Until it bumped into a rock (act surprised) Oh, the roly-poly pumpkin (roll arms, gradually speed up) Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground (ASL pumpkin sign) Now you are a great big ball (arms circle in front) Once you were a seed so small (pinch fingers together) How’d you get so big and round? (arms circle over head) (ASL for pumpkin: gently flick middle finger on back of other hand) Big kudos to Rebecca from Sturdy for Common Things for her inspiration for this prop, as well as excellent photos of the process of making it. Read with prop: Mystery Vine by Cathryn FalwellĪs I read, I pulled out a little more vine to reveal leaves, smaller vines, flowers, a green pumpkin, and finally some orange pumpkins. “First the pumpkin is a seed, then it is a plant, then it is a pumpkin!” Little stories, like the one in “Pumpkin, Pumpkin,” are great for children to start learning how stories work. Ransom.Early Literacy Tip: Narrative skills have to do with learning how to describe things and being able to tell stories. She is my hero and always will be,” said Ms. “Emily was super strong and I get a lot of my strength from her. Power for a Cure car magnets are also being sold for $5 with all proceeds benefiting the foundation.Ĭontributions can also be mailed to the following address:Ĭommunity Foundation of Greater Chattanooga

On these days Blood Assurance will donate $10 for each blood unit to Emily’s Power for a Cure Neuroblastoma Fund. The blood mobile will be at the Sports Barn East location Monday, June 19, from 4 to 8 p.m. The Sports Barn Downtown location will sponsor a blood drive Thursday, June 15, from 4 to 8 p.m. Sports Barn North will host a blood drive Monday, June 12, from 8 a.m. Volunteer blood donors are needed to roll up their sleeves at local Sports Barn fitness centers in June.' Officials said, 'You too can help Emily’s foundation. At least five other children in the Tennessee Valley are battling neuroblastoma cancer. “I wasn’t sure it was cancer until the oncologist was brought in.”Įmily’s family and her doctors only knew she had cancer for four months, but her legacy continues today as family, friends and strangers work together to raise money for the foundation. “I took Emily to the doctor because I thought she had a cold and we were supposed to go to Disney World the next week,” Ms. And by age five the cancer has been discovered in nearly 90 percent of the cases.

Most neuroblastoma patients are diagnosed when they are about 17 months and one-third of the cases are found during the first year.

“…Emily fought cancer with everything she had,” said Wendy Ransom, Emily’s mother.Įvery year about 650 new cases of neuroblastoma cancer are diagnosed, making it is the third most common type of childhood cancer according to the American Cancer Society.

Emily by Candice Ransom