Five pumpkins sitting on a gate

Hello Friends! Are you looking for a Halloween activity with little prep AND is educational? It is easy, colorful, and fun! They won't even know they are practicing CCSS K.OA.3; decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way! This activity is based on the poem "Five Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate." We have been using two sided counters to practice showing that five can be shown into different combinations. This is a perfect way to apply their knowledge into…

Remember the Five Little Pumpkins? Fall into autumn with these classic poems and songs about pumpkins every preschooler and young child loves to learn!

FREE 5 Little Pumpkins activity for toddlers and preschoolers to follow along with the popular nursery rhyme. Great for learning ordinal numbers and counting in the Fall and around Halloween.

Five Little Pumpkins sitting on a gate. Poem for kids.

Five Little Pumpkins is a classic elementary music song/poem and so much fun! If you haven’t heard or used this poem you can find resources here. I use this with my K-1 kids and add a few extra things to reinforce some concepts. Here’s my process: 1) The kids learn […]

Themes abound in October. This time I tackle pumpkins - fun stuff! This was one where the kids absolutely surprised me with their interest level in some of the informational books over the picture books. Delicious by Helen Cooper All duck wants is pumpkin soup but there are none in the pumpkin patch! How can his friends help him get a full belly? Sophie's Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller How could I possibly describe my love for this new book! Ok, it's not a pumpkin but its a beautifully done…

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Halloween is almost here say, "Hurray!" Halloween is almost here say, "Hurray!" These are the final lines to the song I taught the kids at circle time today. This tune has been running through my head all day. Against my will! You know you're a preschool teacher when... :) The other poem I introduced today was the old classic, Five Little Pumpkins Sitting on the Gate. I think I love this one so much because it was a part of my own childhood! And even though it's been around forever, most of…

Hey all! It's KTeacherTiff here with a little pumpkin freebie for you! Five Little Pumpkins is one of my favorite rhymes in the fall. My class is working on ordinal numbers right now, and this rhyme fits in perfectly! Just cut out the pumpkins and glue on craft sticks. Students can act this out in whole group and then on their own during station time. Then, students take the ordinal position cards and label the positions of the pumpkins, 1st through 5th. I also included a printable of the…

Pumpkin for "Five little Pumpkins sitting on a gate?"