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In the Pumpkin Patch
Songs
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Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins
sitting on a gate.
The first one said,
"Oh my it's getting late."
The second one said,
"There are witches in the air."
The third one said, "I don't care." The fourth one
said,
"Let's run and run and run!"
The fifth one said,
"It's Halloween fun!"
Then "Oooooo" went the wind and out went the lights, and
the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!
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The Pumpkins Are Here
Tune: The
Farmer in the Dell
The pumpkins are
here;
the pumpkins are
there.
The pumpkins, the
pumpkins
are everywhere.
The pumpkins are up;
the pumpkins are
down.
The pumpkins, the
pumpkins
are all around.
The pumpkins are in;
the pumpkins are out.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins
are all about.
The pumpkins are low;
the pumpkins are high.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins
all say, "Goodbye!"
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10 Little Pumpkins
Tune: Ten
Little Indians
One little,
two little,
three little
pumpkins,
Four little,
five little,
six little pumpkins,
Seven little,
eight little,
nine little
pumpkins,
Ten little pumpkins
in the pumpkin patch!
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Mr. Pumpkin
Tune:
Where is Thumbkin?
Mr. Pumpkin,
Mr. Pumpkin,
Round and fat.
Round and fat.
Harvest time is
coming.
Harvest time is
coming.
Yum, yum, yum.
That is that!
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Pumpkin Song
Tune: Have
You Ever Seen a Lassie?
Have you ever seen
a pumpkin, a
pumpkin, a pumpkin, Have you ever seen
a pumpkin, that
grows on a vine?
A round one,
a tall one, a bumpy one, a squashed one.
Have you ever seen
a pumpkin that grows on a
vine?
Extension Ideas
I have changed the words of this song to go like this:
Have you ever seen
a pumpkin, a pumpkin, a pumpkin, Have you ever
seen
a pumpkin with no face at all?
So, I made a
jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lantern,
So I made a jack-o-lantern with a big funny face!
Use flannelboard pieces to
make jack-o-lantern faces.
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The Pumpkin Vine (song)
I looked out of
my window
and what did I find?
Green leaves a-growing
on my pumpkin vine.
Green leaves, green leaves
a-growing (2X)
Green leaves a-growing on my pumpkin vine.
Replace the words "green
leaves" with the following:
. . . yellow
flowers growing
. . . black bugs crawling
. . . pumpkins growing
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I'm a Little Pumpkin
Tune: I'm a
Little Teapot
I'm a little pumpkin
Orange and round.
Here is my stem
There is the Ground!
When I get all cut up
Don't you shout!
Just open me up
And scoop me out!
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Where is Pumpkin?
Tune: Where is Thumbkin?
Where is Pumpkin?
Where is Pumpkin?
Here it is!
Here it is!
This one has a happy face,
This one has a scary face!
Roll away!
Roll away!
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We are Pumpkins
Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb
We are pumpkins, big and
round, big and round, big and round
We are pumpkins, big and round
Seated on the ground.
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Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater
Had a wife
and couldn't keep her.
He put her in a pumpkin shell
And there he kept her very well.
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Books
Language Activities
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Predictable Charts
Brainstorm pumpkin patch
words with your class on a predictable interactive
vocabulary chart:
I see a __________.
(Some words your class might come up with)
pumpkin
scarecrow
vine
stem
After the whole group
activity, hang the predictable chart in the classroom
for the children to read with a seasonal pointer.
I also write each thematic
word on a word card and draw a picture (or find a
sticker) of the word and place in a pocket chart with
the sentence starter. The children move the
cards to make their own sentences and write it if they
want.
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Pumpkin Letter
Match
Use two seasonal pumpkin
notepads - one large and one small - (I love the
Carson Dellosa ones!!) Write the uppercase
letters on the large ones and the lowercase on the
small ones. Have the children match upper to
lower or put the letters in alphabetical order.
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More Letter Matching
I found a cute pumpkin
border and make a letter matching game. Write
uppercase letters on each pumpkin. Laminate.
Velcro to the chalkboard ledge. Write the
lowercase letters on clothespins. The children
clip clothespins to the matching letter.
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Extension Ideas
for Five Little Pumpkins Poem
Make five pumpkin
stick puppets. Have the children say the poem
with you using their stick puppets.
Write the words on
sentence strips and place on the Pocket Chart.
Write a second set and cut apart and have the children
match the words.
