Adapted by Sonali Fry
Illustrated by Sanja Rescek
ISBN: 978-1-481-40505-8
This cute adaptation of the Eency Weency Spider invites children to join the bouncing pumping as he makes his way home on an Autumn day. My students have LOVED singing this along withe the spider version all month. It's a quick and easy, fun-filled, story that invites singing.
To create a B Section, you will need 4 cut-out pumpkins (or four wooden painted pumpkin shapes from your local craft store). On each pumpkin, draw a single line and place a colored-in circle above or below the line. This will create a set of high-low pumpkins. Place magnets on the back for an magnetic white-board experience or simply use a pocket chart with a high and low pocket. Place the four pumpkins in a line and sing the high-low pattern after each verse in the story (there are 2 complete verses in this board book). Invite students to move the pumpkins around to create new hgh-low patterns and sing again.
Another option might be to sing one high-low pumpkin after each line in the song. For example:
The itsy bitsy pumpkin rolled down a spooky street.
high-low-high-low
He passed a ghoulish ghost and stinky goblin's feet.
high-high-low-low
Enjoy and keep singing.
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