Warm up voices by echoing what the first puppet says.

Freeze dance or play along with the music

Play freeze dance with the selection.
-or-
Play instruments with the music.
Play the beat. (not rhythm patterns with PreK)

Say the poem. Teach the actions demonstrating on a child. Have the children make a line so that each child can draw on the back of the child in front of them. The teacher draws on the back of the last child in the line. Say the poem using different voice levels - high, medium, and low. Actions can be found in the song activities under this song in the song list.

You could do this activity in your class without the video - play high/low sounds on a xylophone or a big drum, small drum.

If using the video, have students identify the sounds and tell if they are high or low.

This is a difficult concept for little ones to grasp. It might take all year for some kids to understand high and low.

Read the story, adding as many sound effects as you wish. Invite the children to suggest the instruments for the different sounds or use the ones that are suggested in the song activities (link above).

Let's Get You Moving - move to show high, middle and low sounds

Listen and move as the song suggests. Then remember how to move to the music without the words.

Now that you've introduced high and low sounds, help children become better listeners by using the Mystery Box. Put a collection of instruments into your Mystery Box. Play the instrument and ask the children to identify if the sound is high or low. You could use a larger drum for a low sound and a finger cymbal for a high sound. The interactive glockenspiel is provided below as a tool. You could use other instruments such as your own glockenspiel or bass bars.

Teach the song by immersion inviting the children to imitate the actions while you sing the song.

Create an Illustration of the song "Five Little Pumpkins"

This is an "Ask Me" page. You can send this home with students to encourage them to sing the songs from class at home too!

Sing the song, moving a spider to the place on your body. Invite the children to think of new places for the spider to go and make up a rhyme for it.

Sing the song with the actions. Ask the students which spider had a high voice (teeny tiny) and a low voice (great big).

Do the actions with the song.

Show the students the visual for the song with the skeletons, black cat, and ghost. Teach the song by rote (or immersion). Start with non-locomotor movements then invite them to create locomotor movements for each verse.