Spiders, Bats, and Pumpkins, Day Twelve

For art today, you will be using a pumpkin to paint. Give each child a baby pumpkin (they can be bought for a very low price at a produce stand or grocery store this time of year). Let the students use Boardmaker symbols to choose the color of paint that they would like to use. Put a sheet of construction paper into a shirt box then put a small amount of paint onto the paper. Let the students roll their pumpkins around in the box to make a “rolled pumpkin painting.”

For a math activity today, let the students vote on whether they like big, medium, or small pumpkins the best. Of course, you will use your classroom graph for this activity. Provide at least one pumpkin in each size for the students to use as a visual. Color in the squares on the graph or have your students stick a Post-it note in the column of their choice. Alternately, you could let your students vote on whether they prefer an orange pumpkin, a white pumpkin, or a gourd.

Science this week is so simple! Today, let the students just feel the outside of the pumpkins. Talk to them about the shape, size, weight, color, texture, and temperature of the pumpkins; list words that your students use to describe the pumpkins. Tell them that tomorrow they will get to learn more about the pumpkins!