I know just about everyone knows a version of the Five Little Pumpkins poem. Well, it’s that time of year again and I know everyone is ready for some fun . . .
I’ve put together a Five Little Pumpkins FREE printable package for you and your children.
Five Little Pumpkins book, Miss Enigma, age 5
Print this book FREE: Five Little Pumpkins
- Blank book with traditional poem on each page.
- Cover of book includes line for child’s name.
- Poem teaches counting, ordinal numbers and sequencing.
Print these pumpkin counters FREE: Five Little Pumpkins counters
- I printed these pumpkin counters on orange paper.
- I cut apart the pumpkins for Miss Enigma to glue into her Five Little Pumpkins printable book.
- Older children can cut the pumpkins out themselves.
- Children can also illustrate each page by simply drawing the pumpkins.
Five Little Pumpkins book, Miss Enigma, age 5
Putting Together Five Little Pumpkins Book:
- I first taught Miss Enigma the poem with the hand motions.
- Next, I introduced her to the book page by page.
- Miss Enigma glued the corresponding number of pumpkins on each page.
- To help Miss Enigma learn her numbers, she added one pumpkin to each page rather than gluing five pumpkins on every page.
- She drew swirly wind on the page “Then whooooo went the wind!”
- She painted with black watercolor on the page “And out went the light!”
- We didn’t glue any pumpkins on the last page because they ran out of sight!
Print these Poem Cards FREE: Five Little Pumpkins poem cards
- I printed these cards and the children used them to preform their puppet show.
- These cards can also be used as a sequencing game.
Puppet Show
- In my next post, I’ll show you how we put together our puppet show using the above poem cards.
- We did a following directions lesson that engaged the children in developing their fine-motor skills.
- Following verbal directions is certainly a skill of its own!
You might also like our FREE printable book: Going to the Pumpkin Patch
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