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Pumpkins: a preschool theme week

Checked Oct 30, 2026 · Fall · October, November

One week on pumpkins for twos to fours: a five-line circle time, 4 books (3 free to read on Peabody), one craft with 3 materials, “Ring Around the Rosie” with its words, a snack from the Kitchen and the letter P.

Plan this weekPrint the two sheets

Circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “How does a pumpkin start?”
  4. Sing: Ring Around the Rosie.
  5. Read: Meg and the Seed (level 3).

Threes and fours: ten to fifteen minutes; let a child hold the book.

Books

  • Meg and the Seed (level 3, free on peabody.kids): A seed that will not hurry, like a pumpkin all summer long.
  • At the Farm (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Where pumpkins grow, and who lives there.
  • The Big Truck (level 2, free on peabody.kids): A truck in the mud, like the one that carries the pumpkins in.
  • The Enormous Turnip (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: a vegetable so big it takes everyone to pull it up.

Craft: Pumpkin seed counting card

You need (3): orange card, round seed stickers, crayons.

  1. Draw a big pumpkin shape on the card (a grown-up can draw it).
  2. Stick on seeds: two for twos, five for threes, ten for fours.
  3. Count them out loud and write the number.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Song: Ring Around the Rosie

The words

Ring around the rosie, A pocket full of posies, Ashes, ashes, We all fall down.

Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Snack

No-Bake Pumpkin Pie Cups from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Graham crackers → gluten-free graham-style crackers.

Letter pack

PpP is for pumpkin. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Threes and fours: trace P and p once, then find P in the room and in the book.

Outside: Pumpkin patch walk

Set balls or cones around the yard as pumpkins. Walk, tiptoe, then hop to each one.

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The books are Peabody's own open library, free with no sign-in. The song is public domain. The snack links to the Peabody Kitchen. Nothing here asks for a child's name.