North Mankato Taylor Library Storytime
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P is for Pumpkin
Pumpkin Books We Shared:
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It’s Pumpkin Time! By Zoe Hall
Pick a Perfect Pumpkin by Robin Koontz
How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? By Wendell Minor
Patty’s Pumpkin Patch by Teri Sloat
Pumpkin Books You Can Share:
Ready for Pumpkins by Kate Duke
Pumpkin Cat by Anne Mortimer
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? By Margaret McNamera
Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills
Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas
Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman
Pumpkin Countdown by Joan Holub
Pick a Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie! By Judy Cox
The Biggest Pumpkin Surprise Ever by Steven Kroll
Pumpkin Hill by Elizabeth Spurr
The Very Best Pumpkin by Mark Kimball Moulton
The Perfect Pumpkin (My Little Pony)
Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever! By Steven Kroll
Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night by Anne Rockwell
Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
The Bumpy Little Pumpkin by Margery Cuyler
A Pipkin of Pepper by Helen Cooper
The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin by Margaret Wise Brown
The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis
Pumpkin Day! By Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
The Littlest Pumpkin by R.A. Herman
Pumpkin Eye by Denise Fleming
Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo
Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell
Pumpkin Moonshine by Tasha Tudor
Patty’s Pumpkin Patch by Teri Sloat
The Pumpkin Fair by Eve Bunting
Pumpkins from the Sky?... By Julia Van Nutt
Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington
The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin
The Magic Pumpkin by Bill Martin
Biscuit Visits the Pumpkin Patch by Alyssa Satin Capucilli Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie by Jill Esbaum
From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer
The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Charles S. Schultz
Pumpkin Town! Or Nothing is Better and Worse Than Pumpkins by Katie McKy
Early Literacy Activities:
**Make pumpkin soup. There are tons of recipes online. Make either a large recipe chart or individual recipe cards so that children can follow along. Having a written recipe helps children to understand the concepts such as of following directions, ordinal numbers, sight words, and measurements.
**Cut out a large pumpkin and make a list of all the things we can do with a pumpkin: make soup, roast
the seeds, make pie, make a jack o'lantern, etc.
Early Literacy ideas were borrowed from this website:
http://earlyliteracycounts.blogspot.com/2010/11/book-of-day-pumpkin-soup.html
Pumpkin Fingerplays and Songs to Share:
Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate (five fingers up)
The first one said "Oh my it's getting Late" (Hands on Cheeks)
The second one said "There's a chill in the air" (arms around self)
The third one said "But we don't care" (swing pointer finger)
The fourth one said "We're ready for some fun!" (hand in air)
The fifth one said "Let's run, run, run!" (running motion)
So woooo went the wind, and out went the lights,
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn’t keep her;
He put her in a pumpkin shell
And there he kept her very well.
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkins, pumpkins, I think I’ll make a pie. (Point to head as if thinking)
Pumpkins, pumpkins, My, oh my! (Arms out shaking to my, oh my)
Bake it, scrape it, Dump it in a pot. (throw the pumpkin in a pot)
Mash it, mash it, Up a lot. (pretend to mash the pumpkin)
Pour in the sugar, And spices, too. (pretend to pour in the pot)
Pour in the cream, And eggs, one and two. (count with fingers one, then two)
Stir it, stir it, Then take a cup. (pretend to stir)
Scoop it in a shell, And bake it up. (pretend to scoop)
Bake it, bake it, For an hour or so. (hold up one finger)
Serve it for dinner, And eat it slow. (pretend to eat)
Pumpkins are Growing
(tune of “Are You Sleeping”)
Pumpkins are growing
Pumpkins are growing
In the patch In the patch
Look at all the pumpkins
Look at all the pumpkins
Orange and Round
Orange and Round
Fingerplays were borrowed from website: http://www.hcpl.net/cgi-bin/ebranch/story_time/theme.pl?id=478
The Pumpkins are Here
(sung to: "The Farmer in the Dell")
The pumpkins are here, the pumpkins are there.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins are everywhere.
The pumpkins are up; the pumpkins are down.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins are all around.
The pumpkins are in; the pumpkins are out.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins are all about.
The pumpkins are low; the pumpkins are high.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins all say, "Good-bye".
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Sitting on a wall (have children sit down)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Tip and fall (have children tip over)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Rolling down the street (have children roll on floor)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
You’re so sweet! (have children hug themselves)
Fingerplays found on website:http://stpeterschool.homestead.com/OctoberSongsandFingerplays.html
Pick a Pumpkin
(tune: “London Bridge”)
Pick a pumpkin from the vine.
(Pretend to pick up a pumpkin)
Pumpkin round, pumpkin fine.
(Gesture to indicate “big and round”)
Pick a pumpkin from the vine.
(Pretend to pick up a pumpkin.)
Let’s pick pumpkins!
(Gesture, “Come with me!”)
Pick a pumpkin from the vine.
(Pretend to pick up a pumpkin)
You pick your. I’ll pick mine.
(Point to indicate “you” and “me”)
Pick a pumpkin from the vine.
(Pretend to pick up a pumpkin)
Let’s pick pumpkins!
(Gesture, “Come with me!”)
Fingerplay found on website:preschool.colonial.net/Teachers/Brown/.../pumpkinsongs2010.pdf
The Alphabet Song
a-b-c-d-e-f-g
h-i-j-k-lmnop
q-r-s
t-u-v
w-x
y and z
Now I know my ‘ABCs’
Next time won’t you sing with me.
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