ryder (JE RYD)
Big Bug Ball by Dee Lillegard (JE LIL)
Cha Cha Chimps by Julia Durango (JE DUR)
Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop (JE WIN)
Full Moon Barnyard Dance by Carole Schaefer (JE SCH)
Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh (JE WAL)
Hippo Hop by Christine Loomis (JE LOO)
Over in the Meadow by Lisa Shulman (JE SCH)
Twist with a Burger, Jitter with a Bug by Linda Lowery (JE LOW)

Big Books
The Wheels on the Bus

Songs
The Hokey Pokey
The Twist
The Bunny Hop

Craft
Decorate dancing wands

Cows

Books
Cindy Moo by Lori Mortensen (JE MOR)
The Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming (JE FLE)
The Cow That Layed an Egg by Andy Cutbill (PROF JE CUT) -Riddle
Does a Cow Say Boo? by Judy Hindley (PROF HIN)
Hey Diddle Diddle by Eve Bunting (PROF JE BUN)
Kiss the Cow by Phyllis Root (PROF JE ROO)
A Particular Cow by Mem Fox (PROF JE FOX)


Flannelboard
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Hey Diddle Diddle

Songs

The Bell On The Cow (tune: The Wheels on the Bus)
The bell on the cow goes clang, clang clang,
Clang, clang,clang,
Clang,clang, clang,
The bell on the cow goes clang, clang, clang
All around the farm.

The tail on the cow goes swish, swish, swish...
All around the farm.

The eyes on the cow go blink, blink, blink...
All around the farm.

The voice on the cow goes moo, moo, moo...
All around the farm.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Old MacDonald had a farm E I E I O!
And on this farm he had some pigs E I E I O
With an oink oink here
And an oink oink there
Here an oink there an oink
Everywhere an oink oink
Old MacDonald had a farm E I E I O!

Are You Listening? (Sung to: "Frere Jacques")

Are you listening, are you listening

To the cow, to the cow?

Hear the cow calling,

Hear the cow calling.

Moo, moo, moo;

moo, moo, moo.

Are you listening, are you listening

To the pig, to the pig?

Hear the pig calling,

Hear the pig calling.

Oink,oink,oink;

oink,oink,oink.

Are you listening, are you listening

To the horse, to the horse?

Hear the horse calling,

Hear the horse calling.

Neigh, neigh, neigh; neigh,neigh, neigh.

Are you listening,

are you listening To the hen, to the hen?

Hear the hen calling, Hear the hen calling.

Cluck, cluck, cluck; cluck, cluck, cluck. !

Are you listening, are you listening

To the duck, to the duck?

Hear the duck calling, Hear the duck calling.

Quack, quack,quack; quack,quack,quack.

Are you listening, are you listening

To the rabbit, to the rabbit?

Hear the rabbit's nose twitch, Hear the rabbit's nose

twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch; twitch,twitch, twitch.

Summer

Books
Mouse's First Summer by Lauren Thompson (JE THO)
A Summer Saturday Morning by Margaret Mahy (JE MAH)
Sun Dance, Water Dance by Jonathan London ( JE LON)
Sun Up by Alvin Tresselt (JE TRE)
The Twelve Days of Summer by Elizabeth O'Donnell (JE ODO)
Under Alaska's Midnight Sun by Deb Vanasse (JE VAN)

Songs and Rhymes

Watermelon Song
(Tune: "Are You Sleeping?")

Watermelon, Watermelon,
[Make a circle with your arms.]
On the vine, On the vine,
[Curve hands and arms beside body.]
Sweet and red and juicy, Sweet and red and juicy,
[Rub your tummy.]
Please be mine! Please be mine!
[Palms together as though pleading.]
Watermelon, Watermelon,
[Make a circle with your arms.]
Thump, thump, thump,
Thump, thump, thump,
[Make a thumping movement with thumb and middle finger.]
I think you are ready- I think you are ready-
[Point, resting finger on your temple.]
Big and plump! Bug and plump!
[Make a circle with your arms.]

 

My Garden

This is my garden
[Extend on hand forward, palm up.]
I'll rake it with care,
[Make raking motion on palm with three fingers of other hand.]
And then some flower seeds
[Plant motion.]
I'll plant in there.
The sun will shine
[Make circle with hands.]
And the rain will fall
[Let fingers flutter down to lap.]
And my garden will blossom
[Cup hands together; extend upward slowly.]
And grow straight and tall.

 

Craft

http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Summer-Flip-Flops.html

Spring

Books
Green Eyes by Abe Birnbaum (PROF JE BIR)
Mouse's First Spring by Lauren Thompson (PROF JE THO)
Signs of Spring by Justine Korman Fontes (JE KOR)
Wake Up, It's Spring! by Lisa Ernst (JE ERN)
When Will It Be Spring? by Catherine Walters (JE WAL)

Flannelboard
Five Pretty Flowers

Songs and Rhymes

During the Spring

During the Spring, it often showers
[Flutter fingers down.]
Or the sun shines for many hours
[Form circle in the air with arms.]
Both are good for the flowers!
[Cup each hand and extend arms like flowers.]

Five Little Flowers

Five Little Flowers Standing in the sun
[Hold up 5 fingers.]
See their heads nodding, Bowing one by one
[Bend fingers several times.]
Down, down, down Comes the gentle rain
[Raise hands, wiggle fingers and lower hands.]
And the 5 little flowers Lift up their heads again
[Hold up 5 fingers.]

One little flower growing just for you.
[Hold up 1 finger.]
Up came another and then there were two.
[Hold up 2 fingers.]
Two little flowers growing near a tree.
Up came another and then there were three.
[Hold up 3 fingers.]
Three little flowers growing more and more.
[Move hand up.]
Up came another and then there were four
[Hold up 4 fingers.]
Four little flowers growing side by side.
Up came another and then there were five.