Pumpkin
House Cut and Tell Story
Materials: orange
paper, scissors
Directions: Place
the orange paper and scissors in your lap. As you tell the
story cut out the different parts with the scissors. At end
of the story, the children will be delighted with the pumpkin
house!
Hint! You
can also tear out the paper with your fingers.
Once
there was a little old lady who lived in a funny orange house near name of
your school. Her house was
shaped like half a circle with the chimney at the bottom.
This
little lady had a cat named child’s name in your room. This cat had a long, curved tail, so
the old lady had a special door cut just for the cat’s tail.
The
little lady always wore a pointed hat.
She had a special door built for herself, too, so her hat would not fall
off every time she went in and out the door.
The
little lady had two pet birds.
Their names were child’s name and child’s name. She had a window cut just for them so
they could fly in and out and in and out.
It
was getting close to Halloween, so all the children in teacher’s name
classroom went to her house and knocked on her door. The little lady came to the door and said, “Close your
eyes.” SURPRISE! It’s a jack-o-lantern!
Go to www.drjean.org/html/monthly_act/act_2009/02_Feb/pg00.html
to download
directions.
I
was lucky to be invited to share with the teachers at Kids Country Child
Development Centers near Cleveland last Saturday. We did this story and they were so cute with their pumpkins! I have done this story for years, but
the magic is still there!
Pumpkin
Man Tell and Draw Story
Materials:
large sheet of paper, marker
Directions:
Explain that you will need
everyone to help you tell this story. Demonstrate the movements below. When you
say the words in the story, then the children should make the motions.
“Knock” –
pretend to knock on a
door
“Rock” – move
body back and
forth
“Spin” – twirl
hands around each
other
“Come In” – make
motion with hand
Draw the body
parts on the paper as you come to them in the story.
Once there was a little old lady who would just sit all day
and rock and spin and wait for somebody to come in.
One day as she rocked
and spun she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. In came two big,
black boots. (Draw boots on the board.) “I can’t talk to you big, black boots,”
said the little old lady. So she just sat there and rocked and spun until
she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And in came two bony
legs. (Draw two skinny legs coming out of the boots.) “I can’t talk to two bony
legs,” said the little old lady.
So she just sat there and rocked and spun
until she heard a knock at the door.
“Come in,” she called. And in came a
funny body. (Draw a pear shaped body on top of the legs.) “I can’t talk to a
funny body,” said the little old lady.
So she just sat there and rocked
and spun until she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And in
came two wiggly arms. (Draw wiggly arms coming off the body.) “I can’t talk to
wiggly arms,” said the little old lady.
So she just sat there and rocked
and spun until she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And in
came two big hands. (Draw hands at the end of the arms.) “I can’t talk to two
big hands,” said the little old lady.
So she just sat there and rocked
and spun until she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And in
came a big pumpkin head. (Draw a pumpkin head on the figure.) “Well, I can talk
to a pumpkin man,” said the little old lady. And she did!
Adaptations: End by singing “Do You Know the Pumpkin Man?” to the tune of
“Do You Know the Muffin Man?”
