Saturday, October 15, 2011

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

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