Pumpkin Theme
When it is Fall that also means it is Halloween-time and that is an especially fun holiday for all kinds of fun activities to be held about! You know what is a big part of both Fall and Halloween? Pumpkins!
They are a fun shape that can be incorporated into many different activities and it is especially fun when the time comes to discuss the pumpkin itself! Whether reading pumpkin-related books, doing pumpkin-themed crafts, art projects with pumpkins or even more choices there is a number of pumpkin-related guides that will help you start doing your own fun Pumpkin-themed activities!
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Pumpkin Theme Preschool
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Exploring Our Pumpkin
Exploring our pumpkin To carry out this activity you will need the following materials: Book that talks about pumpkins, I used Little Pumpkin from Igloo Books. A pumpkin Drawing of a scarecrow ( I got it on the internet) ...
Exploding Pumpkins!
Children worked in pairs for this activity. Each pair were given a hallowed-out pumpkin, along with a half cup of vinegar, a quarter cup of baking soda, a small cup with dish soap ( approximately 1/8 cup) and food coloring. I began...
All about pumpkins. Roasted Pumpkin Recipe
Learning about parts of a pumpkin and enjoying roasted pumpkin We learned all about the skin the pulp the seed the fibrous strands. Then we cut up the pumpkin in strips and drizzled olive oil and added brown sugar, salt, ...
Life cycle of a pumpkin
We did an experiment last fall and placed a small pumpkin in a container. The seedlings found a pumpkin that would fit inside our container. We filled it with some soil, added the pumpkin, and put the cover on tightly. We brought it...
Halloween Sensory Play
Halloween Sensory Tray: We made a Halloween sensory tray out of black beans and pumpkin marshmallow candy. Add in spoons, containers, etc for lots of unlimited playtime. We used a tray from Academy to contain everything...
Pumpkin Jack book and life cycle experiment
We read the book Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell to our Pre-K class the week before Halloween and then started our own pumpkin experiment. We carved a bat shape into the pumpkin leaving all of the seeds and filling. We put the pumpkin into...
Exploring pumpkins!!!
We went apple and pumpkin picking with my first grade class and then brought back a pumpkin to experiment with. We learned all the parts of the pumpkin first and dissected it together. We wrote down our findings in our field journal...
Pumpkin Exploration
During the Fall season, we use pumpkins a lot. Whether making jack 'o lanterns during Halloween or preparing pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, they are a very useful fruit! At Highland Chruch Preschool Kindergarten Daycare, they...
Pumpkin Carving and Seed Counting
At Peace Lutheran Ministries, they did some pumpkin carving and practiced their counting skills by keeping track of all the ( many) seeds found in pumpkins! Carved pumpkins The pumpkins that were carved looked so lovely!...
Pumpkin Life cycle and decomposition process
Hello! I am a microbiologist, who is very insistent on homeschooling our children. Obviously, science is going to be playing a huge role in their education! I wanted to do the life cycle for sure, but I also at the same...
Halloween Theme - Counting Activity
This counting activity with the theme of Halloween is great for preschoolers and kindergarten. It is important that the students will be able to have fun while learning; but before we proceed with this activity, we sang a number song for...
Fall - Pumpkin Seed Leaves
Fall Pumpkin Seed Tree: Colour clean dry pumpkin seeds by placing a handful of seeds in a ziploc bag and adding a small amount of food colour in the bag. Seal the bag and use your hands to squish the food colour around to coat each...
DIY Pumpkin Patch
We are about to leave the Fall months and enter Winter, but at Poway Country Preschool they wanted to visit a pumpkin patch! Due to COVID-19 risks, they could not take all the students out to a patch, but they did something else...
Two Fun Fall-Themed Painting Activities for Kids
At Yokasti's Daycare, they spent the day doing two fun painting activities which the children loved! One was a more simple activity of painting a pumpkin print-out orange and the other was a more involved craft that involved getting...
Paper Plate Jack O' Lantern Craft
Shortly before the recent holiday of Halloween, they did a fun paper plate jack o' lantern craft at Bunny Village Child Care and Development Center LLC! The kids painted their plate and glued on the parts for the jack o' lantern's...
Making Pumpkin Volcanoes out of Leftover Pumpkins
If you have leftover pumpkins from the Halloween holiday you can do this fun activity known as a pumpkin volcano with them! At Kiddie Academy of Johns Creek, they created these pumpkin volcanoes and loved watching the foam ooze out! ...
"Nighttime Pumpkins," Craft
At Friends Academy, they made a fun craft featuring, "Nightime Pumpkins. " It was a gorgeous craft that all the kids did a great job doing their own interpretation of! How, "Nighttime pumpkins, ' were made To make this...
Making a Pumpkin Person
At Schwartz Preschool they made a pumpkin person for fun! They took a pumpkin, gutted it, and added adorable decorations! The children found various loose parts they taped onto the pumpkin and it looked just like a person--albeit...
Halloween-Themed Bulletin Board Ideas
At Lightbridge Academy of Woodbridge they have been enjoying October by kicking it off with fun bulletin board decorations! The classes created fun Halloween-themed bulletin boards and they can help to inspire you for your own fun...
Harvest Theme Decorating
At Mother Goose Early Learning Campus, they decorated the classroom for the Fall with a beautiful harvest theme! The setup was wonderful for helping children to learn as they play. Scarecrow and pumpkins Nothing says, ...
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