Scarecrows

 

Scarecrow Books

Poems and Songs

Jingle Jangle Scarecrow
(tune: The Eensy Weensy Spider)

When all the cows are sleeping
And the sun has gone to bed,
Up jumped the scarecrow,
And this is what he said:
"I'm a jingle jangle scarecrow With a flippy floppy hat,
I can shake my hands like this And shake my feet like that."

When all the hens were roosting And the moon's behind the cloud,
Up jumped the scarecrow,
And this is what he said:
"I'm a jingle jangle scarecrow With a flippy floppy hat,
I can shake my hands like this And shake my feet like that." 		Scarecrow Song
(tune: "Up On The Housetop")

Out in the field in a row of corn,
Stands a scarecrow so forlorn.
Crows on his head and crows at his feet.
He's the saddest scarecrow you'll ever meet.

Can't scare the crows,
Oh, no, no!
Can't scare the crows,
Oh, no, no!

Out in the field in a row of corn,
Stands a scarecrow so forlorn!
Scarecrow
(tune: "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around")

Scarecrow, Scarecrow, turn around.
Scarecrow, scarecrow, jump up and down.
Scarecrow, scarecrow, arms up high.
Scarecrow, Scarecrow, wink one eye.
Scarecrow, scarecrow, bend your knee.
Scarecrow, scarecrow, flap in the breeze.
Scarecrow, scarecrow, climb into bed.
Scarecrow, scarecrow, rest your head.

Five Black Crows
(tune: Five Green and Speckled Frogs)

Five crows all shiny black,
Sat on a scarecrow's back
Eating some most delicious corn.
Yum, yum!
Scarecrow winked and shouted, "Boo!"
Scared a crow and away he flew
Now there are four black shiny crows.
Caw, caw!

(Continue until you have no more crows!)

I'm a Little Scarecrow
(tune: I'm a Little Teapot)


I'm a little scarecrow,
Raggedy and worn.
I wear a hat,
And a shirt that's torn.
When the crows come,
I wave and shout,
"Away from my garden ----
Get on out!"

Scarecrows
(tune: Sing a Song of Sixpence)

We're the farmer's scarecrows
We scare away the birds,
We keep the farmer's corn safe
Without any words.
But when Halloween comes
 We jump out of the ground
And we scare the boys and girls
When they come walking 'round.  

Scarecrow, Scarecrow
(tune:  Twinkle, Twinkle)

Scarecrow, scarecrow turn around.
Scarecrow, scarecrow touch the ground.
Stand up tall and blink your eyes.
Raise your hands up to the sky.
Clap your hands, then tap your knees.
Turn around and tap your feet.

Scarecrow, scarecrow touch your toes.
Scarecrow, scarecrow tap your nose.
Swing your arms so very slow,
Now real fast to scare the crows!
Tough your head, jump up and down.
Now sit down without a sound.

Scarecrow

 

I'm a raggle-taggle scarecrow,
And to a stick I'm tied
I'm the guardian of the garden
A job I do with pride!

My jeans are torn and tattered
My body stuffed with hay
I flip and flap around
And scare the crows away!

 

The Floppy Scarecrow


The Floppy, floppy scarecrow
Guards his fields all day.
He waves his floppy, floppy hands
To scare the crows away!

Repeat and replace hands with
arms, toes, head, legs, etc.…

How Scary Can You Be?

Scarecrow, scarecrow,
How scary can you be?
You scared (insert a child's name)
But you didn't scare me!
 


Opening Activities

 

"See My ..." Wall Scarecrow

Borrowed from Kinder Korner

www.kinderkorner.com

I bought a scarecrow from Carson Dellosa ( I didn't know that it was the same as Victoria's) and put him on my bulletin board.  On sentence strips, I write sentences and attach them next to the appropriate part of the scarecrow. This activity builds fluency, sight word vocabulary, and is a fun addition to our Read the Room and Write the Room literacy stations.

 

I am a scarecrow.

See my black hat.
See my red nose.

See my yellow straw.

See my blue pants.

See my purple patch.

See my red shoes.

I am a scarecrow.

 

 

Happy All Year

Monthly Poems Featuring Jack O' Happy and Friends

Created by Victoria Smith

Illustrated by Christine McWhirter

www.kinderkorner.com

 

Scarecrow Happy

 

Predictable Books/Language Experience Stories

 I Am a Scarecrow Book

Borrowed from Kinder Korner

www.kinderkorner.com

Rewritten by my good friend, Paige Eidlebach

A friend of mine made a similar reproducible blackline book called "I Am A Scarecrow" using scarecrow clipart.  The illustration on each page is the same, and there is one descriptive sentence on each page.  We read the sentence and color only that part of the picture, which keeps the book easy to read for emergent readers.  Sample pages:  My hat is brown.  My shirt is red.  My pants are blue.  My shoes are black.  My straw is yellow.  The final page says "I am a scarecrow," and we color all of him.  Great for teaching color words! 

The Little Old lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

Borrowed from my good friend, Lynette O'Briant

After reading The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, the students illustrate a teacher made book. 

 

The shoes went Clomp, Clomp!

The pants went Wiggle, Wiggle!

The shirt went Shake, Shake!

The gloves went Clap, Clap!

The hat went Nod, Nod!

The pumpkin head went Boo, Boo!

 

These frames are in a pocket chart with pictures so that the students can illustrate on the right page.

 

Scarecrow! Scarecrow! What Do You See

Borrowed from my good friend, Paige Eidlebach

This predictable book is taken from Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?  The students love to come up with thing that a scarecrow might see.

