Pumpkin Storytime

So excited that fall is here!! Guess what that means? Pumpkins!! That is what we did in storytime today.

Songs and Fingerplays

Open Shut Them

Open shut them, Open shut them,

Give a little clap clap clap!

Open shut them, Open shut them,

Put them in your lap, lap, lap!

Creep them, crawl them,

Creep them, crawl them,

Right up to your chin, chin, chin!

Open wide your little mouth,

But do not let them in!

Shake Your Sillies Out

We're gonna shake, shake, shake our sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake our sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake our sillies out,

And wibble our wobbles away!

We're gonna nod… our noddies out…

We're gonna clap… our crazies out…

We're gonna jump… our jiggles out…

We're gonna stretch, yawn, stretch and yawn again…

We're gonna shake… our sillies out…

Pumpkin positions

A tiny little mouse (squeak, squeak, squeak)

Walks up to a pumpkin (sneak, sneak, sneak)

He hides BESIDE the pumpkin and shivers in fright

Because it is cold and spooky on a dark fall night

…in, on, behind, in front of

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate

(hold up five fingers and point to each in turn)
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate

The first one said, Oh My it's getting late

The second one said, Let's have some fun

The third one said, Let's run, Let's run

The fourth one said, Let's dance, let's prance

The fifth one said, Now is our chance

When whoooo went the wind

(blow hard)

And out went the light

And away went the pumpkins

On a cold fall night.

If You See a Pumpkin

(tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)

If you see an orange pumpkin, clap your hands

If you see an orange pumpkin, clap your hands

If you see an orange pumpkin, and you want to see some more

If you see an orange pumpkin, clap your hands…

… green, white, red

Found a Pumpkin

(tune: Found a Peanut)

Found a pumpkin

In the garden,

A big old pumpkin fat and round

I will have to stoop and pick it if I want a pumpkin treat

I pick one pumpkin

And another

And one more from the vine

Do you know how many pumpkins?

Can you count them- up to nine?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Good-Bye Song

(tune: London Bridge)

Bye, good-bye we’ll see you soon,

See you soon, see you soon

Bye, good-bye we’ll see you soon

On another day!

Books

Hall, Z. It’s Pumpkin Time

Ochiltree, D. Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins

Rockwell, A. Apples and Pumpkins

Scott, M. Five Little Pumpkins

Wallace, N. Pumpkin Day