In this darling rhyming book children pick and decorate their pumpkin before heading out to trick or treat. The vivid colors of the illustrations will surely grab the kiddos attention.
Pick a pumpkin by Patrica Toht and Jarvis
Halloween
Inclusive Story Time: Trick or Treat 3
Books:
Trick Arrr Treat by Leslie Kimmelman and Jorge Monlongo
10 Busy Brooms by Carole Gerber and Michael Fleming
Don’t Push the Button: A Halloween Treat by Bill Cotter
Flannel Poem:
Pumpkin by Jack Prelutsky
Start writing or type / to choose a block
We bought a fat
orange pumpkin,
The plumpest sort
they sell.
We neatly scooped
the inside out
And only left
the shell.
We carved a funny
funny-face
Of silly shape
and size,
A pointy nose,
a jagged mouth
And two enormous eyes.
We set it in a window
And we put
a candle in,
Then lit it up
for all to see
Our jack-o’-lantern grin.
Song:
Old McDonald Had a Haunted House
Old MacDonald had a haunted house
E – I – E – I – Boo!
And in that houe there was a bat,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
With a flap flap here,
And a flap flap there,
Here a flap, there a flap,
Everywhere a flap flap,
Old Mac Donald had a haunted house,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
Old MacDonald had a haunted house
E – I – E – I – Boo!
And in that houe there was a owl,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
With a hoot hoot here,
And a hoot hoot there,
Here a hoot, there a hoot,
Everywhere a hoot hoot,
Old Mac Donald had a haunted house,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
Old MacDonald had a haunted house
E – I – E – I – Boo!
And in that houe there was a mouse,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
With a squeak squeak here,
And a squeak squeak there,
Here a squeak, there a squeak,
Everywhere a squeak squeak,
Old Mac Donald had a haunted house,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
Old MacDonald had a haunted house
E – I – E – I – Boo!
And in that houe there was a spider,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
With a creep creep here,
And a creep creep there,
Here a creep, there a creep,
Everywhere a creep creep,
Old Mac Donald had a haunted house,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
Old MacDonald had a haunted house
E – I – E – I – Boo!
And in that houe there was a cat,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
With a meow meow here,
And a meow meow there,
Here a meow, there a meow,
Everywhere a meow meow,
Old Mac Donald had a haunted house,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
Old MacDonald had a haunted house
E – I – E – I – Boo!
And in that houe there was a ghost,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
With a boo boo here,
And a boo boo there,
Here a boo, there a boo,
Everywhere a boo boo,
Old Mac Donald had a haunted house,
E – I – E – I – Boo!
Flannel Friday–Pumpkin by Jack Prelutsky
Pumpkin
We bought a fat
orange pumpkin,
The plumpest sort
they sell.
We neatly scooped
the inside out
And only left
the shell.
We carved a funny
funny-face
Of silly shape
and size,
A pointy nose,
a jagged mouth
And two enormous eyes.
We set it in a window
And we put
a candle in,
Then lit it up
for all to see
Our jack-o’-lantern grin.
Inclusive Story Time: Halloween: Monsters
Books:
Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson and Michael Robertson
How to Catch a Monster by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton
One Spooky Night: A Halloween Adventure by Kate Stone
Flannel Poem:
Adapted from “The Goblin” by Jack Prelutsky
There’s a goblin as green (purple, yellow, blue, pink)
As a goblin can be
Who is sitting outside
And is waiting for me.
When he knocked on my door
And said softly “Come play!”
I answered, “No thank you,
Now please, go away!”
But the goblin as green (purple, yellow, blue, pink)
As a goblin can be
Is still outside
And is waiting for me.
Song:
The Haunted House
Sung to: “The Wheels on the Bus”
The ghost in the house goes “Boo! Boo! Boo!”
“Boo! Boo! Boo!” “Boo! Boo! Boo!”
The ghost in the house goes “Boo! Boo! Boo!”
On Halloween.
The witch in the house goes “Hee! Hee! Hee”
“Hee! Hee! Hee” “Hee! Hee! Hee”
The witch in the house goes “Hee! Hee! Hee”
On Halloween.
The mummy in the house goes “shh! Shh! Shh!”
“shh! Shh! Shh!” “shh! Shh! Shh!”
The mummy in the house goes “shh! Shh! Shh!”
On Halloween.
The bats in the house go “Eee! Eee! Eee!”
“Eee! Eee! Eee!” “Eee! Eee! Eee!”
The bats in the house go “Eee! Eee! Eee!”
On Halloween.
The owls in the house go “Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!”
“Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!” “Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!”
The owls in the house go “Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!”
On Halloween.
The vampire in the house goes “Mwuhahaha!”
“Mwuhahaha!” “Mwuhahaha!”
The vampire in the house goes “Mwuhahaha!”
On Halloween.
