Pumpkin Investigation

Pumpkins are so much fun to explore in the fall.  We decided to complete a pumpkin investigation to see what we could discover.

We explored the outside of the pumpkin by feeling the outside, inside, using our senses, and describing what we saw.  We learned some new vocabulary words like "pumpkin ribs".  During our exploration we counted ribs, seeds, and measured the pumpkin.

Here is the report from pumpkin investigation:

We used the pumpkin we cut up to make several different pumpkin recipes.  We made pumpkin muffins, pumpkin seeds, and pumpkin soup (after reading the book Pumpkin Soup, we decided we wanted to try it!)

Mmmm....pumpkin soup!  We loved it!!!

We learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin.  Here is a child sequencing the cards putting the life cycle in order.

Writing pumpkin stories in our journals

We made pumpkin scented playdough and used our problem solving skills to make different shapes out of the playdough.

Fire Safety Week

Fire Safety Week in October

We explored shapes and put together fire trucks.

We learned that when you are on fire, you need to Stop, Drop, and Roll.  We took turns and practiced with our pretend fire.

We had a visit from the fire department to teach us about fire safety and to let us explore a fire truck! We were surprised by all the gear firefighters need to wear when they go out to fight fires.  Thank you to the guys from the fire department who took time out of their busy schedules to teach us about fire safety!

To wrap up the what we learned in the week, we worked on our emergent reading skills by putting together a fire safety poem.