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Pips and Pumpkins (and Apples, oh my!)

10/18/2016

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I​t has been an oddly warm October week so far, but that hasn't stopped the Pips from immersing ourselves in all things autumnal!  Our October theme is Autumn Harvest, and one of our favorite ways to grow our early language skills and celebrate the season is through songs.  

In the infant and young toddler rooms, we sing all kinds of songs throughout the day to support tricky transitions and engage our friends, but we also practice a more organized circle time complete with theme-related songs and finger plays!  Incorporating movement and props with the songs helps these youngest friends make meaning of the language, in addition to strengthening coordination and getting energy out of their growing bodies!

Here are a few of our favorite pumpkin and apple songs that we've been singing together this month for speaking and listening circle...
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The Little Apple Seed -to the tune of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"

I'll take a little apple seed
and put it in the ground
Down comes the soft rain
falling all around
Out comes the big sun,
bright as bright can be
And the little apple seed grows
​into an apple tree



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"Five Little Pumpkins" -to the rhythm of "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed"

Five little pumpkins sittin' on a gate.
The first one said, "Oh my it's getting late!"
The second one said, "There's a chill in the air."
The third one said, "But we don't care!"
The fourth one said, "I'm ready for some fun"
So the fifth one said, "Let's run run RUN!"
Then whooooo went the wind
And *OUT* went the lights
And the five little pumpkins
rolled out of sight!

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"Once I Had a Pumpkin" -to the tune of "Did you Ever See a Lassie?

Once I had a pumpkin,
A pumpkin, a pumpkin.
Once I had a pumpkin
With no face at all.

With no eyes and no nose
And no mouth and no teeth.
Once I had a pumpkin
With no face at all.

So I made a jack'o'lantern,
jack'o'lantern, jack'o'lantern.
Oh I made a jack'o'lantern
With a big funny face.

With big eyes and a big nose
And a big mouth with big teeth.
Oh I made a jack'o'lantern
With a big funny face
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