Fall+(phonological+awareness)

       Let’s see who we have here today.  [My name is __________. Clap out your name in syllables. Go around the room and ask each child/adult name. Clap out the syllables together __Adult Aside: __ Clapping out the parts of words helps your children HEAR words divided into parts. If they cannot do it themselves, you do it for them.  What if we change the first sound of everyone’s name to M. Loran – Moran etc. Sing Anna Banana song.  Our stories today have something to do with Fall and Winter’s coming. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Book:** //It’s Fall by Linda Glaser//** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">The use of word repetition, alliteration (skip and swish, crunch and crackle, whoosh and whirl), rhyme (prickle and tickle), and onomatopoeia (pop, swish, rustle, chatter) not only makes this book fun to read aloud, but develops phonological sensitivity as well. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Five Little Leaves rhyme and felt board __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Five little leaves, so happy and gay <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Were dancing about on a tree one day <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The wind came blowing through the town <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And one little leaf came blowing down! <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Four little leaves, three, two, one. . .Now no little leaves come blowing down! <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Our next book is about a squirrel that has a lot to do to get ready for winter. Just listen to all the different animal sounds in the story. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">After reading the book, come back to the pages with animal sounds. Go over sounds <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Our next book is a rhyming book about a boy and a very hungry squirrel. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[Read the book. Come back to a page where two words rhyme. For example, high and by rhyme. Say the words on the page again and note that they rhyme. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Let’s sing a song for the rhyming words: (to the tune of Skip to My Lou) [Can clap if you like] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">High, by, these words rhyme <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">High, by, these words rhyme <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">High, by, these words rhyme <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So rhyme along with me. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">What’s another word that rhymes with high? (sky, fly, try. . .) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Substitute their word for “ high ” and re-sing the song. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Our last book is a brand new book about unlikely friends - a squirrel, a hedgehog and a bear that are waiting to see their first snow ever. They have some pretty funny guesses about what snow will look like. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Don’t forget some of the singing, rhyming and word games we played today. Have fun playing with word sounds! <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Fall Phonological Awareness 11/5/2009 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Opening Song: The more we get together/Read together **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adult Aside __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">: The skill we’ll look at today is Phonological Awareness. This is a big word, but it basically means being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words—like hearing rhyming words, being able to clap syllables or parts of words., that kind of thing. Researchers know this is an important skill for later when your child tries to sound out words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adult Aside: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Singing songs with your children also helps them hear the smaller sounds in words. keep singing whatever songs you enjoy together.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Book: //The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri// **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adult Aside: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Saying animal sounds with your young children and having them repeat them back to you is one way to help them hear different sounds and develop phonological awareness!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Book: //Nuts to You by Lois Ehlert// **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adult Aside: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Remember rhyming words do not need to make sense; they just need to rhyme. We can think up lots of silly words! You can play this game together anywhere, any time.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Book: //Waiting for Winter by Sebastian Meschenmoser// **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Closing Song: Razzama Tazzama **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">