October 16: Toddler Storytime: Pumpkins

(I pass out copies of the words to all the songs that have to do with the theme as well as the words for the Spanish song.)


Opening song:                                (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell")

             We tap hola like this

             We tap ho la like this

                 Hi-ho cherry

             We tap hola like this

               Continue with other verses:

                  We drop hola like this...

                   We circle hola like this...

                 We spin hola like this...

                We toss hola like this..

                 We roll hola like this....

                     We stomp hola like this...

Introduced theme by displaying a real pumpkin and asking what this is.
All the children got to look inside the pumpkin. Each one felt some of the seeds I had removed from the pumpkin.
Talked about the stem and explained that pumpkins grow on vines on the ground.


Story: "Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere" by Smriti Prasadam-Halls

Movement chant:                                    "Pumpkin”

Pumpkin, pumpkin

big and round,

I'm glad you grow

upon the ground.

I'm glad you don't

grow in a tree

for then you might

fall down on me.

Movement/action song:              “I’m a Little Pumpkin”

(Tune: I’m a Little Teapot”)

I'm a little pumpkin 
Orange and round.
Here is my stem,
I grew in the ground.

When I get all cut up, 
Don't you shout!
Just open me up
            And scoop me out!               

Story: "Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins"

 

Spanish song with shakers: "La Rana Cucu"




Action song:                     

“Have You Ever Seen a Pumpkin?”

(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 fat one, a small one.

Have you ever seen a pumpkin, that grows on a vine?

Goodbye Song:

 (Tune: "The Farmer in the Dell")

We tap adios like this

 We tap adios like this

Hi-ho cherry

  We tap adios like this

Continue with other verses:

We drop adios like this...

   We circle adios like this...

  We spin adios like this...

   We toss adios like this...

  We roll adios like this...

           We stomp adios like this...

                    

Modeled the craft and then parents helped their children complete it.

Craft: Pool noodle pumpkins with real seeds inside

Modified a craft from toddlerapproved.com.