When we came inside Mrs. Gould had some pumpkins to share with us that she brought in from a farmers market. We weighed the pumpkins. The pumpkins we had were too light to weigh in pounds ( we tried putting them on a scale) so we decided to use a balance and weigh them in plastic farm animals! We found out one of the smaller pumpkins weighed 26 farm animals! We weighed the bigger pumpkin and found out it weighed as much as 2 smaller pumpkins plus 6 farm animals! We had lots of fun weighing all of the pumpkins, counting the animals and comparing and contrasting their weights and sizes.
Then it was time to cut them open and see what was inside! We each has a chance to stick our hand inside the pumpkin and pull out the seeds and the pulp. We talked about how it felt and we all decided that the inside of a pumpkin feels SLIMEY!! We cleaned out the inside of the pumpkin and put it in the oven to bake it. Next week we'll use the pumpkin to make a pumpkin pie!
Emma brought in a special snack to share with us. She had a family party and her grandma made some special treats. She had some extra to share with us, they were cupcakes inside of ice cream cones....YUM!! Thanks Emma and Emma's Grandma!!!
Since it was rainy on Thursday we had class at Maple Leaf instead of the pumpkin farm. We were all disappointed but ended up having a lot of fun having an extra long play time and storytime at school. We learned one of Mrs. Chyko's favorite finger plays and song called 5 Little Pumpkins. It goes like this...
5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a gate
the 1st one said, "Oh my it's getting late!"
The 2nd one said, "There are witches in the air."
The 3rd one said, "But we don't care."
The 4th one said, "Let's run and run and run"
The 5th one said, "We're ready for some fun!"
Then whoosh went the wind and out went the lights and
The 5 Little Pumpkins rolled out of sight.
We had fun playing with pumpkin scented play dough too! It's a great way to help us develop our finger strenght and fine motor skills!
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