 

Scarecrow Colors

From The Mailbox-Kindergarten Oct/Nov 1995

This is another book that is easy to read for emergent readers.  I have the story on sentences strips and in a pocket chart so that the students use the correct colors and put the pages in order before they are stapled.

Class Books

Use these frames for class books.

The scarecrow scared the ________.

My scarecrow can _________ and ___________, but he cannot _______________. 

Math Activities

Pattern Block Scarecrows

  Macmillian Early Skills Manipulatives Pattern Blocks Half a Scarecrow

I do a whole group activity using the pattern block workmat.  After that, my students work in pairs to reproduce the scarecrow using Xerox copies of the workmat.  It is much more of a challenge in black and white.  Then, they reproduce the scarecrow using pattern block paper pieces.  The next day my students added corn, clouds, a stake, a crow, and the sun to finish off their designs.

 

 

      

 

Scarecrow Workjob Mats

Idea From Kinder Korner

www.kinderkorner.com

I copied scarecrows onto tagboard.  I wrote 0-10 on the scarecrows.  Colored tiles are used as counters.  The students put the right number of tiles on each scarecrow mat.

 

 

Scarecrow Counting Game

I use twelve small plastic scarecrows and 78 wooden popsicle sticks activity that teaches sequence and one-to-one correspondence. Using a permanent marker, number the scarecrows from 1 to 12 on the back.  Students arrange the scarecrows in numerical order, then place the corresponding number of popsicle sticks in each scarecrow.  If they do it correctly, there are no popsicle sticks left over.

Idea from Kinder Korner

www.kinderkorner.com

 

 

Scarecrow Colors File Folder Game

http://www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/scarecrow/filefolderscarecrow.shtml

Introducing Compound Words

Scarecrow is a compound word.  A compound word is a word made from two words.  Scare + crow Scarecrow.  I put these words on sentence strips and we move them around in a pocket chart to see if they make a compound word.  When we decide that we have a real word, we write it on a laminated scarecrow poster.

corn

crow

scare

ground

play

room

class

stack

hay

field

Scarecrow Pointer

I just had to show my new scarecrow pointer.

 

 

Journal Writing

If I were a scarecrow...

 

Two black crows flew...

 

The scarecrow wore...

Art Projects

Mr. Scarecrow from Happy Hangers Leap Frog Learning Materials, Inc.

Materials needed:

1 wire hanger

bulletin board paper or tissue paper (for scarecrow face)

Construction paper:

green, yellow, red, orange

glue

scissors

black marker

raffia

chalk

 

Open hanger into round shape, cover with bulletin board paper or tissue paper.  Xerox scarf, hat, and nose patterns on construction paper.  The students cut out pieces and glue on scarecrow faces.  The faces are done ahead of time by a parent volunteer.  Glue on raffia and make mouth, eyes, and eyebrows with marker.  Use chalk to make face look dirty.

 

I modified our Mr. Scarecrows buy not using a hanger and only using one piece of bulletin board paper.  The students cut their own noses and we used yellow bulletin board paper for straw.

 

 

Paper Bag Crows

Borrowed from my good friend, Ruth Holt

Stuff a brown paper lunch bag with newspaper.  Tie off the end with black yarn.  Paint the bag black.  Add black feathers from construction paper.  Then add yellow feet and a yellow beak from construction paper.  Finish with reinforcers for the eyes.  Hang these from the ceiling during your unit or save some for a bulletin board.

 

 

 

Scarecrow Joe

from Carson Dellosa

Reproduce the patterns.  Have the students color and cut out.  Attach the body parts using paper fasteners.

 

 

Little Old Lady Scarecrows

The students use patterns to trace the scarecrow parts.  They are glued together and then hung in the classroom or on a bulletin board.

 

 

TLC Scarecrow

We make the scarecrow from the Fall Book from TLC.

www.tlclessons.com

 

 

TLC Two Little Blackbirds

www.tlclessons.com

 

 

Paper Scarecrow from Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/scarecrow/

 


Writing Activity


What could you do with a scarecrow?
You could________________________________
And you could____________________________
It would be fun to _________________________
And _____________________________________
This is what you could do with a scarecrow.

 

I used my TLC scarecrows as part of my writing activity this year.  We made a class book titled What Could You Do With a Scarecrow?

 

 

 

 

Home Project

Decorate a Scarecrow

I send home a scarecrow on tag to be decorated. 

 

 

Make a Scarecrow

Mrs. Eckhoff's class did this for a home project.  Each student was to construct a scarecrow using their  clothing.

 

 

 

Just For Fun

Candy Scarecrow

Borrowed from Ponton's Pond

Made by Mrs. Baker's Bilingual Kindergarten Class

1 caramel (head)
2 Tootsie rolls (arms)
2 Smarties (legs)
1/2 oz Box of Raisins (body)

 With a hot glue gun attach the candy to the raisin box to form the scarecrow.
 Glue on a few small sections of raffia or straw onto the neck, hands and feet.
 Draw on eyes and a smile onto the unwrapped caramel head if desired.

Make a Scarecrow For the Classroom

Send a note home asking for donations of old clothing to make a scarecrow the same size as  kindergarten children. I ask for old jeans, flannel shirt, 2 gloves, they do not have to match, old shoes or boots, and old hat. The students and I put the scarecrow together and stuff it with newspaper.  Add raffia under the hat for hair. 

 Scarecrow Day at School

Students come dressed as scarecrows.

 

Bulletin Board Ideas

 

We're Not Scared of Hard Work

 

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Last Updated  01/22/2006