Fall Story Time -- October 4-5, 2021

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

I See Fall by Charles Ghigna
Red Are the Apples by Marc Harshman

Books:  (Fall)

Every Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky
Fall Mixed Up by Bob Raczka

I Know It's Autumn by Eileen Spinelli

In the Middle of Fall by Kevin Henkes

It's Fall by Linda Glaser

My Autumn Book by Wong Herbert Yee

When Autumn Falls by Kelly Nidey

Craft: Fall Puzzle

- Print picture at left onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color picture

- Cut along the straight lines to make a 16 piece puzzle

Extension Activities:

- Go on a fall nature walk.  Look for fall items including fallen leaves, acorns, etc.

- Make an apple birdseed feeder for the fall birds.  Core an apple.  String through a piece of string, rope, etc with a stick tied at the end for a hanger.  Fill the hole with peanut butter mixed with bird seed.  Hang on a tree branch.

Fall Story Time: October 7-8, 2019

Books:
Every Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky
Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley *
In the Middle of Fall by Kevin Henkes
Red Are the Apples by Marc Harshaman *
When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey

Craft: Paper Plate Leaf Wreath
The children were given a paper plate ring with a piece of yarn tied around it for a hanger.  They could glue small fall-colored die-cut leaves on the wreath.  They were also given 5 larger white die-cut leaves to color and glue on.  They could make it into a family wreath by writing the names of their family members on the larger leaves.

Extension Activities:
- Red Are the Apples talks about the different colors seen in the fall.  Play a game of I Spy using fall colors as you go on a fall walk.
- Create a leaf collage.  Collect various fallen leaves and glue them onto paper to make pictures.

Fall Story Time: October 2-3. 2017

Books:
Every Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky
Fall Ball by Peter McCarty
I Know It's Autumn by Eileen Spinelli
Moon Glowing by Elizabeth Partridge *
Red Are the Apples by Marc Harshman *
When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey *

Craft: Bat Clip
The children colored a bat body and bat wings before gluing them together.  The bat was then glued to a clothespin to clip onto the child's clothes.

Literacy Extensions:
- Moon Glowing gives information on four different animals' preparations for winter.  Choose some additional animals to learn about and check out books about them from the library.
- Go on a fall nature walk.  Try to find different colored leaves, acorns, animal prints, etc.


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