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.