Fresh Fall Leaves

***Please bring in some leaves from home this week!***

Books: 
Fresh Fall Leaves by Betsy Franco 
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert 
Leaf Jumpers by Carol Gerber 
When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey 

Songs & Fingerplays: 
Leaves on the Tree 
Sung to Wheels on the Bus
The leaves on the trees turn orange and brown,
orange and brown, orange and brown.
The leaves on the trees turn orange and brown
All around the town.
The leaves on the trees come tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down.
The leaves on the trees coming tumbling down,
Down to the ground.
The leaves on the ground go swish, swish, swish,
swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish
The leaves on the ground go swish, swish, swish
All over the ground. 

Flannelboard: 
Five Little Leaves 
Five little leaves, so happy and gay
were dancing about on a tree one day
the wind came blowing through the town
and one little leaf came tumbling down.
Four , three two, one little leaves…(repeat) 

Activities: 
Leaf Rubbings

We'll use fall colored rubbing crayons to create beautiful leaf rubbings!
Matching Leaves 

Put your keen observation skills to the test and see if you can match the pairs of leaves.
Fall Feely Bags

Close your eyes and reach inside and see what you can feel. Kids will use their sense of touch to explore fall related objects.

Large Group Activity: 
Parachute Games

Let's use our leaves to make our own fall fun with the parachute!