Fall Story Time – Toddler

Opening song

Sign language: fall

Book: Welcome Fall by Jill Ackerman

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Song: “Wheels on the Bus” – Toddlers on Parade

Book: Leaves in Fall by Martha E.H. Rustad

 leaves in fall

Song: (Tune: “London Bridge”)

Autumn leaves are in the trees…All over town.
Autumn leaves are falling down…All over town.
Autumn leaves are whirling round…
Everybody rake them up…

Book: Where’s the Pumpkin? by Frankie Jones, illustrated by Fhiona Galloway

 where's the pumpkin

Song: (Tune: “Twinkle, twinkle”)

Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground, (touch the ground)
How’d you get so big and round? (make a big circle)
Once you were a seed so small, (pinch fingers together)
Now you are a great big ball! (make a big circle)
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground, (touch the ground)
How’d you get so big and round? (make a big circle)

Credit: Step by Step Childcare

Song/puppet: So many leaves are falling on the ground (Tune: “Five Little Ducks”)

So many leaves are falling on the ground,
Orange ones, yellow ones, and even brown,
But the one little leaf that rhymes with ____________.
Is my favorite color, it’s the color ___________.

 tree puppet

Song: “Row, Row, Row your Boat” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Song: “Reach for the Ceiling” – Toddlers on Parade

Song: “Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing rhyme

Craft: Apple with hole for finger/worm

apple

Outdoors Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Welcome song (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
We Say Hello Like This (wave)
We Say Hello Like this (wave)
We’re all here for story time!
We Say Hello Like this (wave)

We say Hello to [insert kids name]
We say Hello to [insert kids name]
We’re all here for storytime!
So say hello to [insert kids name]

Book: Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond (stop after ducks) by Mary Quattlebaum, illustrated by Laura J. Bryant

jo macdonald saw a pond

Song: “Row, Row, Row your Boat” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Book: Into the Outdoors by Susan Gal

into the outdoors

Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” by Handwriting without Tears: Get Set for School Sing Along

Movement: Learn the yoga pose “mountain”

Play video “Dance for the Sun” by Kira Willey

Social Story: “Greeting your Teacher”

Closing Song: “Good-bye, Good-bye we’ll see you soon”

Craft: M is for Mountain

mountain