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Mischief Mouse's collection of craft activities for preschool and early years.
Printable resources to help support play - colouring, mark making, labelling, promoting, engaging and extending..
Magical Mammoth's recipes to play with and recipes to eat ..
Stitch Squirrel provides a little tree space for some needle and thread projects  - handmade resources to support learning and development.
Activities for math - Calculator caterpillar's activity ideas to support children's numeracy, reasoning and problem solving play.
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Navigator Narwhal's outdoor - in activity ideas for preschool and early years play.

Errol Eagle - theatre role play, protector of the stage, rhythm and rhyme ..  Number rhymes
Activity printables
, counting songs and poems for preschool nursery
      
Five orange pumpkins counting game
written and illustrated by Ruth Grimes copyright
© 2015

  5 Orange pumpkins number rhyme - preschool counting activities

5 orange pumpkins in a greengrocer's shop
big and round with curly tendrils on the top
along came ... with a coin one day
bought an orange pumpkin and took it right away


4 orange pumpkins in a greengrocer's shop ..


Preschool pumpkin rhyme printables
 5 Orange pumpkin rhyme cards
   Pumpkin coin tokens
   Pumpkin pattern pieces 
  Greengrocer's shop sign and pumpkin number line
   Illustrated pumpkin pictures
  Pumpkin outline template
  Pumpkin half face mask
5 Orange pumpkins number rhyme card printables
Pumpkin token coins
Pumpkin outline pattern piece templates
Greengrocer's shop sign - pumpkins for sale





  Making a set of textured pumpkins for a tactile resource
Use a variety of sensory materials that differ from each other in weight, look  and feel. Cut out using the pattern guide templates and glue together. Punch a hole and tie on short curling ribbon lengths for the tendrils and write number sequences on the pumpkins as wished.

Suggested materials -  illustrated draw, foam, felt, clay, glitter card



  Alternatively, you can print a set of the smaller illustrated pumpkins, cut them out, laminate and trim to play, or plan a group painting activity and offer sheets of blank paper or pre-drawn pumpkin oultines to children interested in creating coloured pumpkins. Once ready, trim to the outline and hole punch the stalk area, thread and knot curling ribbon tendrils.

Colour pumpkin images to print and play
Large pumkin outline template
Pumpkin face mask outline template


People pumpkins!
Print, colour fill and add side ties to a pumpkin face mask  and tendrils to the stalk area.
 
Adapt the rhyme where wanted to;  along came ...  and asked one day, 'Can I have your company'? and took you right away.
Additional resources
 Source a wicker basket to keep your pumpkins in
Add artificial play pumpkins to a shop area




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