Leaves and Scarecrows
Welcome Song: Open Shut Them
Songs and Rhymes:
The Leaves are Falling Down
(Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
The Leaves are falling down
The leaves are falling down
Red, yellow, green, and brown
The leaves are falling down
The Leaves on the Trees
(Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)
The leaves on the trees are yellow and brown,
Yellow and brown, yellow and brown.
The leaves on the trees are yellow and brown,
All through the town.
The leaves on the trees are falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
The leaves on the trees are falling down,
All through the town.
The leaves on the trees make a crunching sound,
Crunching sound, crunching sound.
The leaves on the trees make a crunching sound
All through the town.
Let's rake all the leaves into a mound,
Into a mound, into a mound.
Let's rake all the leaves into a mound
All through the town.
Children in the town jump up and down,
Up and down, up and down.
The children in the town jump up and down
On the leaves on the ground.
-Jean Warren
One, Two Leaves Fell Down
(Tune: One, two buckle my shoe)
One, two leaves fell down.
Three, four they hit the ground.
Five, six they fell so quick.
Seven, eight they lay so straight.
Nine, ten, let's start again!
Jean Warren
(Give the children some paper or real leaves to drop as you all say the rhyme. Repeat with more leaves if the children would like.)
Changing Seasons
(Tune: I'm a Little Tea Pot)
I'm a little person who's aware
Of the changes in the air
First the leaves turn brown and then they fall
Then the snow comes lightly down
Autumn Winds
(Tune: Ring around the Rosies)
Autumn winds begin to blow
Colored leaves fall fast and slow
Whirling twirling all around
Till at last they touch the ground
Scarecrow
(Tune: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around)
Scarecrow, scarecrow turn around.
Scarecrow, skarecrow, jump up and down.
Scarecrow, scarecrow, arms up high.
Scarecrow, scarecrow, wink one eye.
Scarecrow, scarecrow, flap in the breeze.
Leaves are Falling
(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Leaves are falling round the twon
Watch them fall right on the ground
Autumn's coming, it is ture
Then comes winter just for you
Leaves are falling round the twon
Falling, falling all around
Pretty Leaves are Falling Down
(Tune: London Bridge)
Pretty leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down.
Pretty leaves are falling down, all around the town.
(wiggle fingers)
Let's rake them up in a pile, in a pile, in a pile.
Let's rake them up in a pile, al around the town.
(make raking motions)
Let's all jump in and have some fun,
have some fun, have some fun.
Let's all jump in and have some fun, all around the town.
(jump into circle)
I'm a Little Scarecrow
(Tune: I'm a Little Teapot)
I'm a little scarecrow stuffed with hay.
Here I stand in the field all day.
When I see the crows,
I like to shout
"Hey! You crows, you better get out!"
All the Leaves are Falling Down
(Tune: London Bridges Falling Down)
All the leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
(imitate leaves falling down)
All the leaves are falling down, it is fall.
Take the rake and rake them up, rake them up, rake them up.
(imitate raking leaves)
Take the rake and rake them up, it is fall.
Make a pile and jump right in, jump right in, jump right in,
(children jump forward)
Make a pile and jump right in, it is fall.
Five Little Leaves
Five little leaves so bright and gay (hold up five fingers)
We're dancing about on a tree on day. (wiggle fingers on one hand)
The wind came blowing through the town. (cup hand around mouth and make wind noises)
Oooooooooo................Oooooooooo................
One little leaf came tumbling down. (bend down one finger)
Four little leaves so bright and gay,
...
Three little leaves so bright and gay,
...
Two little leaves so bright and gay,
...
One little leaf so bright and gay,
...
No more leaves on the tree today.
Stories:
-The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda williams illustrated by Megan Lloyd
-Pumpkin Patch Scarecrows written and illustrated by Frank Fiorello
-There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro illustrated by Jared Lee
Books to Display:
-Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
-When Autumn Falls by Kelly Nidey and Susan Swan
-Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro nd Loretta Krupinski
-Hello, Harvest Moon by Ralph Fletcher and Kate Kiesler
-P.B. Bear's Scarecrow by Lee Davis
-Leaves on the Trees by Thom Wiley and Andrew Day
-Leaves! Leaves! Leaves! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
-Zero is the Leaves on the Tree by Betsy Franco illustrated by Shino Arihara
-Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson pictures by Tiphanie Beeke
Closing Song: Shake Your Sillies Out
Coloring Pages:
Fall Leaves
Leaves