Making seasonal memories is one of the most delightful things you can do to begin family traditions with your children, as it has been with us at Five in a Row! As the air gets cooler, days get shorter and leaves start to change, fall seems to pull us to get out into the world around us and enjoy the changes. Sometimes we’re not sure what to do once we get there, or we just need some new ideas. Five in a Row has a number of things you can do during this season aside from your “rowing,” but we really want you to know that while some families enjoy rowing books during the season in which they are set, it is not necessary. It can also be really fun (and possibly more memorable) to take an imaginary trip to a snowstorm right in the middle of summer! So don’t let a season limit you in your explorations.

Autumn Nature Study

Five in a Row Holiday Through the Seasons Units

• September/October
• November
• December

Before Five in a Row Books

• If Jesus Came to My House
• Caps for Sale
• Angus Lost
• I am an Artist (all seasons)
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (all seasons)
• The Little Rabbit (all seasons)

Five in a Row Books

• Cranberry Thanksgiving, 1
• Pumpkin Runner, 4
• A New Coat for Anna, 2
• How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, 1 (not set in fall, but goes perfectly with an apple harvest)
• Wee Gillis, 2 (all seasons)
• You’re on your Way, Teddy Roosevelt, digital (all seasons)

*The season in which the books above are set is not always a theme or even mentioned.

Here are the books in which a season is not a part of the story at all:
Before Five in a Row

• My Blue Boat
• Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?
• Goodnight Moon
• ABC Bunny
• Prayer for a Child
• The Red Carpet
• Corduroy

Five in a Row

• Little Nino’s Pizzeria, 3
• Who Owns the Sun?, 1
• Babar, To Duet or not to Duet, 2
• Harold and the Purple Crayon, 2
• Duchess Bakes a Cake, 3
• They were Strong and Good, 2
• Grandfather’s Journey, 1
• Little Red Lighthouse, 2

Happy Fall, Y’all!