This week we have a wonderful fall theme for your preschoolers and have picked the book Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht as our featured book. This beautiful book is ideal for reading throughout October and this week why not combine it with our activity plan for preschoolers below to have fun, read, play, learn, and create.
So here you go the Pumpkin Plan for preschoolers from the Virtual Book Club for Kids.
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Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht Featured Book
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This week’s featured book from the Virtual Book Club for Kids is Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht. This is a beautifully illustrated book that follows a family from going to pick pumpkins in the field to carving them for Halloween.
If you haven’t managed to get hold of it this year then check out it being read aloud below to share with your preschooler.
Don’t forget we have some other Pumpkin Books for Preschoolers we recommend at the end these are great to mix with this book this year and share all October long.
Pumpkin Songs for Preschoolers
You may like to add some songs and dance this week, check out our fun songs below and get moving and singing.
Your child may also enjoy these pumpkin jokes for kids this week too!
Five Little Pumpkins
Do you Know How Pumpkins Grow?
Pumpkin Dance
These pumpkin jokes for kids are a fun additional to pumpkin week too!
Pumpkin Week Plan for Preschoolers
Each week we provide a simple plan of activities for you and your preschoolers to do together. Although we don’t have a strict schedule the one shown below works really well if you are planning a full week.
If not you can always carry out the activities on a single day or across a couple.
Pick A Pumpkin a Pumpkin Week Activity Plan for Preschoolers
A fun week of simple, easy, and low prep pumpkin-themed activities for preschoolers inspired by the book Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht.
An easy to set up pumpkin patch for our sensory bin this week. Set up and let your children pick there pumpkins this week as they play.
Learn your letters, make words as you go on a pumpkin hop.
This fun and simple math activity combine fine motor and counting skills.
We're cooking this week for our snack and making some pumpkins. These are delicious and easy to do.
Have you tried salt painting before? This fun pumpkin salt painted picture is great to do with your preschoolers this year to decorate the house.
Pumpkin Books for Preschoolers
If you want to add some more books to your reading this week here are some others that we recommend here at the Virtual Book Club for Kids.
- Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino
- Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell
- The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin by Sonali Fry
- It’s Pumpkin Day Mouse by Ellen Stohl Walsh
More Pumpkin Activity Plans
We have an extra pumpkin week activity plan for you this week – if you would like even more ideas click on our 5 Little Pumpkins Activity Plan below.
More Themes and Books for October
Click on the images to be taken to the activity plans for these other themes ideal for sharing with your preschooler in October (check out the coming books and themes here!)
