As a kindergarten teacher, one of my favorite units is our pumpkin unit! We always do it the week of our field trip to the pumpkin patch! Here are all the things (read-alouds, free activities, pumpkin investigation things) we use to get the students ...
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Read Alouds 📖
Pumpkin Activities📝
Pumpkin Investigation 🎃🔍
Read Alouds 📖
I love this read aloud! It has so many pumpkin facts in it!
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie
A fun read aloud to go along with our pumpkin investigation!
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
Such a cute story and goes perfectly with our pumpkin and shapes unit!
The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin
A great fiction read aloud for our pumpkin unit! Students have such a fun time coming up with their own ideas of how big their pumpkin could grow to be!
How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?
I love reading this book either on field trip day or after our field trip because we also go to the pumpkin patch for our field trip!
Froggy Picks a Pumpkin by London & Remkiewicz
I like using this book to talk about the life cycle of a pumpkin!
It's Pumpkin Time! by Zoe Hall & Shari Halpern
Pumpkin Activities📝
I like to use this as a non-fiction writing piece where students write 1 thing they learned about pumpkins!
Pumpkin Writing Paper | Pumpkin Differentiated Lined Writing Paper FREE SAMPLE
I use this activity as a writing to practice adjectives/descriptive words. Students have to describe the pumpkin that they brought back from our field trip!
Pumpkin Craft and Writing Activity FREEBIE
This activity goes along with the “How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?” read aloud. I always love seeing what the kiddos come up with!
How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? Writing Freebie
I love this activity! It goes perfectly with the Spookley read aloud, and it is a great way to tie in 2D shapes!
Spookley the Square Pumpkin Shape Craft
We always use this activity for our pumpkin investigation after we read “How Many Seeds In A Pumpkin?”
*Free* Apple and Pumpkin Investigation | Science STEM Activities
I have students use this hundred's chart to keep track of how many pumpkin seeds they have during our pumpkin investigation!
Pumpkin Math - Pumpkin Seed Counting
Pumpkin Investigation 🎃🔍
These pumpkins are the perfect size for our pumpkin investigation!
Fresh Carving Pumpkin, Each
I put the seeds for each kiddo in these paper bowls so they can take them back to their seat to count them!
Great Value Everyday Disposable Patterned Paper Bowls, 10 oz, 50 Count
I always let the students either use a ladle or their hand to scoop out some seeds from the pumpkin! I use this ladle for the kiddos that don't want to put their hand in the pumpkin.
Mainstays Nylon Kitchen and Cooking Utensil Soup Ladles
