Busy Fall Animals

OPENING STRETCH
Hello Toes
Hello toes, good bye toes.
Hello toes, good bye toes.
My toes are feeling shy today,
And now they're feeling better!

Repeat with elbows and hands.

OPENING RHYMES
Rain is falling down. SPLASH.
Rain is falling down. SPLASH.
Pitter, patter. Pitter, patter.
Rain is fallnig down. SPLASH.

Hey diddle diddle. They cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport.
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall.
Humpty dumpty had a great fall.
And all the king's horses.
And all the king's men.
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

The Terrible Plop by Ursula Dubosarsky

MOVEMENT
Way up high in the apple tree,two little apples smiled at me.
I shook that tree as hard as I could,
And down came the apples, PLOP!
Mmm they were good.

Repeat with different fruits. Feel free to be silly, too and have a pizza tree!

WORD OF THE DAY: Y-U-M

MUSIC
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas

Now change the vowel sound to A:
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays

Now change the vowel sound to E:
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees

Now change the vowel sound to I:
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis

Now change the vowel sound to O:
I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos
I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos

Now change the vowel sound to U:
I like to oot, oot, oot oo-ples and boo-noo-noos
I like to oot, oot, oot oo-ples and boo-noo-noos

RHYMES
Grey squirrel, grey squirrel swish your bushy tail.
Grey squirrel, grey squirrel swish your bushy tail.
Wrinkle up your little nose.
Hold a nut between your toes.
Grey squirrel, grey squirrel swish your bushy tail.

The Busy Little Squirrelby Nancy Tafuri

Little leaves falling down
Red and yellow, orange and brown
Whirling, twirling round and round
Falling softly to the ground.

STORYTELLING: Who will help me make apple sauce? (my version of The Little Red Hen)

Now let’s make apple sauce together!
Chant this chorus between each verse.
Apple, apple (slap legs twice, then clap hands twice in rhythm)
Applesauce (roll hands in rhythm)

First you need apples
So pick them, pick them (mimic picking)

Put them in the sink
And wash them, wash them (pretend to wash)

Then you take the apples
And cut them, cut them (make chopping action with one hand against other open palm)

Put them in a pot
And cook them, cook them (pretend to stir)

Pour them in a strainer
And squeeze them, squeeze them (squeeze hands together)

Take a little sugar
And sprinkle it, sprinkle it (pretend to sprinkle)

Then you take the sauce
And eat it, eat it (pretend to eat)

Little leaves falling down
Red and yellow, orange and brown
Whirling, twirling round and round
Falling softly to the ground.

A Good Day by Kevin Henkes

GOODBYE SONGS
See you later, alligator. After awhile crocodile.
See you soon, little baboon. Bye, bye butterfly.
I'm out the door, dinosaur.

Make new friends, and keep the old.
One is silver, and the other gold.
A circle is round, it has no end.
That's how long I want to be your friend.