Five Little Pumpkins Counting Song

Lesson Plan:

Activity:

Lesson plan developed by Mrs. Erika Booth, BA Ed

Age Group:

Toddlers

* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with preschoolers.

Objectives:

Children will:

develop fine motor skills.
be introduced to rhythm and rhyme.

CDA Competency Standard:

II.7.2a

Activities and materials encourage children to dance, move and develop their musical ability
- a) Music and dance/movement materials and activities are available for children daily

Materials:

popsicle sticks
foam sheets
hot glue gun
clothes pins
googley eyes
marker
scissors

Procedure:

Create the fence by hot gluing the popsicle sticks together.
Cut out the foam pieces into circles.
Add a face using the googley eyes and markers.
Attach the foam pumpkins to the clothes pins.
Find a comfortable spot to sing with the children.
Sing the Five Little Pumpkins Song.
As you sing, show the children how to clip the clothes pins onto the fence.
Sing the song a second time, encouraging them to try attaching the clothes pins themselves

Five Little Pumpkins Song

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate
First one said "Oh my, it's getting late!"
Second one said "There are witches in the air"
The third one said "but we don't care!"
The fourth one said "let's run and run and run"
The fifth one said "I'm ready for some fun!"
Ooo ooo went the wind, and out went the light
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight

Assessment:

Observe and record the children’s fine motor skills. Were they able to pinch and place the clothespins onto the popsicle sticks? How did they react to the 5 Little Pumpkins song? Give the children multiple opportunities to practice the song over the course of the school week.

Note: Please provide appropriate supervision to the children in your care when completing all activities. You will need to decide what types of activities are safe for the children in your care. Appropriate and reasonable caution should be used when providing art and sensory experiences for children. Toddlers require special caution, only use non-toxic materials, and do not allow toddlers to put things in their mouths that are a choking hazard.

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Pumpkin Hand Art

Hand print art is an easy way to illustrate how children are constantly growing and changing. You can make several different art projects using little hands.

For this project we used two orange hand prints, and turned them into a pumpkins.