More Halloween fun!

Some more fun Halloween poems and songs that we learned in Ash class:

Orange Pumpkin (tune of I'm a little Teapot)

I'm an orange pumpkin, fat and round
Growing in a cornfield, on the ground
I'll be a Jack-O-Lantern, with two big eyes
Or maybe I'll be baked in two fat pies!

Did you ever see a pumpkin? (tune of Did You Ever See a Lassie?)

Did you ever see a a pumpkin, a pumpkin, a pumpkin,
Did you ever see a pumpkin with no face at all?
With no eyes, and no nose, and no mouth, and no teeth
Did you ever see a pumpkin with no face at all?

So I made a Jack-O-Lantern, a Jack-O-Lantern, a Jack-O-Lantern
So I made a Jack-O-Lantern with a big, funny face.
With big eyes and big nose and big mouth and big teeth
So I made a Jack-O-Lantern with a big funny face.

We had a fun Halloween celebration in class. We read a fun book called The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything, with lots of actions! The children loved to join in! We decorated some pumpkins and spiders, drew the outside and inside of a pumpkin and played a modified version "Headbands" but with Halloween symbols. It was a lot of fun, and the children learned how to give good clues to their friends.
We hope you had a fun Halloween night - with a moderate amount of chocolate!

Halloween

We are looking forward to our Halloween celebration at school. Hopefully the weather is nice and we will be able to do our parade around the neighbourhood at 1:30. We will be playing some games, telling stories and making decorations. We carved our pumpkin today and they all had a chance to feel it, both inside and out. They drew both the inside and out of the pumpkin and came up with some very colourful words to describe it!
Here are some Halloween rhymes/songs we have been chanting:

5 Little Pumpkins
5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate
The first one said, "oh my it's getting late".
The second one said, "There's witches in the air".
The third one said, "But we don't care".
The fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run".
The fifth one said, "Let's have some fun."

Ooh ooh went the wind
And out went the light,
And 5 little pumpkins
rolled out of sight.

Hippety Hop
Hippety Hop to the candy Store
to buy a stick of candy
One for you
And one for me
And one for sister Mandy

Candy here
Candy there
Candy Candy Everywhere

Candy Soft
Candy Loud
Candy lying all around!

Lantern Songs

da Vinci Lantern Songs 2013

Fire’s Burning

Fire’s burning, fire’s burning (hands over head, fingers wiggling like flames)

Draw nearer, draw nearer (open arms and invite people to come closer)

In the gloaming*, in the gloaming (hands in arc over head and slowly sway lower, like sun setting)

Come sing and be merry (hand gesture up through throat, like singing, and out - with a smile!)

This will be sung as a 3-part round. Second group starts after the first “Fire’s burning” so there is some overlap during the verses. Cedar class will be divided up to lead the other classes in the rounds.

*Gloaming is the time of day between daylight and darkness.

Rise Up Oh Flame

Rise up oh flame       (raise finger-flames in front of face and up)

By thy light glowing     (rippling arms back down)

Bring to us beauty    (bring hands down and hold over heart)

Vision and joy        (eye goggles, then open palms)

This will be sung as a 3-part round. Second group starts after first group finishes “Rise up oh flame”. Cedar class will be divided up to lead the other classes in the rounds.

 

Steer to the Light

Steer to the light, let this beacon bring us home    

Steer through the night to the day

Tossed on these waves, rest our hopes upon this deck

Hold fast the wheel, hold and stay

Steer to the light, quiet harbours hear our pleas

Trees firm and tall wave our way

Eyes to the light, never ceasing, shining bright

Steer through the night to the day

This song will be sung in unison.

Hope you can join us for our lantern walk on november 21st at 5:30. Here are the songs we are learning for it.

Stone Soup

Thank you everyone for a great morning on Friday! The stone soup was a huge success thanks to all of the children and parents. All of the vegetables you brought in were just perfect and it was so nice to have Ash class hustling and bustling with so many choppers and chefs. The smell of the soup cooking in our room was a delight to the senses. Everyone has enjoyed telling and listening to our harvest stories and we hope that your children will tell them to you at home. "Soup from a stone, Fancy that!!"

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving. I am looking forward to making our Stone Soup on Friday and showing our gratitude for our abundance. Please remember to let me know what vegetable you will be bringing. Please bring your own bowls and spoons to reduce waste and costs. Also, if possible, bring an extra cutting board!