Five Little Pumpkins

The story "Five Little Pumpkins" illustrated by Dan Yaccarino is a picture book that allows the child to participate in the telling of the story. The text is simple and easy to sequence since you count down from 5. I would recommend reading through the story once. Then have your child create 5 little pumpkins out of paper. These can be glued onto Popsicle sticks to help the child hold them. Together read through the story and act out each page using the pumpkins you have created. Later see how much of the story your child remembers without looking at the picture book. Can they retell using only their pumpkins?