Flannel Friday: Fall Post #4: Pumpkins

At long last, we come to the pumpkin post! This is my last official Fall flannel set, and it's going to be used quite a bit these next three weeks.

I came up with a little song, which is sung to the tune of Five Green and Speckled Frogs. It's probably the primary way I'll use my pumpkins.

Five little pumpkins round

sat on the cold, cold ground

Out there in my big pumpkin patch.

A mommy came walking by

picked one to bake a pie,

now there are four little pumpkins round.

 

Four little pumpkins round

sat on the cold, cold ground

Out there in my big pumpkin patch.

A mommy came walking by,

picked one to bake a pie,

now there are three little pumpkins round. 

Three little pumpkins round

sat on the cold, cold ground

Out there in my big pumpkin patch.

A daddy came walking by,

picked one to bake a pie,

now there are two little pumpkins round.

Two little pumpkins round

sat on the cold, cold ground

Out there in my big pumpkin patch.

A grandpa came walking by,

picked one to bake a pie,

now there is one little pumpkin round.

One little pumpkin round

sat on the cold, cold ground

Out there in my big pumpkin patch.

A little boy came walking by,

picked it to bake a pie,

now there are no little pumpkins round.

The family clipart I used is from kizclub.com, and here are my pumpkins: pumpkins.pdf

Other pumpkin possibilities are below:

Five Little Pumpkins Sitting On a Gate

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, Oh, my it's getting late.

The second one said, There are bats in the air.

The third one said, "But we don't care.
The fourth one said, "Let's run, let's run!

The fifth one said, "Isn't Halloween fun?
Then Woooooo went the wind
And out went the lights

And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

I learned to change witches to bats when I worked in a nursery school during college and have never gone back. I plan to do this as a fingerplay, rather than a song. It will probably work best with my preschool groups.


Mr. Pumpkin

Mr. Pumpkin,
Mr. Pumpkin,
Round and fat.
Round and fat.
Harvest time is coming.
Harvest time is coming.
Yum, yum, yum.
That is that!

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The tune is Where is Thumbkin. I plan to use this with my Lap Time groups as a simple song with a puppet. I have some popsicle sticks with Velcro on the end, so I can attach a pumpkin and hold it up as we sing. For my Halloween story time, I will change harvest time to Halloween.

Need more Fall ideas? Don't miss my posts about apples, squirrels, and leaves.

This week's Flannel Friday host is Anna at Future Librarian Superhero. Previous posts are gathered by Anne at So Tomorrow, as well as on Pinterest. Enjoy!