Pumpkins!

This week we will learn about the season fall while we explore pumpkins and leaves! Students will enjoy reading fall stories and exploring the inside of a pumpkin.

Books This Week:
Big Pumpkin
There Was an Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


Small Groups:

Students will sequence a pumpkin growing from seed to pumpkin.

Students will count pumpkins and glue them onto our pumpkin sheet.

Students will recreate the story of the Little Old Lady who was not Afraid of Anything

Students used their fingers to make 5 little pumpkins sitting on gate.

Students explored the inside of our pumpkin and pumpkin seeds.



Choice Time:

-Dramatic Play- Students are pretending to make pumpkin pie with orange playdough

-Sensory Table- Students are exploring pumpkin seeds

Science – Students are testing if pumpkins sink or float and recording their observations

- Math and manipulatives – Playing with Legoes

-Library- Students will listen to Big Pumpkin on tape and read books about Fall and pumpkins

- Art table- Spider webs and pumpkin patches

-Easel - Fall pictures



Songs, Word Play, and Letters

Way Down Yonder in the Pumpkin Patch

5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate