I use die-cut shapes of pumpkins that I found at my local teacher supply store and placed "s" or "m" in the center of each pattern. I use the peel-n-stick letters since they show up much better. Magnets can be added to the back of each pumpkin for easy magnetic use.
Place the pumpkins above or below a vine in the garden (a single line drawn on the board using a green marker). After a pumpkin "melody" is sung correctly, die-cut leaves can be awarded to the "vine" as children sing the m-r-d melodies correctly.
For a fun extension, mix the pumpkins up each time the story is read. If you have additional pumpkin shapes, add "l" to use with a more advanced group. Consider solfege hand signs or even staff notation. Rhythm options would include Level I rhythmic concepts.
Finally have the children write (literacy) and play their Autumn Pumpkin Melody. Provide evaluation sheets for each child to encourage self-assessment.
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