The tang of wood smoke, leaves swirling in the wind and the smell of snow on the air naturally bring thoughts of pumpkins to mind. Once that happens, it's not long until the logical jump to this cute little rhyme. It's an easy one to remember and to incorporate into the kids' day. It's a great littl counting rhyme that can also include fine motor development and besides, rhymes are just really good for language development which is why learning a new nursery rhyme ever week is so beneficial. Check out the Rhyme-A-Week Curriculum for more about that.
 So, today I printed out the pumpkin set and poem. I utilized the pumpkins from DLTK . They have the poem to print out in a sheet or as a little booklet (sized down, it would work well in a lap book) as well as larger seperate pieces for puppets or a felt board, which is what I printed off. I used the fence from Preschool Printables. They too have a felt board set that's really cute.
I read the book Five Little Pumpkins to them and then we used the puppets to act it out. Deedee really liked that. Then again, she's very dramatic so that's no surprise. I also found a cool Youtube vid with hand motions and we all had lots of fun with that one too. I think she liked it better than the puppets.
More Fun Resources:
- Five Little Pumpkins book by Belinda Mooney to print. (She has really cool printables)
- Pumpkins Aplenty, Pumpkins Galore at The Virtual Vine (info, book lists, etc.)
- Patty's Pumpkin Patch ~ a fun unit to accompany the book that incorporates 5 Little Pumpkins. I wish I had found it earlier. I'll plan it for next year.
- Flashcards from Super Simple Songs (Lots of different sets. Scroll down for the 5 Little Pumpkins. These have a different wording but it's still a counting poem.)
- Halloween & Pumpkin Ideas from PreKinders
- Pumpkin Unit from Mrs. Nelson's Class (Lots of fun pumpkin stuff, including growing a recycled pumpkin which I've incorporated into our lessons this month.)
- Pumpkin Unit from Little Girraffes (Even more activities to incorporate pumpkins in your learning fun.)
- Kilburn's Kiddo's (TONS of pumpkin stuff. In fact, most of the sites I planned on sharing, so I'll just direct you here. :D )
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