Burnham Bunch: Football

Touchdown!

Read: Football and Falling Leaves: A Fall Counting Book by Rebecca Fjelland Davis and There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro

Flannel board: Football and Fall -- Countdown 1 to 10

Craft: Football inspired by No Time For Flash Cards

Need: Brown and white craft paper, glue sticks, brown crayons, stapler and newspaper.

• Prior to storytime, cut out football shape -- 2 per child -- and staple 2 together. Leave an opening at the end, in order to fill with the newsprint. Cut white trim pieces. Use paper cutter to cut strips of newsprint. After Wednesday's session, I realized it was difficult for the kids to position the white trim pieces. So, for Thursday's class, I marked each place with a marker.
• At each craft seat, place all the supplies (minus the glue stick -- this new group LOVE the glue sticks, so I need to keep them hidden until it is time to glue).
• First they colored their football. Then I asked them to glue the trim pieces on.
• Last step for the kiddos, is to crumple the newsprint and fill their football.
• We stapled it up ... and it is time for Kick-off!!