I love Robert Frost's work, but have included a few different poets -- some
easier, some harder. "Leaves" by Elsie Brady and the Pumpkin
poems are likely the
easiest ones for younger children.
Poems:
A Child's Calendar - November by John Updike
After Apple Picking by Robert Frost
Gathering Leaves by Robert Frost
Ladybug, Ladybug Nursery
Rhyme
Leaves by Elsie Brady
Nature XXVII, Autumn by Emily Dickinson
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
November Morning by Evaleen Stein
Ode to Autumn by John Keats
Pumpkin Poem 1
Pumpkin Poem 2
Wherefore
Wings by Evaleen Stein
Songs:
Autumn-Time is Coming
(sung to the tune of Frere Jacques)
I'm a
Little Scarecrow (sung to the tune of I'm a Little
Teapot)
If
You Should Meet an Elephant (crafts, coloring and words)
3 Pumpkin Songs sung to familiar tunes
More Halloween type pumpkin poems:
Five
Little Pumpkins
(nursery rhyme - entire section including a mini book)
Jack-o-Lantern
(nursery rhyme)
Pumpkin Time
(nursery rhyme - can sing to the tune of Mary Had a
Little Lamb, but I prefer it as a poem)
