Interactive Charts

Leaves song: The following song can be sung to the tune of Are You Sleeping? Write the words on sentence strips; put them in the pocket chart. The children match the numbers to the words. After the children know the song, change the numbers to counting by 2s, 5s, or 10s.

Leaves are falling. One, two, three
From the tree, four, five, six
Falling to the ground, seven, eight, nine
Ten leaves falling down, covering the ground.

The song is from the CD, Watermelon Pie and Other Tunes! More activities to do with this song are in a book that goes well with the CD, Watermelon Pie and Other Slices.