Tales for 2's & 3's: Fall III

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Pumpkins, farms, and leaves - oh, my!  Fall is in full swing and so is our fall programming!  

The Littles favorite things today were the bells and puppets.  

To see my outline for today's 2’s & 3’s click here.

Books

Songs

Welcome Song - Sing With Me

from The Richards Institute of Education and Research - Education Through Music

Sing with me altogether,
Sing with me altogether,
Sing with me altogether,
Won’t you be my darling?

Stomp with me altogether,
Stomp with me altogether,
Stomp with me altogether,
Won’t you be my darling


You can add in other actions like bounce, bend, twist, wink, tap, jump, wiggle, tiptoe.  I like to end with sit with me altogether to help transition The Littles to our next activity.

Oats, Peas, Beans

From Let’s Do It Again! By Mary Helen Richards of The Richards Institute of Education and Research

Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow
Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow
Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow
Nor you (point to the crowd)
Nor I (point to self)
Nor anyone knows (shrug)
How oats, peas, beans, and barley grow

First the farmer (hold up index finger for 1st)
Sews the seed (pretend to scatter seeds)
Then he stands and takes his ease (stand with arms folded like you are relaxing)
He stamps his foot (stamp foot)
And claps his hands (clap hands)
And turns around (turn around)
To view the land (have hand above eyes like you are shielding your eyes from the sun)

Songs with Bells

Shake! from We Kids Rock

If You're Happy & You Know It Shake Your Bells

To the tune of If You’re Happy and You Know It

If You’re happy and you know it shake your bells
If you’re happy and you know it shake your bells
If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it shake your bells

We Wiggle and Wiggle and Stop

We wiggle and wiggle and stop
We wiggle and wiggle and stop
We wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and wiggle
and wiggle and wiggle and stop

We shake and shake and stop
We shake and shake and stop
We shake and shake and shake and shake
And shake and shake and stop

Action Rhyme

To the tune of Are You Sleeping?
From The Mailbox Songs & Rhymes on Parade, p. 6

Leaves are falling,
Leaves are falling.

All around,
All around.

I can see a red leaf,
I can see a red leaf.

On the ground,
On the ground.

* Repeat with other fall leaf colors brown, orange, yellow

Puppet Fun: Knock on the Door

Knock on the door
Knock, knock, knock
Please come out 
Come out!

Hello pig,
How are you?
Hello pig, 
How are you?

Pig says oink!​

Knock on the door 
Knock, knock, knock
Please come out (have participants echo “come out”)

Hello (insert name of animal), (have participants wave hello to puppet)
How are you?
Hello (insert name of animal),  (have participants wave hello to puppet)
How are you?

(animal name) says (make animal noise)

Bye (animal)  (have participants wave goodbye)

Flannel: Hello Day

Based on the book Hello, Day by Anita Lobel

The sun rose.  Good morning!

The rooster said “Cock-a-doodle-doo!”

The cow said “Moo!”

The sheep said “Baa.”

The horse said “Neigh.”

The dog said “Woof.”

The cat said “Meow.”

The mouse said “squeak.”

The pig said “oink”

What they all meant was “Hello, day!”

Letter of the Week: Rr

Click on image for LOTW handout