Pumpkin arts and crafts,

1-2-3 Come Do Some Pumpkin Stuff With Me!

pumpkin activities, 10 frames, 10 frame templates, coin activities, coin booklet, counting coins, pumpkin money, 10 frame activities, pumpkin math, pumppin centers, pumpkin songs, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin puppets, pumpkin easy readerspumpkin activities, 10 frames, 10 frame templates, coin activities, coin booklet, counting coins, pumpkin money, 10 frame activities, pumpkin math, pumppin centers, pumpkin songs, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin puppets, pumpkin easy readersOur pumpkin theme was one of my Y5's favorites.  We especially enjoyed all of the fabulous pumpkin books available.  I'd always introduce a theme with a selection of interesting books, many of which, my little ones asked to have read over and over again.  Click on the link for a copy of my October bibliography

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One of our favorites was Pumpkin Round and Fat.  I have a huge collection of puppets that made reading and lessons extra special, so I often helped my kiddo's make a puppet-manipulative of their own. 

When I Googled this poem, to get some ideas, I found a sweet Popsicle puppet idea over at Teacher Mama.  This is my version: Click on the link to view/download the Jack-O-Lantern Popsicle stick puppet. 

I've had several requests for some coin activities involving pumpkins, so I dreamed up an easy-reader entitled, Pumpkin Payment.  Besides reinforcing the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, it also reviews all of the basic 2D shapes kiddo's are required to know, including that crazy hexagon.

pumpkin activities, 10 frames, 10 frame templates, coin activities, coin booklet, counting coins, pumpkin money, 10 frame activities, pumpkin math, pumppin centers, pumpkin songs, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin puppets, pumpkin easy readersChildren trace and write the coin words, coin values, as well as the shape words.  They trace the shape and then draw one of their own on the pumpkin.  Finally, they cut and glue the appropriate coin(s) to the matching numbered boxes. 

When everyone has completed their booklet, read it as a whole group to reinforce concepts of print.  Click on the link to view/download the easy-reader booklet, Pumpkin Payment.

pumpkin activities, 10 frames, 10 frame templates, coin activities, coin booklet, counting coins, pumpkin money, 10 frame activities, pumpkin math, pumppin centers, pumpkin songs, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin puppets, pumpkin easy readersFor more math extensions, with a 10-frame format, I think your students will enjoy 1-2-3 Count Pumpkins With Me.  

  • Students read, trace and write the number and number word. 
  • They see a "thing" in a sentence and say it. 
  • They spy the number in a sequence and circle it.
  • They X-out that many boxes or use a bingo dot marker or stamp. 
  • They cut and glue the set/group to the matching numbered box. 

pumpkin activities, 10 frames, skip counting, pumpkin bookmark, skip counting by 2's 3's 5's and 10's, 10 frame templates, coin activities, coin booklet, counting coins, pumpkin money, 10 frame activities, pumpkin math, pumppin centers, pumpkin songs, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin puppets, pumpkin easy readersAnother quick booklet, that would work well for a Daily 5 activity is the easy-reader Pumpkin On A Vine.  Students read, trace and write the simple sentences and then cut & glue the pictures to the matching numbered boxes.

pumpkin activities, 10 frames, skip counting, pumpkin bookmark, skip counting by 2's 3's 5's and 10's, 10 frame templates, coin activities, coin booklet, counting coins, pumpkin money, 10 frame activities, pumpkin math, pumppin centers, pumpkin songs, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin puppets, pumpkin easy readersFinally, Let's Count Pumpkins  covers quite a few Common Core State Standards which includes an easy reader where students read, trace and write the numbers, + circle them in a sequence. 

Children circle capital letters, add end punctuation to the simple sentences, + count the pumpkins in the group/set and color the puffy numbers as well.

This pumpkin math packet also includes trace and write worksheets for counting from 0 to 120, + skip counting by 2's, 3's, 5's, and 10's. There are 2 sets of pumkin number cards to use for sequencing, games, and making equations using the matching math symbol cards.  

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Give each child a bookmark and a candy pumpkin.  Students trace the numbers.  Teacher calls out a number and students put their pumpkin on that number.   You can tell at a glance who is struggling and make a note of it.  As a special treat, students can eat their candy pumpkin when the lesson is over.   Click on the link to view/download the Let's Count Pumpkins math packet. 

