pumpkin seed activities

1-2-3 Come Do Nine Fine Pumpkin On The Vine Math Activities With Me

I have so many fun pumpkin activities to share, that I thought I'd feature 9 of my favorites that I use to teach all sorts of math standards.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin math, pumpkin investigations, seed booklet, seed sorting, pumpkin games, telling time activities, digital and analog time activities, money activities, measurement activitiesA quick, easy and fun way to review numbers from 1-30, counting backwards from 20 or 10 to 0; plus skip counting by 2's, 3's, 5's & 10's is with the pumpkin slider. There are 3 different pumpkin patterns for children to choose from. 

So that you can also review upper & lowercase letters, I included those traceable strips as well.  Sliders are a great way to whole group assess as you play an "I Spy!" game.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin math, pumpkin investigations, seed booklet, seed sorting, pumpkin games, telling time activities, digital and analog time activities, money activities, measurement activitiesIf you're working on telling time with your kiddos, the Pumpkin Time cards are perfect for a pocket chart or use as flashcards.

They review analog and digital time to the hour as well as time to the half hour.   Make extra sets for students to play Memory Match or "I Have; Who Has?" games. I've included a tip list of other things you can do with the cards, plus a Kaboom game.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin math, pumpkin investigations, seed booklet, seed sorting, pumpkin games, telling time activities, digital and analog time activities, money activities, measurement activitiesFor more telling time reinforcement, your kiddos will enjoy the  "It's Pumpkin Time!" games.  There are dice as well as spinner games. 

Both reinforce digital as well as analog time.  I've included blank templates to use as an assessment tool, or for students to make mini time booklets.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin math, pumpkin investigations, seed booklet, seed sorting, pumpkin games, telling time activities, digital and analog time activities, money activities, measurement activitiesHave you started working on money?  Then I think you'll enjoy Pumpkin Payment

Several standards are covered in this easy-reader pumpkin coin booklet that reinforce coins and shapes. 

Students trace and write the coin word, the value of the coin, plus the shape word.  They trace the shape and then draw it on the pumpkin; cutting and gluing the coin(s) to the matching numbered boxes.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin math, pumpkin investigations, seed booklet, seed sorting, pumpkin games, telling time activities, digital and analog time activities, money activities, measurement activitiesAre you looking for some measurement activities? Help students practice measurement, by using apples and pumpkins.

You can run this packet off as an entire booklet for each child to work on, or use one worksheet each day during your math or science time. 

I have pages where students measure with blocks, and other worksheets where students measure with a real scale and a yardstick.  Click on the link for Pumpkin & Apple Measurement Activities

pumpkin activities, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin math, pumpkin investigations, seed booklet, seed sorting, pumpkin games, telling time activities, digital and analog time activities, money activities, measurement activitiesMore measurement activities can be found in the Pumpkin Investigation Booklet. 

Students measure height, weight, width and circumference of a pumpkin. They trace and write vocabulary-building words, predict, answer questions, + collect and analyze data.

I think most teachers cover the life cycle of a pumpkin to add a bit of science into their day. 

With that in mind, I designed From Seeds To Pumpkin Pie: a quick, easy and awesome looking life cycle of a pumpkin craftivity.  Ever mindful of standards, I included some shape & fraction fun to go with it. 

pumpkin activities, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin math, pumpkin investigations, seed booklet, seed sorting, pumpkin games, telling time activities, digital and analog time activities, money activities, measurement activitiesThe front of the pumpkin reviews all of the 2D basic shapes, including the hexagon, as students design their Jack-O-Lantern. (K.G.2)

The back of the pumpkin converts into a pie and is divided into quarters that show the pumpkin's life cycle. To make it look like a "real" pie tin, I covered a paper plate with aluminum foil. 

Two fraction worksheets are included, to work on dividing circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares. Students describe the sections using the words halves, fourths & quarters. (1.G.3) Completed projects look terrific suspended from the ceiling.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin math, pumpkin investigations, seed booklet, seed sorting, pumpkin games, telling time activities, digital and analog time activities, money activities, measurement activitiesFinally, the Seed Sorting packet, helps you to continue with a bit more science, while covering all sorts of math standards:  Data collection & analysis, sorting, comparing & contrasting, predicting, guess-timating, counting, sequencing, greater than, less than & equal to, plus graphing. 

You can do these activities as a whole group, or set things up as a center and have students work independently on their own seed worksheets.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin math, pumpkin investigations, seed booklet, seed sorting, pumpkin games, telling time activities, digital and analog time activities, money activities, measurement activitiesThe easy reader My Seed Booklet, is a matching activity. You can simply make a booklet to share with your students, so that they can see the different kinds of popular fall seeds, or have each child make their own booklet by drawing the seeds. 

Since you can buy packages of popcorn, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, you may want your students to glue some real ones to their booklet as well.  You can always use the leftovers for all sorts of counting and sorting activities.

