Feelin' LIke Fall

Sing the following song to the tune of "London Bridges."

Autumn leaves are falling down,
Falling down,
Falling down,
Autumn leaves are falling down,
All through the town.

Red, yellow, orange, and brown,
Orange and brown,
Orange and brown,
Red, yellow, orange, and brown,
All through the town.

This is the song we have been singing each morning during Morning Ma'agal in Kitah Alef Bet.

Thinking about leaves and the way they turn color, and float to the ground, we have begun playing a game called "Falling Leaves" to exercise our gross motor skills as well as our imaginations. The children pretend that they are leaves hanging on a tree. Then a teacher pretends to be the wind, and "blows" them off the tree.

 

The kids showed how the whirled and twirled to the ground.

We also played the game with roles reversed; The children were the wind, and the teacher was the leaf: