October 17: Preschool Storytime: Pumpkins

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

                         We tap hola like this

                         We tap hola 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...

Put out a real pumpkin
Talked about the parts of a pumpkin and how a pumpkin grows
Letter Pp and its sound
Found it on the Alphabet chart
Talked about things that start with Pp
Made lowercase p in the air

Book: "Pumpkin Town" by Katie Mcky

Shaker and movement song: We sing the whole song in English and then change a few words to Spanish.

                                            “Did You Ever See a Pumpkin?”

(Tune: “Did You Ever See A Lassie”)

Did you ever see a pumpkin/a calabaza, a pumpkin/a calabaza, a calabaza? 

Did you ever see a pumpkin with no face at all? 

With no eyes/ojos, no nose/nariz, no mouth/boca, and no teeth/dientes? 

Did you ever see una pumpkin/calabaza, with no face/cara at all?

I made it into a jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lantern. 

I made it into a jack-o-lantern with a big funny face/cara!

With big eyes/ojos, a big nose/nariz, a big mouth/boca, and big teeth/dientes. 

I made it into a jack-o-lantern with a big funny face/cara.

Book: "Pumpkin Soup" by Helen Cooper

Song: We sing the whole song in English and then change a few words to Spanish.

I put the pumpkin in the middle of the circle, and we danced around it.

"Ring Around the Pumpkin"
(Tune: "Ring Around the Rosie")

Ring around the pumpkin/calabaza
Pocket for of nuts/nueces
Leaves/hojas, leaves/hojas
They all fall down.

March around the pumpkin/calabaza

Pocket full of nuts/nueces
Leaves/hojas, leaves/hojas
They all fall down.

Stomp around the pumpkin/calabaza
Pocket full of nuts/nueces
Leaves/hojas, leaves/ hojas
They all fall down.

Tip-toe around the pumpkin/calabaza
Pocket full of nuts/nueces
Leaves/hojas, leaves/hojas
They all fall down.

Jump around the pumpkin/calabaza
Pocket full of nuts/nueces
Leaves/hojas, leaves/hojas
They all fall down.

Book: Ran out of time for a third story

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...

Craft Time: 

Modeled both the Pp page and the craft before the children starting working on them

Pp Dot page: The children each completed a dot page for letter Pp. You can find these dot pages here. 


Pumpkin craft

Modified craft from https://alittlepinchofperfect.com to make it more accurate.

I let the children pick which three books I read from the ones I bring with me. These are some additional suggested books that the children didn't pick:

"The Bumpy Little Pumpkin" by Margery Cuyler

"Penguin and Pumpkin" by Salina Yoon

"Too Many Pumpkins" by Megan Lloyd

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.