Pumpkins

=Storytime= =The Pumpkin Patch= Leaves are changing colour, squirrels are foraging, and golden autumn hues are casting their warm glow - signaling the approach of "pumpkin time".

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Pumpkin Eye - Denise Fleming Simple rhymes describe the sights, sounds, and smells of Halloween.

Pumpkin, Pumpkin - Jeanne Titherington All summer, Jamie watched his pumpkin grow -- from a tiny sprout to a huge orange pumpkin. By Halloween it was ready to pick and carve. But best of all, inside the pumpkin were seeds -- to be planted next spring. Five Little Pumpkins - Dan Yaccarino Five Little Pumpkins repeats the well-known fingerplay. Retell the story with flannelboard retelling and the song. I use a purchased felt board play set. Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night - Anne Rockwell At the farmers' market, a child finds a pumpkin that's not too big and not too small. Soon it's carved and set outside to glow in the starry night. The Pumpkin Book - Gail Gibbons From seed to vine and blossom to table, Gibbons traces the growth cycle of the pumpkin.

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Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater Pumpkin, Pumpkin (Wee Sing For Halloween) Halloween Is Here - A flannelboard retelling to the tune of //The Farmer In The Dell// Jack O'Lantern (Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays)

Sometimes big and sometimes small, (arms form large cirdle, then small) But always round and yellow (draw circle in air) When children make my famous grin (grin, showing teeth) Then I'm a scary fellow (make scary face)

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How A Pumpkin Grows - Pumpkin life cycle cards from Kidz Club Pumpkin Observation (Mary) - Upon close inspection, students complete booklet to describe their pumpkin. Cover/Page One/Page Two/Page Three/Page Four Hedgie Carves a Halloween Pumpkin - Colour Jan Brett's adorable character. Happy Halloween Bookmarks - Culminate the storytime with Jan Brett's adorable bookmarks.

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It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Linus is sure that this year the Great Pumpkin will finally appear. By The Light of The Halloween Moon: In this story, available on //Scholastic Video Collection's The Teacher from the Black Lagoon... and More Slightly Scary Stories,// a black cat tries to catch a little girl's toe one spooky Halloween night. The story does not feature pumpkins, but is a seasonal delight.



Copyright 2009; Carlene Walter