Five Little Pumpkins is fun little song.
Five Little Pumpkins Lesson Plan
Need a quick and easy autumn lesson plan?
Combined with other Halloween songs from Super Simple, youve got a great lesson ready to go.
Hello Song:
Choose your favorite hello song.
For Halloween, we recommend Hello, My Friends.
Even if you havent used the song before, students can follow along as you gesture.
See this blog post for somegesture suggestions.
Active Song:
Kids energy levels change from day to day (hour to hour).
Sometimes their energy is a little low and they need a boost.
Using an active song early on in the lesson will help balance energy levels so students can focus.
A short and easy active song like Walking, Walking is perfect.
No need to pre-teach, just put it on and hit play.
Circle Time Activity:
Introduce Five Little Pumpkins with thesepicture cards.
Talk about the cards one by one.
How many pumpkins are there?
Yes, thats right!
There is one pumpkin.
Does he look angry?
Yes, thats right!
Look, hes smiling!
Let me see your big smiles!
Why do you think hes smiling?
Introduce all of the cards, looking at the pumpkins and talking about their feelings.
Next, have fun making faces!
Make a face and ask the students, How do I feel?
Elicit the right answer and then pass the pumpkin to the next student.
How does she feel?
The student makes a face and the other students guess the emotion.
Continue around the circle giving all of the students a chance.
Another fun activity is to give the students small mirrors and have them make faces into them.
Can you make a happy face?
Show me a grumpy face.
Lets see your sad face!
Talk about what makes you feel happy, sad, scared, etc.
Or, bring a camera to class (your phone camera will work just fine).
As you hold up each of the activity cards, take pictures of the students making that face.
Show the students the picture on your camera screen…theyll love it!
Later, print them out or display them digitally for parents and students to share.
Worksheet:
Hand out theattached worksheetand have students draw faces on the different pumpkins.
How do you make a happy face?
Lets draw the mouth.
Lets make a big smile!
Clean Up Song:
Clean up the worksheets and pencils or crayons.
Youre ready to sing!
Play Five Little Pumpkins and act it out as you sing.
The first time through, just have the students follow along with you.
The songs includes a lot of space between verses for acting out the emotions.
After introducing the song, you might try assigning roles to each of the students.
It shows a variety of jack-o-lanterns expressing different emotions.
It can even be read with the lights off!
But any age-appropriate emotions- or pumpkin- themed book will work here.
For example, readNo, David!and talk about how David feels on different pages.
Always remember with picture books that you dont have to read all words on the page.
Goodbye Song:
Finish up your lesson with a good-bye song.
Try Goodbye, My Friends.