Cut large pieces of black
construction paper in half the long way. Give
the children popsicle sticks to make the gate and
orange paper for the pumpkins. (I have the kids
make their own pumpkins because they all come out so
different and cute!) Then have the children use
white chalk to make the moon and stars.
Make a Big Book of this
poem on large black construction paper and add the
gate, pumpkins, and the moon. Type the words on
the computer and then paste at the bottom of each
page. Have the children illustrate each page.
Make small books for your
students to illustrate with one line of the poem on
each page.
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ABC Order
Photocopy a small picture of a pumpkin onto orange
construction paper (I found this one in The Mailbox
Magazine). Write letters A-Z. Laminate.
Have the children line them up in ABC order.
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Math & Science Activities
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Use a real
pumpkin to do the following activities:
Have the students estimate the circumference of the
pumpkin by cutting a piece of yarn that they think will
fit "just right" around the pumpkin. To test their
estimates they measure with their cut string. Have a
poster with 3 pumpkin pictures labeled "Too Short",
"Just Right", and "Too Long". The students tape their
string onto the matching phrase.
Measure the height of the pumpkin with unifix cubes or
other math manipulatives.
Count with pumpkin seeds matching pumpkin seed sets to
numerals
Sort pumpkins by their characteristics: color, size,
weight, stem etc.
Have students guess if they think the pumpkin will sink
or float. Test it out in a large tub of water.
Use die-cut pumpkins to make patterns with: small, big,
small, big or orange, green, orange, green, or stem, no
stem, stem, no stem,
Sequence cards with the life cycle of a pumpkin on it.
Estimate and then weigh a pumpkin using a balance scale.
Compare pumpkins to gourds and squash.
Make a graph with different jack-o-lantern faces (happy
face, silly face, cat face etc). Have children vote on
which is their favorite. Carve that face on your class
pumpkin.
When carving your pumpkin, use your five senses to
describe it. How does it feel, smell, look etc.
Cut a pumpkin shape out of felt and also cut out black
triangles, circles, squares, and rectangles. Review
shapes by having the children make a jack-o-lantern with
all triangles etc.
After reading Pumpkin, Pumpkin talk about the life cycle
of a pumpkin. I made pumpkin shaped sequencing cards
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Art Activities
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PUMPKIN PIE PLAYDOUGH
5 1/2 cups flour
2 cups salt
8 teaspoons cream of tartar
3/4 cup oil
1 (1 1/12 ounces) container pumpkin pie spice
Orange food coloring (2 parts yellow, 1 part red)
4 cups water Mix all of the ingredients together.
Cook and stir over medium heat until all lumps
disappear. Knead the dough on a floured surface until it
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Paper Plate Jack-o-Lanterns
Have children paint a paper plate orange. When dry, have
the children glue on pieces of black construction paper
for the facial features. ( Use pre-cut or have children
cut their own (or rip), depending upon the child's
ability.
Also make vines by making spirals on green paper and
cutting along the lines. Take each child's picture and
also hang on the bulletin board!
Hang on your bulletin board with the words,
"Welcome to the Pumpkin Patch"
One year I had the children draw their own pumpkins on
large white paper, cut them out, and then paint them
orange. It was wonderful - we had all different shapes
and sizes of pumpkins as you can see in the picture
below!
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Paper Bag Pumpkins
Give each child a lunch-size paper bag. Have them
crumble newspaper and stuff their bags about 3/4 full.
Twist the tops of the bags to form a stem for the
pumpkin. Have the children paint their pumpkins orange
and the twisted stem stays brwon. When the paint is dry
have the children glue on jack-o-lantern facial
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Pumpkin Recipes
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Jack-O'-lantern Cookie Pops
Place A "Little Debbie" oatmeal creme pie on a plate.
Spread orange icing all over it. Insert a pretzel stick
into the creme part of the pie to create the stem. Place
one end of a craft stick into the creme at the bottom
for a handle. Add raisins (or chocolate chips) for
jack-o'-lantern features. |
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Jack-o'-Lantern Cookies
1 slice of refrigerated sugar-cookie dough per child
orange decorator sugar
7 chocolate chips per child
1/2 green gumdrop per child
Give each child a slice of dough. Add sprinkled sugar to
make orange. Make a face with the chocolate chips. Bake
according to package directions. When cool, place the
gumdrop at the top as the stem. YUM!! |
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Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
If you carve a pumpkin in your classroom, save the
seeds! Wash them and dry them overnight on waxed paper.
Bake on a cookie sheet until golden. Sprinkle with salt.
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© Pam Ballingall
The Teacher's Room
2001-2007
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