EHS Calabazas

Cambios en el entorno

Plastilina naranja, papel, lápices de colores, fieltro, rotuladores, pintura, etc

Cortadores de galletas de calabaza

Imágenes de calabazas

Libros sobre calabazas

Tarjetas de recetas

Calabazas de plástico

Molde para pastel

Juego de carpeta de archivos de calabaza

Sellos de calabaza

Material de estampado de calabaza

Escama

Gobernante

Recipientes de comida vacíos que contenían calabaza

Botella vacía de especias de calabaza

Calabaza de peluche

Mesa de agua: agua de naranja, calabazas de plástico, cucharas de naranja, cuencos de naranja, regla, etc.

Mesa sensorial: arena de luna anaranjada, moldes para pasteles pequeños, bandejas de cubitos de hielo con formas de calabaza, cortadores de galletas de calabaza, cucharas de naranja, tazones de naranja, hojas, palas, pompones grandes de naranja

Conceptos didácticos para experiencias en interiores

1. Mire imágenes de calabazas, use lupas para observar la forma, la textura y el color de la calabaza

2. Mire imágenes del ciclo de vida de la calabaza, puestas en orden.

3. Mira todas las diferentes cosas que puedes hacer con una calabaza.

4. Señale y nombre las partes de la calabaza.

5. ¿Cómo se siente la actividad de la calabaza? Explora el exterior y el interior de una calabaza y traza los resultados con nuestros cinco sentidos.  ¿Cómo se siente, se ve, huele, suena, saborea?

Conceptos de enseñanza para grupos pequeños

2. Draw/paint a picture of a pumpkin

3. Glue orange tissue/construction paper on pumpkin shape

4. Stamp with pumpkin stamps

5. Use pumpkin cutters to cut playdough

6. Pumpkin Nutrition Activity (for 12mths and up, list under Special Activities on Lesson Plan)

Teaching Concepts for Outdoor Experiences

1. Pumpkin Toss

2. Fishing for pumpkins

3. Pumpkin hunt

4. Pumpkin roll (roll plastic pumpkins to see who’s can go the farthest)5. Pumpkin crawl6. Hot pumpkin (played like “hot potato”)

5. Ring Around the Pumpkin (put a pumpkin in middle of circle and children sing: Ring around the pumpkin, pocket full of seeds, pumpkin, pumpkin, we all fall down)

Teaching Concepts for Music Movement Wellness IMIL

1. Did You Ever See A Pumpkin? tune: Did You Ever See A Lassie

Did you ever see a pumpkin, a pumpkin, a pumpkin?

Did you ever see a pumpkin with no face at all?

With no eyes and no nose and no mouth and no teeth?

Did you ever see a pumpkin, with no face at all?

So I made a Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern

So I made a Jack-O-Lantern with a big funny face.

With big eyes and a big nose and a big mouth and big teeth.

So I made a Jack-O-Lantern with a big funny face.

2. The Pumpkins Are Here tune: Farmer In The Dell

The pumpkins are here, the pumpkins are there. The pumpkins, the pumpkins are everywhere.

The pumpkins are up; the pumpkins are down. The pumpkins, the pumpkins are all around.

The pumpkins are in; the pumpkins are out. The pumpkins, the pumpkins are all about.

The pumpkins are low; the pumpkins are high. The pumpkins, the pumpkins all say, “Good-bye.”

3. The Pumpkin Vine

I looked out my window and what did I find?

Gree-een leaves a-growing on my pumpkin vine.

Gree-een leaves a-growing on my pumpkin vine.

I looked out my window and what did I find?

Yeell-llow flowers a-growing on my pumpkin vine

Yeell-llow flowers a-growing on my pumpkin vine.

I looked out my window and what did I find?

Blaa-aack bugs a-crawling on my pumpkin vine

Blaa-aack bugs a-crawling on my pumpkin vine.

I looked out my window and what did I find?

Puu-uumpkins growing on my pumpkin vine

Puu-uumpkins growing on my pumpkin vine.

4. Pumpkin tune: I’m A Little Teapot

I’m a little pumpkin

Orange and round

Here is my stem,

There is the ground.

When I get all grown up.

Scream and shout

It is time

To scoop me out!

5. Where is My Pumpkin? tune: Where is Thumbkin?

Where is my pumpkin? Where is my pumpkin?

Here it is! Here it is!

Happy Jack-O-Lantern

Happy Jack-O-Lantern

Looks like this. Looks like this. (make happy face)

Where is my pumpkin? Where is my pumpkin?

Sad Jack-O-Lantern

Sad Jack-O-Lantern

Looks like this. Looks like this. (make sad face)

(repeat song using different emotions)

6. The Pumpkin On The Vine tune: Farmer In The Dell

The pumpkin on the vine,

The pumpkin on the vine.

I picked the one that weighed a ton,

And that’s the one that’s mine.

I made two funny eyes,

A mouth that’s oversize

The other gook my mother took

For baking pumpkin pies.

The pumpkin on the vine,

The pumpkin on the vine,

I picked the one that weighed a ton,

And that’s the one that’s mine.

7. Pumpkin Trees

It’s harvest time & what do I see?

Pumpkins, pumpkins in a tree!

In a tree? That can’t be!

Where, oh where, should pumpkins be?

On the ground? Yes, on the ground!

That’s where pumpkins should be found !

Teaching Concepts for Fingerplays

1. Five Little Pumpkins

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate (hold five fingers up)

The first one said “Oh my it’s getting Late” (hands on cheeks)

The second one said “There’s a chill in the air” (arms around self)

The third one said “But we don’t care” (swing pointer finger)

The fourth one said “We’re ready for some fun!” (hands in the air)

The fifth one said “Let’s run, run, run!” (running motion)

So woooo went the wind, and out went the lights, (hug self)

And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight! (rolling motion with hands)

2. Pick A Pumpkin

Pick a pumpkin from the vine (pretend to pick a pumpkin)

Pumpkin round, pumpkin fine. (gesture to indicate “big and round”)

Pick a pumpkin from the vine (pretend to pick pumpkin)

Let’s pick pumpkins all the time! (gesture, “come with me!”)

(repeat)

3. Once There Was a Pumpkin

Once there was a pumpkin (make fist with hands)

And it grew (make fists wider)

And grew (bigger)

And grew (bigger)

Now it’s a jack-o-lantern

And it smiles at you (point to smile)

And you (point to friend)

And you (point to friend)

4. Cut Into a Pumpkin

Cut into a pumpkin (make motion as if cutting)

Scoop it with a spoon (make scooping motions)

Carve a little mouth that looks like a moon (pretend to cut moon)

Cut two little eyes to twinkle (pretend to cut eyes)

And a big three-cornered once (pretend to cut nose)

Use 10 shiny seeds for teeth

Place them in grinning rows (hold 10 fingers up)

Light a little candle (pretend to light candle)

And when the shadows fall

Set the jolly fellow in the darkest hall (pretend to set pumpkin down)

Listen for the laughter as folds spy him (put hand behind ear)

Grinning down at us all! (point at smile)