Autumn Storytime - Week of September 25, 2010

This week at Storytime we talked about Autumn!

Our Toddler Storytime included:
Song - Fingerpopping from Preschool Aerobic Fun
Introduction to the letter A for Apple, Acorn, and Autumn
Book - Mouse's First Fall by Lauren Thompson
Song - Jumping and Counting from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem
Flannel Story - Five Green Apples
Book - It's Harvest Time! by Jean McElroy
Song - Tall, Small from Wiggleworms Love You
Book- The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri
Action Rhyme - Grey Squirrel

Our Preschool Storytime included:

Song - Clap Your Hands from Wiggleworms Love You
Introduction to the letter A for Apple, Acorn, and Autumn
Book - Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming

Song - Hop Like a Bunny from Toddlers on Parade

Book- Fall Leaves Fall by Zoe Hall

Song - Jumping and Counting from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem

Flannel Story - Five Green Apples

Ready to Read Skill: Vocabulary (Words)

Vocabulary means knowing the names of things. Knowing many words will help your child recognize written words and understand what he or she reads. Some great ways to work on this skill include talking to your child about what is going on around you, speaking clearly and using short sentences, and pointing out pictures in books when you say certain words. This week, we learned words like autumn, acorn, ant, root, and stalk. The book It's Harvest Time is full of new vocabulary, and it is super fun because it has fold-out pages! This book is great for toddlers and preschoolers, and it also covers two Ready to Read skills- Print Motivation (Loving Books) and Vocabulary (Words).

Action Rhymes from Storytime:

Five Green Apples

(We did this as a flannel, but you can do it without the flannel by just moving your body.)

Way up high in the apple tree (reach up like you are a tree)

Five green apples smiled at me. (hold up five fingers)

I shook that tree as hard as I could, (pretend to shake tree)

And down fell an apple. (point down)

Mmmmm, it was good. (rub tummy)

Gray Squirrel

Grey Squirrel, (put one hand in front of you like a paw)

Grey Squirrel, (put your other hand in front of you like a paw)

Swish your bushy tail. (shake your tail)

Grey Squirrel, (put one hand in front of you like a paw)
Grey Squirrel, (put your other hand in front of you like a paw)
Swish your bushy tail. (shake your tail)

Crinkle up your funny nose. (point to your nose)

Put a nut between your toes. (point to your toes)

Grey Squirrel, (put one hand in front of you like a paw)
Grey Squirrel, (put your other hand in front of you like a paw)
Swish your bushy tail. (shake your tail)