Autumn Outreach Storytimes

I have been in my new job for four months now...and I am in full swing!  I had three outreach storytimes in October.  One was at a home daycare; another at an ECEAP (Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program in the state of Washington); and the last at an early learning center.  I selected a variety of books and songs to share about fall.  Since I don't know the children I took along lots of books so I could choose ones that best fit the group.

Books
I shared three or four of the following books at each location

Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas

Fall Leaves Fall by Zoe Hall; illustrated by Shari Halpern

Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington

The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri

The Little Old Lady who was not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams; illustrated by Megan Lloyd

When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey; illustrated by Susan Swan

Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep by Maureen Wright; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand

Songs/Rhymes/Fingerplays

We did two or three of the following songs together

Five Little Pumpkins

5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate

The 1^st one said, Oh, my! It’s getting late!

 The 2^nd one said “There’s a chill in the air”

The 3^rd one said, “But we don’t care!”

The 4^th one said, “We’re ready for some fun!”

The 5^th one said, “Let’s run, run, run!”

Then wooooo went the wind and out went the lights

And the 5 little pumpkins rolled out of sight!

Autumn Leaves

(tune: Did you ever see a lassie?)

Autumn leaves are hanging, are hanging, are hanging

Autumn leaves are hanging , hanging today.

Autumn leaves turn colors, turn colors, turn colors

Autumn leaves turn colors, turn colors today.

Autumn leaves are falling, are falling, are falling

Autumn leaves are falling, are falling today.

Autumn leaves are dancing, are dancing, are dancing

Autumn leaves are dancing, dancing today.

Autumn leaves are raked up, are raked up, are raked up

Autumn leaves are raked up, raked up today.

Autumn leaves get jumped in, jumped in, jumped in

Autumn leaves get jumped in, jumped in today!

Scarecrow, Scarecrow

Scarecrow, scarecrow turn around

Scarecrow, scarecrow touch the ground

Scarecrow, scarecrow reach up high

Scarecrow, scarecrow touch the sky

Scarecrow, scarecrow bend down low

Scarecrow, scarecrow touch your toe.

Itsy Bitsy Spider