Autumn Arrives!


Openers:
The More We Get Together
PBJ Stretch

Winter Lullaby (Seuling) 3-5
Explore the turning of the seasons toward winter with this delightful book of compelling illustrations.
Finger Play:  Phases of the Moon
Wiggler:  Bumpin' Up and Down





Leaf Man (Ehlert) 2-5
Search for leaf man among the leaves. This creative look at fall leaves brings out the collage artist in all of us!


Finger Play:  Four Little Leaves
Wiggler: Autumn Leaves

 Stars, Stars, Stars (Barner) 2-4
Bold and bright illustrations take us through the night sky with rhyming text.  A first introduction to the constellations and planets.

Song:  Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Felt Board: Ten Crunchy Little Leaves

Closer: Wave Goodbye

Take Home: Apple cart coloring page

Toddler 
Bear Dreams by Elisha Cooper
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Bunny's First Snowflake by Monica Wellington
Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri
Duck and Goose Find A Pumpkin by Tad Hills
Fall, Leaves, Fall by Zoe Hall
Last Song by James Guthrie, illustrated by Eric Rohmann
Mouse's First Fall by Lauren Thompson
Peek-A-Moo by Marie Cimarusti
Pepo and Lolo and the Red Apple by Ana Martin Larranaga
Sleepy Bear by Lydia Dabcovitch
That Pup!  by Lindsay Barrett George ~ story extension: hide "acorns" around room

Preschool 
Big, Bigger, Biggest Farm by Marie Aubinais
Friend for All Seasons by Mei Matsuoka
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush by Jane Cabrera
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
Leaf Trouble by Jonathan Emmett
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
Mouse and the Apple by Stephen Butler
New House for Mouse by Petr Horacek - MY FAVORITE
Ten Red Apples by Virginia Miller
Ska-tat by Kimberley Knutson
Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
Waiting for Winter by Sebastian Meschenmoser

Kindergarten 
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Pie by Alison Jackson
I Know It's Autumn by Eileen Spinelli
Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger
One More Acorn by Don Freeman
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidley