Pumpkins!

The past two weeks we have been learning about the letter Pp and of course PUMPKINS!  We started off our unit with learning how pumpkins grow.  We discussed about the seeds inside and how we plant them, then need to take care of them so we can have a big Pumpkin to carve at Halloween.  We compared pumpkins from small to big, by color coding them.  We continued learning about the letter Pp and pumpkins through out the week - we even patterned pumpkins to make a letter P! 

The following week we continued our pumpkin week by learning about the insides of the pumpkins and how each pumpkin is different from another.   We cut open pumpkins to feel in the insides and collect the seeds.  (Sorry no pictures, I was involved with digging out seeds)  When we were all done we collect our seeds in bowls (one for each pumpkin), and compared the amount of seeds from each pumpkin. 


Why not learn about the letter P and pumpkins while have a Pajama Party!!! On Wednesday we had a pajama party while we learned about our pumpkins!  Here are some pictures of that day!

 

 

Also durning that day, we made our own pumpkins! We frosted cookies with orange frosting, added the eyes, stem and mouth. Here are some pictures.

 

 

 Of course the best part was to eat the frosting after we were done decorating!

 

The finished product!

 

 

Here are some of the art work that we did that day.  We tore pieces of constuction paper, to work on fine motor, and glue the pieces to form a pumpkin.