This week, we read books all about autumn. We read “Leaf Man” by Lois Ehlert and “In the Middle of Fall” by Kevin Henkes. We read poems about leaves and played with some during our story time. The color of the week is orange.
I posted the few books we have that either have an orange cover or are about autumn. That’s a category that we definitely need to beef up for next year.
We even tried out the new flannel board that I just finished yesterday. I found this website SUPER helpful in creating our flannel boards.
https://teachpreschool.org/2011/08/06/diy-flannel-board-for-preschool/
The kids really had a blast looking for the blue bird and naming the different colors of trees.
I found this website called “Sunflower Story Time” and that’s where I got today’s ideas for our autumn themed story time. You can click here to see more fun ideas for autumn:
https://sunflowerstorytime.com/2015/11/01/fall-leaves/
Our craft today was fingerprint trees.
Next week, we’ll read books about leaves and talk about Shel Silverstein because his birthday is next Tuesday. Our color of the week will be yellow.
On a side note, this years story time is really a lot more fun and less stressful than last years. I feel like the kids are learning more things and the ability level is spot on for what they can do. I’m so glad I changed how I was running story time. Best.decision.ever!
