Flannel Friday: Fall Song

When Jbrary has a new favorite action song, I didn’t stop and pause, I just adapted it to fit what I needed most – a fall action/movement song for my storytime!  My kids have been HUGE fans of “Fruit Salad“, “Bubble Bubble Pop” and “Bananas Unite” and I can’t wait to share this new song with them too!

(I’m hoping that even though it’s a jack-o’-lantern and not a pumpkin it will still be okay holiday-wise.  I don’t do a “Halloween themed” storytime, but I feel like even if you don’t participate, kids see jack-‘o-lanterns at houses in the neighborhood, at the store, and around town.)

As you can see, I’m not the most artistic person around, but with a little help from Google images, some fall-colored felt, and some puffy paint, I was able to create a few basic felt board pieces to enhance this little rhyme for storytime!

“A Yellow Squash”
Based on “A Douglas Fir”

A yellow squash, a yellow squash (hold hands together above your head to create the neck of a gourd)
An orange jack-o’-lantern (draw a large circle using both your arms in front of your body to create a pumpkin shape) and a yellow squash

A yellow squash, a yellow squash
An orange jack-o’-lantern and a yellow squash

Red oak leaf (flutter hands down to the ground as if leaves are falling), red oak leaf
An orange jack-o’-lantern and a yellow squash

Red oak leaf, red oak leaf,
An orange jack-o’-lantern and a yellow squash