Wee Read - Fall is Here

Early Literacy Tip: Speak face-to-face when talking to your baby: they watch adults’ mouths to match shapes to sounds.

Books
Dappled Apples by Jan Carr
Orange PearApple Bear by Emily Gravett
BabyFarm Friends by Jeanie Lee (read together book)

Songs / Rhymes

Criss Cross Applesauce

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Three Little Apples (felt board not pictured)

Three little apples at the grocery store.

Three little apples, all lonely to the core.

When along comes a child with a quarter to pay,

She buys one and takes it away.

--Miss Mollie

The Leaves are Falling Down

Sung to: "The Farmer in the Dell"
The leaves are falling down
The leaves are falling down
Red, yellow, green, and brown
The leaves are falling down

--PreschoolEducation

Way Up High in the Apple Tree

Way up high in the apple tree

arms above head

Two little apples did I see.

make two fists

So I shook that tree as hard as I could,

wiggle body all over

Down, came the apples.

bring arms down, wiggling fingers

Mmmmmm, they were good!

rub tummy

--Passionate Librarian

I Wiggle My Fingers

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Tall as a Tree

--I’m a Little Teapot: Presenting Preschool Storytime by Jane Cobb. Vancouver, BC: Black Sheep Press, 1996.

Blue Bird, Blue Bird

Blue bird, blue bird,

On my window.

Blue bird, blue bird,

On my window.

Blue bird, blue bird,

On my window.

Oh, Mommy, I'm tired.

--Jim Thomas