Pumpkin, Pumpkin: a folk song to teach tika-tika

Pumpkin, Pumpkin Round and Fat: This PDF contains slides for the folk song, "Pumpkin, Pumpkin". Perfect for the Kodaly inspired classroom!

This song is great for the fall and Halloween.
Practice reading sixteenth notes.
Rhythmic concepts include: ta titi tiri-tiri (tika-tika)

*May be used with any system for reading rhythms

Slides include:

Lyrics
Steady Beat
Steady Beat Icons
Icons for rhythm
Slides for presenting 4 sixteenth notes (tiri-tiri, or whatever you label it as - it is not labeled in this set).
Rhythm with stick notation
Printatble Student beat sheet (icons)
Copy of the song
Directions for singing game (Great for Pre-K through 1)
Rhythm game with printable cards in black and white and color. (Great for practicing tiri-tiri). Students can work in groups or individually You could also have students use these cards to compose their own pumpkin songs.

Looking for more resources for Fall and Halloween in the elementary music room? Click here to see all of my Fall/Halloween Resources.

I have also added this song to the following bundles:
Songs and Activities for Fall
Kodaly Level 2 Mega Bundle
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