The leaves are falling down and with reds, yellows, browns, and oranges it’s the perfect time of the year to dig through the bookshelf and find some classic leaf books to read and share as part of your weekly themed book club for toddlers and preschoolers.
This week’s featured book recommendation for the theme of Leaves is Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert. But do check down as we have other book recommendations for your collection.
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Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert Featured Book for the Virtual Book Club for kids
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With fantastic illustrations that combine natural objects and watercolor, this book is always a firm favorite with toddlers and preschoolers. In Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert the life of a Maple tree is explained including in the glossary at the end some scientific terms and explanations including photosynthesis and the role of roots in a tree.
Don’t worry if you don’t have a copy of the book you can watch the read aloud together with your preschooler below.
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Leaf Songs and Rhymes for Preschoolers
We hope you enjoy these fun leaf rhymes and songs we have picked for this week to get you singing and moving along with your preschooler this fall.
Orange, Yellow, Red and Brown
Enjoy preschool color song for children with lyrics, “Orange, Yellow, Red and Brown” (To the tune of “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Jump Up, Jump In Song
It’s a great children’s song for autumn, and is a lot of fun to sing in preschool, kindergarten, and at home with the family. This song for kids is all about making big piles of Autumn leaves and jumping in! “”Jump up, jump in. Leaves are great for jumping in.”” It’s all about working together and having fun.
Autumn Leaves are Falling Down Song
Sing the song Autumn Leaves are Falling Down” (To the tune of “London Bridges”) as you learn about fall leaves with your preschooler.
Leaf Week Schedule
Although you don’t have to follow it we like to provide you with a simple schedule for the activities for the week ahead.
Monday – Sensory Play
Tuesday – Letter or Alphabet Activity
Wednesday – Math
Thursday – Snack or Recipe
Friday – Arts and Crafts
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Week by Lois Ehlert and Leaf Week Activity Plan for Preschool
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Activity Plan for Preschoolers
Leaf themed activities to go with the book Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert.
For this week's sensory activity on the leaf theme this leaf matching sensory bin is perfect!
This sensory bin is brightly-colored, resembling the hues of autumn: burnt oranges, reds and yellows, with a little bit of green still hanging in there.
Time to letter fun with this week's Alphabet Activity.
We love to tie learning with movement, so this activity gets toddlers and preschoolers moving with Fall leaves while learning new words, talking about alphabet letters and sounds, and matching letters.
Here’s a fun way to work on number recognition with your child using leaves. Plus at the end you can even make a number book to recreate the fun anytime they want to.
Get baking and create some Cinnamon Refridgerator Cookies in the shapes of leaves to share during your book club fun this week.
Find some long and thin potatoes and chopped them in half. Carve out the stem and three little veins on each side of it to create your own leaf stamp.
Give your little one some paint and a brush and let them get to it.
More Leaf Themed Book for Preschoolers
Our weekly themes here at The Virtual Book Club for Kids are provided with a recommended feature book that is a firm favorite with toddlers and preschoolers. However, we understand how difficult it can be to find the exact book at the local library or just if you wish to provide more books for your children to enjoy so we also include some extra book suggestions that we would recommend you and your children read.
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
We’re Going On A Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger
Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson
Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Snead
Additional Activities for Leaf Week
Spell Your Name With Leaves – Clare’s Little Tots
Leaf Measurement and Sorting Activity – Inspiration Laboratories
Nature Color Hunt – My Bored Toddler
Fall Sensory Bin-The Moments at Home
Autumn Leaves Crayon Rubbing – Mama Smiles
Foil Leaf Preschool Art – Preschool Powol Packets
Handprint Fall Leaf craft- Messy Little Monster
Leaf Rubbings With Water Color Resist – To Be A Kid Again
Fall Color Leaf Viewer -JDaniel4’s Mom
Pre-Writing Activity Leaf Theme – The OT Toolbox
Collaborate Leaf Tree with Cutting Practice from My Storytime Corner
Other Activity Plans from The Virtual Book Club for Kids for Water
More Lois Ehlert and Autumn Leaf Inspired Activities for Kids
