Tag Archives: Fall
Pumpkin Drum
As you and your children are exploring the properties of pumpkins, you discover that the fact that they are hollow is one of their best characteristics. You find this out as you dig out their seeds and make Jack-o-lanterns. You … Continue reading
Book Activity: 10 Step Guide to Living with Your Monster
Laura Numeroff is perhaps best known for her “If You Give a…” series (“If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”, “If You Give a Moose a Muffin”, etc.). Ten Step Guide to Living with Your Monster is lesser-known, though just as great. … Continue reading
Book Activity: Big Pumpkin
Big Pumpkin, by Erica Silverman is a fantastic Halloween book! It’s written in a pattern style with consecutive characters (a witch, a ghost, a vampire, and a mummy) each larger than the first, approaching the same problem – a giant pumpkin, … Continue reading
Book Activity: Piggy Pie
Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini is the perfect non-Halloween, Halloween book. It’s not specifically Halloween themed, but it is a creative combination of a grouchy, hungry witch and some sly pigs who use costumes to avoid becoming ingredients. As you read … Continue reading
A Pumpkin Face Takes Shape!
This, my friends, is a work of art. And a fantastic display geometric/mathematical prowess. And it’s the sweetest pumpkin face I’ve seen in a while because it was made by one of my darling boys! For a great way to talk … Continue reading
Do Pumpkins Sink or Float?
Sink or float is a classic preschool activity. You gather an assortment of items and have the children guess which will sink or float, and then test their hypotheses. (It made me laugh not too long ago when David Letterman added … Continue reading
Who Has the Pumpkin?
Children love to be sneaky….or sometimes just to think that they’re being sneaky. Here’s a play on a sneaky old guessing game that is perfect for a group of youngsters in the fall!
Pumpkin Scoop
While exploring pumpkins with young children, you can’t miss the opportunity to examine the insides of these fascinating gourds as well as the outsides! Cut open a pumpkin and place it in your sensory table with scoops, spoons, tweezers, and … Continue reading