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  • Students read, trace and write the number and number word. 
  • They see a "thing" in a sentence and say it. 
  • They spy the number in a sequence and circle it.
  • They X-out that many boxes or use a bingo dot marker or stamp. 
  • They cut and glue the set/group to the matching numbered box. 
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1-2-3 Come Make A Pumpkin Craft With Me!

Hi Ho!  it’s pumpkin time don’t ya know! At least that’s what my Y5’s always told me when I asked them what month it was.  Children come up with the cutest things! One of my all-time favorite activities with my little "punkins" was "Peekin' In A Pumpkin".  We'd do this "craftivity" on the day that we carved our class pumpkin

So that I could orchestrate the lesson, I always sent a newsletter home asking for an adult volunteer to come in and do the honors.  My kiddo's would vote what kind of face they wanted, and could choose from a variety of shapes for the eyes and nose, as well as an emotion: happy, sad, scary.  I probably don't need to tell you that the "scary" pumpkin won 90% of the time.

pumpkin crafts, pumpkin arts and crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin graphing, pumpkin lessons, carving a pumpkin activitiesI'd give everyone a chance to feel the pumpkin "goop." Surprisingly, some of my kiddo's never had this experience. I'd write their "describing" words on the board, and encouraged them not to repeat an answer that someone had already given.  A few wipes would expedite cleaning sticky fingers. pumpkin crafts, pumpkin arts and crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin graphing, pumpkin lessons, carving a pumpkin activities

We'd don paint shirts and enjoy painting our paper plate pumpkins orange.  While they happily made their "mess-terpieces" my helper would wash the seeds, set some out to dry, so that each child got a scoopful to glue to the "inside" of their pumpkin. 

pumpkin crafts, pumpkin arts and crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin graphing, pumpkin lessons, carving a pumpkin activitiesThe rest were salted, drizzled with butter and then popped into the cafeteria oven, for later taste testing.  Every year about 50% of my Y5's liked pumpkin seeds and the other half didn't. Then we'd graph the results.  (Included in packet.)

pumpkin crafts, pumpkin arts and crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin graphing, pumpkin lessons, carving a pumpkin activitiesHere's How To Make A Peekin' In A Pumpkin:

  • I took 2 days to do this project. On the 1st day, have children paint their two paper plates orange.
  • Before hand, cut a circle out of the center of one of the paper plates. 
  • pumpkin crafts, pumpkin arts and crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin graphing, pumpkin lessons, carving a pumpkin activitiesThe seeds were washed and dried over night.  On the 2nd day, give a scoopful of pumpkin seeds to each child. If you can't carve pumpkins in your school, buy a package of them at the grocery store.
  • Have them swirl some paint, mixed with Elmer’s glue, on the non-cut plate with a piece of yarn.
  • Kiddo's arrange the yarn and pumpkin seeds on the plate to look like “pumpkin guts”.
  • When the plates are dry, staple them together. Staple the cut out “window” plate on top of the “pumpkin gut” plate so that it is inverted and 3-dimensional.
  • Insert a green rectangular strip of construction paper, punch a hole in it and tie a piece of yarn from it. 
  • pumpkin crafts, pumpkin arts and crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin graphing, pumpkin lessons, carving a pumpkin activitiesIf you’d like to include a little rhyme time, run off the poem-stem on green construction paper.  You also need to make sure students have a square on their pumpkin, so I made one with “Peekin’ in a Pumpkin” written on it. Have students glue this to the back of their poem stem. Children write their name above or below.pumpkin crafts, pumpkin arts and crafts, pumpkin activities, pumpkin graphing, pumpkin lessons, carving a pumpkin activities
  • Students can make a Jack-O-Lantern face on the back of their pumpkin with a black marker. So that I could review shapes again, I pre-cut a variety of shapes of black construction paper, for children to choose, arrange and then glue to make the face.  If you're school is not into Halloween, and do a Harvest theme instead, simply leave the back of the pumpkins plain.  
  • You don’t need a leaf, but if you have time, students can trace their hand (with their fingers spread) on green construction paper, cut out and glue next to their stem. 
  • Another bit of pizzazz can be added, by punching a hole at the top of the plate, wrap a green pipe cleaner around a pencil and poke it through.  This is a quick way to reinforce the fact that pumpkins grow on vines and is wonderful fine-motor practice. 
  • Suspend your pumpkins from the ceiling and watch them twirl in the breeze.

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