Materials: large sheet of paper, marker
Directions: Explain that you will need everyone to help you tell this story. Demonstrate the movements below. When you say the words in the story, then the children should make the motions.

                              “Knock” – pretend to knock on a door
                              “Rock” – move body back and forth
                              “Spin” – twirl hands around each other
                              “Come In” – make motion with hand

Draw the body parts on the paper as you come to them in the story.

        Once there was a little old lady who would just sit all day and rock and spin and wait for somebody to come in.
        One day as she rocked and spun she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,”
she called. In came two big, black boots. (Draw boots on the board.) “I can’t talk to you big, black boots,” said the little old lady.
        So she just sat there and rocked and spun until she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And in came two bony legs. (Draw two skinny legs coming out of the boots.) “I can’t talk to two bony legs,” said the little old lady.
        So she just sat there and rocked and spun until she heard a knock at the door.
“Come in,” she called. And in came a funny body. (Draw a pear shaped body on top of the legs.) “I can’t talk to a funny body,” said the little old lady.
        So she just sat there and rocked and spun until she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And in came two wiggly arms. (Draw wiggly arms coming off the body.) “I can’t talk to wiggly arms,” said the little old lady.
        So she just sat there and rocked and spun until she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And in came two big hands. (Draw hands at the end of the arms.) “I can’t talk to two big hands,” said the little old lady.
        So she just sat there and rocked and spun until she heard a knock at the door. “Come in,” she called. And in came a big pumpkin head. (Draw a pumpkin head on the figure.) “Well, I can talk to a pumpkin man,” said the little old lady. And she did!

Adaptations:

• End by singing “Do You Know the Pumpkin Man?” to the tune of “Do You Know the Muffin Man?”
• You can also cut felt pieces to make the pumpkin man and use them on the flannel board.