Pumpkin investigation

Pumpkin Math Investigations - Are you looking for hands-on Fall math activities? Try this fun pumpkin themed idea. Estimate, count, compare and graph pumpkin seeds. Fun for kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders.

Looking for some ideas and resources that will help you put together the perfect pumpkin unit? In this post, I share some ideas for pumpkin read alouds, plus activities for learning about parts of a pumpkin and the pumpkin life cycle.

Fall and Pumpkin Activities

We ended our investigation by measuring the pumpkins. The kids recorded how tall they were. The kids have learned about the pumpkin life cycle through many books that we have read and some videos from YouTube. We decided to create a display for the hallway that shows how a pumpkin grows. The kids signed up to be on the seed/soil team, sprout team, vine team, flower team, green pumpkin team, and orange pumpkin team. We set out materials and they all created their part to show the cycle. Here…

Hi friends! Are you off tomorrow for Columbus Day?! Me neither!! If you are...I am jealous! I could use a little mental day just right about now! {I have a half day next week to take my daughter to the dentist...I'm counting that! ;P} This week is going to be crazy busy for us in kindergarten...we're going to the Corn Maize!!!! We are also beginning our pumpkin unit this week...perfect timing! I'm so excited to use many of the little activities from my October Straight Up! packet this coming…

This is fun game, perfect for a Fall or harvesting theme - Pumpkin patch roll amp cover! Build number sense and increase fact fluency with this fun and easy to play game!Number 1-6Roll 1 die. C

Looking for the perfect Halloween science experiment? This dissolving candy pumpkin experiment takes 2 minutes to set up and is super simple.

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