Trick Arr Treat by Leslie Kimmelman and Jorge Monlongo
A group of merry pirates hit the streets looking for treasure–Halloween candy that is. Set to rhyme this silly book is sure to inspire some giggles.
Inclusive Story Time: Halloween–Trick or Treat? 2
Books:
Bad Kitty Scaredy-Cat by Nick Bruel
And Then Comes Halloween by Tom Brenner and Holly Meade
Pumpkin Eye by Denise Fleming
Flannel Game:
I’ve got a little white pumpkin
Cutest I’ve ever seen
But I hope my little white pumpkin
Turns orange for Halloween
(continue with the other colors and end with the orange pumpkin.)
Credit: One Little Librarian
Song:
With this one I dangle a plastic spider on a string on the place mentioned in each verse. I start out dangling it on my leg, knee, etc., but then, of course, the kids want me to do it on them. So it is going to be bittersweet doing it this year when the only kid in the room will be one who signed up to Book Your Bubble and is 12 feet away from me and I can’t possibly dangle my spider on them —-oooooohhh but I could have a second spider and Mom could dangle it. 🙂
Poem:
Skeleton Parade by Jack Prelutsky
The skeletons are out tonight,
They march about the street
with bony bodies, bony heads
And boy hands and feet.
Bony bony bony bones,
with nothing in between,
up and down and all around
They march on Halloween
10 Busy Broom by Carole Gerber and Michael Fleming
10 little witches get into all kinds of silly Halloween trouble and end the night by trick or treating.
Flannel Friday–My Little Pumpkin
I’ve got a little white pumpkin
Cutest I’ve ever seen
But I hope my little white pumpkin
Turns orange for Halloween
(continue with the other colors and end with the orange pumpkin.)
Credit: One Little Librarian
Inclusive Story Time: Halloween–Trick or Treat?
Books:
Halloween Here I Come! By D.J. Steinberg and Laurie Stansfield
Ollie’s Halloween by Olivier Dunrea
Six Creepy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle, Stephanie Gordon Tessler and John O’Brien
Flannel Story:
Purple owl, Purple Owl, What do you see?
(Story adapted from: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin jr.)
Purple owl, purple owl, what do you see?
I see a white ghost looking at me.
White ghost, white ghost, what do you see?
I see a purple bat looking at me.
Purple bat, purple bat. What do you see?
I see a Black Cat looking at me.
Black cat, black cat what do you see?
I see a purple witch looking at me.
Purple witch, purple witch, what do you see.
I see an orange pumpkin looking at me.
Orange orange pumpkin what do you see?
I see a jack O’ Lantern looking at me.
Credit: Sturdy for Common Things
Song:
The Haunted House
Sung to: “The Wheels on the Bus”
The ghost in the house goes “Boo! Boo! Boo!”
“Boo! Boo! Boo!” “Boo! Boo! Boo!”
The ghost in the house goes “Boo! Boo! Boo!”
On Halloween.
The witch in the house goes “Hee! Hee! Hee”
“Hee! Hee! Hee” “Hee! Hee! Hee”
The witch in the house goes “Hee! Hee! Hee”
On Halloween.
The mummy in the house goes “shh! Shh! Shh!”
“shh! Shh! Shh!” “shh! Shh! Shh!”
The mummy in the house goes “shh! Shh! Shh!”
On Halloween.
The bats in the house go “Eee! Eee! Eee!”
“Eee! Eee! Eee!” “Eee! Eee! Eee!”
The bats in the house go “Eee! Eee! Eee!”
On Halloween.
The owls in the house go “Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!”
“Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!” “Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!”
The owls in the house go “Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!”
On Halloween.
The vampire in the house goes “Mwuhahaha!”
“Mwuhahaha!” “Mwuhahaha!”
The vampire in the house goes “Mwuhahaha!”
On Halloween.
Poem:
From It’s Halloween by Jack Prelutsky and Marylin Hafner
Three Halloween tricksters are we”
My sister, my brother and me.
We roam through the streets
Playing tricks, getting treats”
Three Halloween tricksters are we.
Sister’s a witch dressed in black,
Brother wears bones front and back,
I’m a ghost with no face
In an old pillowcase–Three Halloween tricksters are we.
We are scary as scary can be–
My sister, my brother and me.
We frighten each other,
We even scare mother–
Three Halloween tricksters are we.
Flannel Friday–Purple Owl, Purple Owl What do you See?
(Story adapted from: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin jr.)
Purple owl, purple owl, what do you see?
I see a white ghost looking at me.
White ghost, white ghost, what do you see?
I see a purple bat looking at me.
Purple bat, purple bat. What do you see?
I see a Black Cat looking at me.
Black cat, black cat what do you see?
I see a purple witch looking at me.
Purple witch, purple witch, what do you see.
I see an orange pumpkin looking at me.
Orange orange pumpkin what do you see?
I see a jack O’ Lantern looking at me.
Credit: Sturdy for Common Things