Five Little
Pumpkins
(Tune: “Five Little Ducks” – Happy Everything
CD)
Five little pumpkins
sitting on the gate. (Hold
up 5 fingers.)
The first one
said, “Oh, my it’s getting late.” (Hold
up thumb.)
The second one
said, “There are witches in the air.” (Hold up index finger.)
The third one
said, “But I don’t care.” (Hold
up middle finger.)
The fourth one
said, “Let’s run and run and run.” (Hold up ring finger.)
The fifth one
said, “I’m ready for some fun.” (Hold up pinky.)
Ooooo!
Went the wind, and out went the light.
(Blow through hands, then clap.)
And the five
little pumpkins rolled out of sight!
(Roll hands behind back.)
Paper Plate
Pumpkins
Make pumpkins out
of paper plates. Choose five
children to hold the pumpkins as you say the rhyme. You could also cut pumpkins out of felt and use on a flannel
board.
Pumpkin Play
Dough
Make play dough
using the recipe below. Add red
and yellow food coloring to make it orange. Let the children knead in pumpkin pie spices. They’ll have fun making pumpkins, pies,
and other objects.
1 cup salt 2 cups water
2 cups flour 2 Tb. cream of tartar
2 Tb. vegetable oil food coloring
Mix all ingredients together until
smooth. Cook over medium heat
stirring
constantly until a ball forms and sticks to
the spoon. Cool, knead, and
store in a zip bag.
Pumpkin Centers
Cut out 11 pumpkins and write the numerals 0-10. Ask children to put the pumpkins in numerical order.
Cut out 11 pumpkins and write the numerals 0-10. Ask children to put the pumpkins in numerical order.
Cut out pumpkins of various sizes and ask the children to seriate them from largest to smallest.
