Five Little Pumpkins, a Singable Picture Book
Posted on: October 4, 2011
Five Little Pumpkins, a fun little counting song, is spooky enough to be interesting but, tempered by the camaraderie of the pumpkin pals, sweet enough not to frighten. This number song is fun for Halloween and has been illustrated into Singable Picture Books.
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Five Little Pumpkins
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Iris Van Rynbach
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Five Little Pumpkins
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
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“Five Little Pumpkins” is included in,
Wee Sing for Halloween
Traditional Words and Tunes and Songs by Various Artists
Compiled and Arranged by Pamela Conn Beal and Susan Hagen Nipp
Illustrated by Nancy Spence Klein
My copy of Wee Sing for Halloween includes hand gesture suggestions for singing “Five Little Pumpkins.”
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“Five Little Pumpkins” is found in,
Favorite Songs and Finger Plays
Compiled by Independent School District 196 (Apple Valley, MN)
Available for printing free online:
http://www.district196.org/ec/ParentingIdeas/Songbook.pdf
This compilation is a treasure for illustrated classic songs and movements. It includes the lyrics for “Five Little Pumpkins” as well as instructions for movement and gestures.
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Five Little Pumpkins
Traditional Words and Tune
Five little pumpkins
Sitting on a gate
First one said,
“Oh my, it’s getting late.”
Second one said,
“There are witches in the air.”
The third one said,
“But we don’t care.”
The fourth one said,
“Let’s run and run and run.”
The fifth one said,
“I’m ready for some fun .”
Ooo Ooo went the wind and out went the light,
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.
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A fun activity to accompany this song, here:
http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/PumpkinsFiveLittleRhyme.htm
Lyrics and hand gesture suggestions, here:
http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/five-little-pumpkins-with-hand-gestures/
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My favorite recording of the song is by Raffi, on his “Singable Songs for the Very Young” CD. It is sweet, simple, a capella, and just right!:
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Little-Pumpkins/dp/B004540G5Q/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1317141687&sr=1-9
Kiddidles has a different version than the one I’m familiar with, but this link includes an activity page and midi file:
http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/f042.html
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