Pumpkin Adapted Song Book & Movement Book | Music Gross Motor | OT SLP SPED

Pumpkin Adapted Song Book & Movement Book | "The Pumpkins in the Patch" + "Moving Through the Pumpkin Patch" with Music, Movement, Gross Motor & Vocabulary

The ultimate pumpkin music and movement bundle for fall units in early childhood, special education, autism classrooms, occupational therapy, and speech therapy! This 2-book set combines an adapted song book PLUS a movement book to teach pumpkin vocabulary through engaging music AND gross motor movement.

📖 Book 1: "The Pumpkins in the Patch" — An adapted song book sung to the familiar tune "The Wheels on the Bus" — teaches parts of a pumpkin through music and movement!

📖 Book 2: "Moving Through the Pumpkin Patch" — A movement book that targets gross motor skills, motor planning, following directions, AND imitation skills through engaging pumpkin patch themed movement activities!

🎁 PLUS Movement Cards included to extend the activity!

🎁 BONUS Sorting Activity — students classify parts of a pumpkin vs. parts of an apple after the song!

★ Perfect for: Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Occupational Therapists (OTs), Special Education Teachers, Autism Classrooms, Music Therapists, Self-Contained Classrooms, Resource Rooms, Adaptive PE, Paraprofessionals, ABA Therapists, Early Childhood, PreK, Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade

Sample Verse from "The Pumpkins in the Patch":

"The pumpkins in the patch have shiny skin,

Shiny skin, shiny skin.

The pumpkins in the patch have shiny skin.

Ooooh what a patch!"

"The pumpkins in the patch have sturdy stems,

Sturdy stems, sturdy stems.

The pumpkins in the patch have sturdy stems.

Ooooh what a patch!"

(Sung to the familiar tune of "The Wheels on the Bus")

What's Included:

• Book 1: Adapted Song Book — "The Pumpkins in the Patch" (with matching pieces for parts of a pumpkin!)
• Book 2: Movement Book — "Moving Through the Pumpkin Patch"
• Movement Cards — for extended movement practice
• BONUS Sorting Activity — Pumpkin Parts vs. Apple Parts classification
• Repeating predictable text in both books

Skills Targeted Across This Set:

🎵 Music & Language Skills (Book 1):

• Pumpkin vocabulary
• Parts of a pumpkin (skin, stem, leaves, vine, seeds, pulp)
• Singing along (predictable familiar tune!)
• Vocabulary labeling
• Receptive and expressive language
• Predictable repetitive text

🤸 Gross Motor & Movement Skills (Book 2):

• Gross motor skills
• Motor planning
• Following directions (with movement!)
• Imitation skills (a key ABA/SPED skill!)
• Body awareness
• Listening + acting

🎯 Bonus Sorting Skills:

• Pumpkin vs. apple parts classification
• Categorization
• Visual discrimination

How to Use These Pumpkin Adapted Books:

For Book 1 (Adapted Song Book): Students do body movements, match the pictures, and sing along as the teacher or therapist sings the song and moves through the pages. After the song, students engage in the bonus sorting activity classifying parts of a pumpkin vs. parts of an apple.

For Book 2 (Movement Book): Students follow along as the teacher reads movement directions, imitating the movements described. Use the movement cards for additional movement practice and motor planning.

Ways to Use:

• Music and movement time in early childhood classrooms
• Whole group fall circle time / morning meeting
• Fall and pumpkin thematic units
• Speech therapy (vocabulary, parts of pumpkin, predictable text!)
• Occupational therapy (gross motor, motor planning, imitation!)
• Adaptive PE lessons
• Music therapy sessions
• Halloween-friendly activities (no Halloween mention!)
• Small group instruction
• 1:1 instruction
• Brain breaks and movement breaks
• AAC modeling (action vocabulary, plant/pumpkin parts)
• ABA therapy (imitation skill targets!)
• Sensory regulation (movement-based input)

These books are also included in the Adapted Song Books Bundle. You can learn more about that at the link below:

Adapted Song Books Bundle

For more hands-on fall, apple, or pumpkin themed activities, please see the following links:

Hands-On Fall Activities

Apple Themed Activities

Hands-On Pumpkin Activities