Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

I like to toss in at least one nursery rhyme each month, and  Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater is perfect for October.

Until I started doing research for this article I didn’t know that rhyme was written way back in 1825!

I also didn’t know it had a second verse:

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, 
Had another, and didn't love her;

Peter learned to read and spell,
 And then he loved her very well

If you follow my blog, you know that I make a class book each week with my students.  Pumpkin Shell is a KWL inside a pumpkin.  Each student contributes their own page.  Click on the link to view/print a copy of the Pumpkin Shell class book.

I've also included an antique poster circa 1902 with the original poem so that you can read it to your students before they write their page.

For a quick mini-bulletin board, click on the link to view/print a sweet spin off of this nursery rhyme.  Teacher teacher pumpkin stem. Had some students couldn’t teach them.  Put them in a pumpkin shell and there she taught them very well. I also have a template for a male teacher.  Teacher Teacher Pumpkin Shell

Rook #17 has awesome free-vintage clipart and other fall graphics perfect for your newsletters.  Click on the link to pay a visit.  I found the above/right Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater postcard there.

Flick River has a collection of antique Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater postcards on display. Click on the link to view them.

Garden of Praise’s kindergarten students, made these adorable kids inside a pumpkin.  Click on their link to see details.  Click on my Peter Peter pumpkin to make my version. I have a template for both a boy and a girl. 

Add a brass brad so the pumpkin is hinged and can hide the student.

To make a set of Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater finger puppets, click on the link and visit Kids Art Planet.

I've also made up some word-card flashcards for the rhyme that you can use for your word wall, or print them off and have your students cut and collate them into an Itty Bitty booklet. 

I've made a matching poster with the complete Peter Pumpkin Eater rhyme as well as a tracing page for your students.  Older students can trace and then write it on another sheet of paper. Click on the link to view/print these Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Activities.  

And finally, round out your Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater activities with a pumpkin snack.  A delicious recipe waits at the Mother Goose Society. Click on the link to check them out.

I wish you a pumpkin delish day with your little punkins!

As always, if you have an idea that you do with this rhyme, I’d enjoy hearing from you.  diane@teachwithme.com