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Five Little Pumpkins Counting Song

Lesson plan developed by Mrs. Erika Booth, BA Ed
Age Group:
Toddlers
* Lesson plan objectives and assessments can be adapted to use this activity with preschoolers.
Objectives:  
  • Child will develop fine motor skills
  • Child will 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
  • googly eyes
  • marker
  • scissors 
Procedure: 
  1. Create the fence by hot gluing the popsicle sticks together.
  2. Cut out the foam pieces into circles. Add a face using the googly eyes and markers
  3. Attach the foam pumpkins to the clothes pins
  4. Find a comfortable spot to sing with the child
  5. Sing the Five Little Pumpkins Song
  6. As you sing, show the child how to clip the clothes pins onto the fence.
  7. 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 child’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 child multiple opportunities to practice the song over the course of the school week. ​ 
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Use of Puppetry and Plays $31.50
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Stages of Cognitive Development in Toddlers $10.50
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Stages of Social and Emotional Development in Toddlers $10.50

Pumpkin Hand Art

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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. 
 
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