The Changing Seasons- Autumn: September 17th-28th
The Changing Seasons: Autumn
The Leaves on the Trees
(Sung to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus)
The leaves on the trees turn orange and red,
Orange and red, orange and red,
The leaves on the trees turn orange and red,
All through the fall!
The leaves on the trees come falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
The leaves on the trees come falling down,
All through the fall!
The leaves on the ground go crunch, crunch, crunch,
Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch,
The leaves on the ground go crunch, crunch, crunch,
All through the fall!
We rake them in a pile and jump right in,
Jump right in, jump right in,
We rake them in a pile and jump right in,
All through the fall!
The leaves on the trees turn orange and red,
Orange and red, orange and red,
The leaves on the trees turn orange and red,
All through the fall!
Leaves are Twirling
(Sung to the tune of Frere Jacques)
Leaves are twirling, leaves are twirling,
All around, all around,
They are falling softly, they are falling softly
To the ground, to the ground
5 Red Apples
(Sung to the tune of 6 Little Ducks)
Five red apples on a tree, looked as juicy as they could be
But a crow swooped down to get some lunch,
And ate one apple with a crunch, crunch, crunch,
Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch
Oh, he ate one apple with a crunch, crunch, crunch.
Four red apples…
Fall Is Falling
When the leaves turn colors, come falling down,
You know fall’s falling- falling all around
When the squirrels all scurry, scamper up and down,
You know fall’s falling- falling all around
CHORUS:
And the geese fly south in a capital ‘V’,
Their honking and flapping is a sight to see,
The animal babies are told by their moms,
Come get some sleep now, ‘cause fall’s falling down
V2:
When the garden flowers bow their heads down,
You know fall’s falling- falling all around
When the school doors open, children running ‘round,
You know fall’s falling- falling all around
(Repeat CHORUS 2X to end)
Chants and Finger Plays
Scarecrow, Scarecrow
Scarecrow, scarecrow turn around
Scarecrow, scarecrow jump up and down
Scarecrow, scarecrow arms up high
Scarecrow, scarecrow wink one eye
Scarecrow, scarecrow tickle your nose
Scarecrow, scarecrow touch your toes
Scarecrow, scarecrow bend your knees
Scarecrow, scarecrow flap in the breeze
Scarecrow, scarecrow crawl into bed
Scarecrow, scarecrow rest your head
Here is a Bee Hive
Here is a bee hive
Where are the bees?
Hiding inside, where nobody sees
They’re coming out now
They’re alive
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
When All the Cows Are Sleeping
When all the cows are sleeping, and the sun has gone to bed
UP jumps the scarecrow and this is what he said
I’m a dingly, dangly scarecrow with a flippy, floppy hat
My arms they go like this, and my feet they go like that!
Listening Activity
Concerto 3: Autumn “Allegro (La caccia)” From Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons