Family Storytime: Fall

With the milder weather Illinois has been having, it seemed like it was too early to have a fall storytime. Nevertheless, it was time to read about leaves, acorns, and cooler weather.

After bean bags, we read Pick a Circle, Gather Squares by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky. This is an excellent book to learn about shapes during the fall season. What shapes do you see in a pumpkin patch? So many different shapes!

Once we were done identifying different shapes in Chernesky's book, we added some fall colored leaves onto our bare tree on the flannel board. The kids love being involved in the flannel board and was a win-win. 

Mouse's First Fall by Lauren Thompson was our next book. I think this is one of the cutest fall books in our library's collection with such colorful and cute pictures. Mouse participates in all the fun things you can do in fall. 

I read Leaves by David Ezra Stein and Acorns Everywhere! by Kevin Sherry. Leaves is an adorable story about a bear who is concerned that leaves are falling. He realizes that it's good the leaves are falling and we get a little lesson in seasons. Acorns Everywhere! is a short, silly story that got my group giggling. What can a squirrel do with so many acorns?

We each made our own fall wreath using paper plates and construction paper die-cut leaves. 

It's fall, ya'll!