Let's Get Ready to Read!

FALL STORYTIME

Five Little Pumpkins by Van Rynbach




Fall Leaves Fall , by Zoe Hall





Plumply, Dumply, Pumpkin, by Mary Serfozo


Apples and Pumpkins, by Anne Rockwell





Fingerplay:

Way up high, in a tree (point up)
Two little apples looking down at me (two fists up in the air)
So I shook that tree as hard as I could (two fists shake 'trunk')
Down fell the apples (fists fall to ground)
Mmmm! Were they good!(rub tummy)

Five little pumpkins sitting on gate
The first one said, "oh my it's getting late!"
The second one said "there are witches in the air!'
The third one said" but we don't care"
The fourth one said" let's run and run and run"
The fifth one said" let's have some Halloween fun!"
oooo-ooooo went the wind
OUT went the lights
and five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

Early Literacy Tips:

• When reading Apples and Pumpkins ask the children the colors of apples and pumpkins?
• When reading Fall Leaves Fall talk about green leaves in the summer and colorful leaves in the fall.
• When reading Plumply, Dumply, Pumpkin ask the children what they think Peter's going to do with the pumpkin once he gets it home
• When reading Five Little Pumpkins ask them to find the black cat on each page.

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