Maple Leaf Preschool: Pumpkins

We started the week with wear orange to school day. We heard a book about pumpkins, mixed red and yellow paint to create orange, and cut open a pumpkin to see what was inside. We put all the seeds and pulp into ziploc bags, sealed them and passed them around so the kids could see and feel the pulp and seeds without getting their hands slimy! Then we put the pumpkin in the oven and baked it. We had music with Mrs. Jenkins and activity time while the pumpkin was baking!

Our art activity this week was painting paper plates and turning them into pumpkins!

Mixing colors is so much fun! See if your child remembers what two colors make orange!

On Wednesday we were planning to go on a fall walk but it was sprinkling outside. We played a CD called A Walk Through the Forest and acted it out inside instead. At the end of the day Hadley's GG came in and read super cool stories to us. We needed a flashlight for The Secrets of Winter and the other one was titled The Book with No Pictures. We were giggling so hard when we heard it because it such a silly story!!

We needed a flashlight to help us see the hidden picture....so cool!

Here's a link to Secrets of Winter which is a shine a light book.

We heard the story Going on a Leaf Hunt during circle time on Thursday. The weather was nice so we took our fall walk. We looked at the fall colors on the leaves then went on a leaf hunt. At the end of the day, Mrs. Gould, Mrs. Swietlik, and Mrs. Chyko gave us a horse chestnut to add to our leaf collection because it is another sign of fall.