Fall Adapted Song Book | Circle Time Leaves Vocabulary | SLP SPED Autism PreK

Sing, match, and learn with "The Leaves Are Falling Down" — a fall circle time adapted song book sung to the familiar tune of "The Farmer in the Dell"! As students sing, they match a picture to each page, building fall and autumn vocabulary along the way. The song moves through favorite fall activities — watching the leaves fall, tossing them up high, and raking them in a pile — while students also practice or review color words (red, orange, yellow, brown) and action words. A favorite for circle time, fall units, speech therapy, and special education.

🎵 The Power of Music & Songs for Language

Songs are one of the most powerful tools for building language — and this book puts that to work! Familiar, repetitive melodies make new vocabulary easier to remember, while the predictable "sing it again" structure builds anticipation, participation, and confidence. Music naturally boosts engagement, attention, and memory, and the steady rhythm gives emerging and nonverbal communicators a supported, low-pressure way to join in. For many students, a word they can sing becomes a word they can say.

🎶 Sample Text:

"The leaves are falling down, the leaves are falling down,

Red, orange, yellow, brown! The leaves are falling down.

We'll toss them way up high… we'll toss them high and watch them fly…

We'll rake them in a pile… a great big pile may take a while…"

📚 How to Use

• Sing the book together at circle time to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell"
• Students match a picture to each page as they sing along
• Build fall and autumn vocabulary, color words, and action words
• Talk about fall activities in order for sequencing practice
• Print, laminate, and add hook-and-loop dots for years of reuse

🎯 Skills Targeted

• Fall and autumn vocabulary
• Color words (red, orange, yellow, brown)
• Action words / verbs (fall, toss, rake)
• Receptive and expressive language
• Picture matching
• Participation, turn-taking, and following along
• Circle time and group skills

💛 Perfect For

• Speech-language therapy (SLP)
• Special education (SPED) and autism classrooms
• Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
• Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE)
• Circle time and morning meeting
• Fall, autumn, and leaves units
• Early childhood and homeschool

🌟 Why Teachers Love This Book

• Sung to a familiar tune kids already know and love
• Students match a picture to each page — hands-on and engaging
• Builds vocabulary and language through music
• Bonus color words and action words practice
• Perfect for fall and autumn themes
• Reusable year after year once laminated

🍂 Part of my Circle Time Adapted Song Books — grab the bundle and save!

• Adapted Song Books for Circle Time Bundle
• More Adapted Books
• More Great Fall Activities