Fingerplay Version
Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Sitting on a wall. (make a fist with one hand and put it on top of the other arm)
Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Tip and fall. (rock fist back and forth, make your fist fall off arm)
Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Rolling down the street. (roll one fist over the other)
Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Trick or treat! (throw arms up in the air, and shout)
From Toddle on Over : Developing infant & toddler literature programs, by Robin Works Davis, 1998. 027.625 DAV
Action Rhyme Version
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Sitting on a wall (have children sit down)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Tip and fall (have children tip over)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Rolling down the street (child rolls on floor)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Trick or treat!!!!
Bounce Version
Bounce child on lap
Tip (lean to side); fall (“drop” child between your knees, down to floor)
Roll child (twisting motion) back and forth /side to side on lap
Lift child into air for last line
