PumpkinHouse Cut and Tell Story
Materials: orangepaper, scissors
Directions: Placethe orange paper and scissors in your lap. As you tell thestory cut out the different parts with the scissors. At endof the story, the children will be delighted with the pumpkinhouse!
Hint! Youcan also tear out the paper with your fingers.
Oncethere was a little old lady who lived in a funny orange house near name ofyour school. Her house wasshaped like half a circle with the chimney at the bottom.
Thislittle lady had a cat named child’s name in your room. This cat had a long, curved tail, sothe old lady had a special door cut just for the cat’s tail.
Thelittle lady always wore a pointed hat. She had a special door built for herself, too, so her hat would not falloff every time she went in and out the door.
Thelittle lady had two pet birds. Their names were child’s name and child’s name. She had a window cut just for them sothey could fly in and out and in and out.
Itwas getting close to Halloween, so all the children in teacher’s nameclassroom went to her house and knocked on her door. The little lady came to the door and said, “Close youreyes.” SURPRISE! It’s a jack-o-lantern!
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Iwas lucky to be invited to share with the teachers at Kids Country ChildDevelopment Centers near Cleveland last Saturday. We did this story and they were so cute with their pumpkins! I have done this story for years, butthe magic is still there!
PumpkinMan Tell and Draw Story
Materials:large sheet of paper, marker
Directions:Explain that you will needeveryone to help you tell this story. Demonstrate the movements below. When yousay the words in the story, then the children should make the motions.
“Knock” –pretend to knock on adoor
“Rock” – movebody back andforth
“Spin” – twirlhands around eachother
“Come In” – makemotion with hand
Draw the bodyparts on the paper as you come to them in the story.
Once there was a little old lady who would just sit all dayand rock and spin and wait for somebody to come in.
One day as she rockedand spun she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. In came two big,black boots. (Draw boots on the board.) “I can’t talk to you big, black boots,”said the little old lady. So she just sat there and rocked and spun untilshe heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And in came two bonylegs. (Draw two skinny legs coming out of the boots.) “I can’t talk to two bonylegs,” said the little old lady.
So she just sat there and rocked and spununtil she heard a knock at the door.
“Come in,” she called. And in came afunny body. (Draw a pear shaped body on top of the legs.) “I can’t talk to afunny body,” said the little old lady.
So she just sat there and rockedand spun until she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And incame two wiggly arms. (Draw wiggly arms coming off the body.) “I can’t talk towiggly arms,” said the little old lady.
So she just sat there and rockedand spun until she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And incame two big hands. (Draw hands at the end of the arms.) “I can’t talk to twobig hands,” said the little old lady.
So she just sat there and rockedand spun until she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And incame a big pumpkin head. (Draw a pumpkin head on the figure.) “Well, I can talkto a pumpkin man,” said the little old lady. And she did!
Adaptations: End by singing “Do You Know the Pumpkin Man?” to the tune of“Do You Know the Muffin Man?”
