Evening Outdoor Storytime – Fall into Autumn!

Have fun replicating this story time at home using this story time outline!

Warm Up Song: “Spaghetti Legs” by Jim Gill

Hello Song (using ASL):  Hello Friends

Hello friends,
Hello friends,
Hello friends,
It’s time to say hello.

Yoga Pose of the Week: Tree

Breath Play: Leaf Breath

As you stand tall, reaching out wide in tree pose, imagine the wind is blowing your branches. Take a deep breath in. When you exhale, make a whooshing sound with your breath like the wind is whooshing by the leaves.

Book: Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas 

Movement Song: Autumn Leaves are Falling Down

Autumn leaves are falling down
Falling down, falling down!
Autumn leaves are falling down,
To the ground.

Other Verses:
Autumn leaves are whirling round… whirling all around
Raking up the autumn leaves… then we toss them high!

Mystery Box:

Today we had scarves in our mystery box.

Scarf Rhyme: The Roly Poly Pumpkin

Tune: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Oh, the roly-poly pumpkin went rolling down the hill
Once it started rolling, it couldn’t keep still
It rolled and it rolled until it bumped into a rock
Then the roly-poly pumpkin rolled to a stop. PLOP (throw scarf)

Scarf Song: “Dingle Dangle Scarecrow” by Kathy Reid-Naiman

Puppet Guessing Game: There’s Something in the Pumpkin Patch

There’s something in the pumpkin patch.
What could it be?
There’s something in the pumpkin patch.
I can’t quite see….
Oink, oink, oink
It’s a pig

Other Sounds:
Squeak – Mouse
Arggg – Pirate
Meow – Cat

Book: Where is Tippy Toes? by Betsy Lewin

Circle Time:

We end our story time with some sort of group activity or dance. Today we danced with instruments to the song below!

Song: “One, Two, Three, Whee!” by Mr. Eric and Mr. Michael

Goodbye song: Goodbye friends

Goodbye friends,
Goodbye friends,
Goodbye friends,
It’s time to say goodbye.

Tags: ASL, autumn, breath, fall, instruments, mystery box, pumpkin, read early read often, scarves, yoga