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| READ: THE PUMPKIN PATCH by Elizabeth King During this book we will discover that pumpkins are green when they first grow and it is only later that they will turn orange. We will also begin to think about what tomorrow's field trip to Mr. Stone's Farm for a Pumpkin Hunt/Hay Ride might be like.
SCIENCE CENTERIn the room I will set up a science table with two green pumpkins (both with a small patch of orange on them), two small orange pumpkins, 1 large orange pumpkin and a basket of 12 gourds. During Free Play we will sort these gourds and pumpkins according to color, shape, texture (bumpy/smooth). We will also wonder whether the green pumpkins will turn Orange now that they are no longer growing in the field. We will watch them over the next two weeks to see what will happen. TODAY'S PROJECT: We will cut a pumpkin from Green paper. (Shape drawn by teacher & folded in half so that child can cut outside edge and open it up to find a whole pumpkin.) The children will then turn their Green pumpkins Orange by painting them. Some may be all orange/ some may be just turning and will be orange and green. The choice is up to each child. Once they are dry-- one will be all Green (as a pumkin first is) and the opposite side will show the pumpkin turning or turned completely orange....(just as a real pumpkin does.) 2.SECOND CIRCLE Later in the day we will gather for our second circle time together. We will be going on a field trip to a farm the following day for a pumpkin hunt/hay ride. Today I have drawn up a chart that reads PUMPKIN HUNT/HAY RIDE. Under the heading are two columns. The first column reads: What we "THINK" we will see. The second column reads: What we DID see. Today we will discuss what we "think" we will see and write our "guesses" under the first column. This will be a reference point of things to look for tomorrow while we are on our field trip. The day following the field trip we will go over the list and see which things we REALLY did see and which we DID NOT see. Then we will add other things that we DID see to the chart. EXTRA: On the back of my free standing easel I have a bulletin board. Since I teach 4 & 5 year olds, some of them are beginning to show interest in words and writing. I have a table pushed up against the bulletin board so my kids can sit down and look at the bulletin board (if they so choose.) On the bulletin board I have an Alphabet Border at eye level. I also have three pictures: A basket of apples/ a girl holding a pumpkin/ and a picture of colored leaves and trees. Next to each picture I have written the words: Apple/Pumpkin/Fall. On the table I have a chalk board. The children that are interested and ready will choose to go there and either copy the words or draw the pictures or both. It is a completely free area to choose or not. Cut a large pumpkin out of orange flannel. One side is blank, the other side has a Jack-O-Lantern face. Here is a pumpkin, big and fat He turns into a jack o lantern (snap your fingers, turn pumpkin over) Just like that! Its easy and the children like to do it for themselves. ~Great book about growing pumpkins--Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington ~I had photo copied pumpkins taped to the floor where the children should sit during story time. This lessens the fueding of your in my spot or I can't see. It worked really great. ~Take the children to a pumpkin patch for a field trip. Allow them to each pick out a pumpkin to buy. Get the $ for them from the parents before you go. The kids love this. Then you can decorate them with paint, fake hair, google eyes, and other fun craft materials instead of carving them. ~Read the Pumpkin Pumpkin book before you go to the patch. It explains how pumkins grow and such. This is very helpful. ~Let the children use instruments or make them for a parade around the room. This makes it seem like a real special day because they get to blast out some beautiful music. ~Snack was pumpkin shaped jello jigglers. Pumpkin bars would be wonderful too.(with cream cheese frosting) ~Games: Pin the stem on the pumpkin ~Art: Pumpkin collage. Have large cutout pumpkins and let the children rip and tear or cut if fine motor skills allow. Then have them glue the pieces to the white paper pumpkin FIVE ORANGE PUMPKINS FLANNELBOARD (Make 5 orange pumpkins for the flannelboard: GIANT, large, medium, small and tiny and a ghost.) FIVE ORANGE PUMPKINS Once there were 5 orange pumpkins growing in a pumpkin patch. There was a GIANT pumpkin, a large pumpkin, a medium pumpkin, a small pumpkin and a tiny pumpkin. (Put them on the flannelboard one by one.) A man came by and looked at the five pumpkins. He picked up the giant pumpkin. "This will be a fine pumpkin to put in my store window." he said. (Remove the GIANT pumpkin.) Soon a woman came by and looked at the four pumpkins still growing in the pumpkin patch. She picked up the large pumpkin. "This will be a fine pumpkin to set on my doorstep" she said. (Remove large) Next a teacher came by and looked at the three pumpkins still growing in the pumpkin patch. She chose the medium pumpkin. "This will be a fine pumpkin for my classroom!" she said. (Remove medium) Then a baker came by and looked at the two pumpkins still growing in the pumpkin patch. He found the small pumpkin. "This will be just fine for a pumpkin pie!" he said. (Remove small). Finally a little boy dressed in a ghost costume stopped by the pumpkin patch. He saw the tiny pumpkin that was left. "This is just right to take to my Halloween party!" he said. So he took the pumpkin, painted a face on it and said "This is my best Jack-o-lantern ever!" Let your candlelight shine. Thematic Connections
Halloween Things to Talk About
1.. Where do pumpkins come from?
For Art: Giant Pumpkins
a.. Easel paper Procedure
1.. Cut easel paper into pumpkin shapes. |
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