If you're looking for a few more math-related pumpkin activities, scroll down to another blog article filled with even more fall FREEBIES.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin crafts, pumpkin math, pumpkin investigations, seed booklet, seed sorting, pumpkin games, telling time activities, digital and analog time activities, money activities, measurement activitiesThat's it for today.  Thanks for visiting.  I hope you found a few things to get your kiddos excited about math, while learning a bit of science too. 

I'm off to the farmer's market to buy a few small pumpkins and gourds; I love decorating for fall.   Wishing you a colorful autumn day filled with ed-venture!

"Those who live in the past limit their future."  -Unknown

1-2-3 Come Study Seeds With Me.

I just returned from a wonderful get-away weekend with my husband.  We enjoyed seeing all of the gorgeous fall colors here in Michigan and stopping at several farms to buy fresh produce; lots of apples, pumpkins, corn etc. 

It got me to marveling at how things grow, so I thought it would be fun to make several seed activities.  They are quick, easy and interesting math extensions, that also touch a bit on science.

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Here students trace and write the various fruit words and color the pictures. If you have the seeds available, students can glue them to the appropriate pages.

The Seed Exploration packet covers quite a few math standards.  If you don't want to foot the bill for all of the seeds, you can send the parent-note home asking for donations. 

This is included in the packet.  Our Dollar Store sells packages of sunflower and pumpkin seeds as well as bags of popcorn kernels.

If you carve a pumpkin in your class to analyze pumpkin data, you may want to save the seeds from that and do these as  follow-up activities.  It's also easy to simply buy a package of pumpkin seeds that are ready to eat. 

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There's also an information sheet defining seeds that you can share with your students.

seed activities, seed lessons, seed centers, math centers for fall, pumpkin activities, apple activities, sunflower activities, pumpkin seed activities, apple seed activities, sunflower seed activities, guesstimating, common core pumpkins, common core apples, common core sunflowers, seed booklet, studying seeds, seed facts, graphing activities, You may want to set up these activities as a center. Fill paper bowls with the various seeds

Have students bring up their Dixie cup and take a spoonful of each kind and put it in their cup.  When they get back to their desk they can spill out their seeds and arrange them on the sorting mat. 

seed activities, seed lessons, seed centers, math centers for fall, pumpkin activities, apple activities, sunflower activities, pumpkin seed activities, apple seed activities, sunflower seed activities, guesstimating, common core pumpkins, common core apples, common core sunflowers, seed booklet, studying seeds, seed facts, graphing activities, After students are done sorting, they take one of each seed and glue it to their identification worksheet. 

seed activities, seed lessons, seed centers, math centers for fall, pumpkin activities, apple activities, sunflower activities, pumpkin seed activities, apple seed activities, sunflower seed activities, guesstimating, common core pumpkins, common core apples, common core sunflowers, seed booklet, studying seeds, seed facts, graphing activities, Students can also arrange the seeds in size from smallest to largest and then glue one of each kind on their "sequencing sizes" worksheet.

seed activities, seed lessons, seed centers, math centers for fall, pumpkin activities, apple activities, sunflower activities, pumpkin seed activities, apple seed activities, sunflower seed activities, guesstimating, common core pumpkins, common core apples, common core sunflowers, seed booklet, studying seeds, seed facts, graphing activities, I've also included a guess-timation worksheet.  You can do this as a whole group, or have students work on their own paper. Students also work on their greater than, less than, or equal to skills with a worksheet incorporating those math symbols.

When everyone is done, gather students in a circle to review what they learned, discuss their discoveries, share their worksheets and do any graphing extensions that you want to follow up with. 

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"Good teaching cannot be reduced to a technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher." -Parker Palmer 

Examining Seeds

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I've since lost the link so if you know who this is, please shoot me an e-mail so I can link up to her and give credit.

As much as I like little ones making their own illustrations, I wanted to add more seeds and didn't want this to be labor intensive with the addition of the writing process as well.

In the past, my Y5's covered all of these seeds throughout the year, so springtime is a wonderful point to compare and contrast them all as a great review.

Students read the sentence, trace the main word, write it, and then color the object that it comes from.

If you want to add more pizzazz to the booklets, you can have students glue the matching seeds to the pages.

For a few dollars, you can buy popcorn, sunflower and pumpkin seeds in bulk and all you need is a few apples and a slice of watermelon and you’re set for the rest of the seeds.

Comparing and contrasting the seeds makes a great discussion as well.  I’ve also provided a graphing extension to nail that standard too.

When everyone has completed their booklet, read it as a whole group to reinforce concepts of print.

I know your students will enjoy taking it home and sharing it with their families.

This booklet is a terrific way to plug in a little science, especially with all the seeds being planted in gardens right now. 

My Seed Book makes a nice addition to your Daily 5 activities as well.

Click on the link to view/download My Seed Booklet

Do you have a seed activity you’d care to share?  I’d enjoy hearing from you. diane@teachwithme.com OR…feel free to leave a comment here, especially if you use one of my ideas.

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