October is the perfect month to teach your children about pumpkins! There is so much you can learn with pumpkins!
Practical Life: Exercise their fine motor skills by pin pricking a pumpkin or snipping and gluing orange construction strips on a paper plate.
Sensorial: Make a pumpkin sensory bag! Cut open a pumpkin. Fill a large ziplock bag with the insides of the pumpkin. Let the children feel and see the seeds and the pulp!
Language: Read a favorite pumpkin story to the kids and let them take turns acting out the story.
Cultural/Science:
- Does a pumpkin sink or float?
- What is the life cycle of a pumpkin. How does a pumpkin grow?
Math:
- Weigh a pumpkin.
- Measure around the pumpkin using a piece of yarn.
Art: Finally, have your child paint a silly face on a pumpkin and display it in your house!
A Blog by Anne Orcutt
