Posts Tagged ‘Pumpkins

26
Oct
08

Investigating pumpkins

It’s pumpkin season! We see pumpkins all over the place at this time of year – at farms, in books and in long rows outside all the grocery stores. We decided to find out a little more about them.

How much does a pumpkin weigh? The children took turns guessing as we weighed each pumpkin.

How much does a pumpkin weigh? We took turns guessing as we weighed each pumpkin.

What does the inside of a pumpkin look like? We cut off the top to take a look.

What does the inside of a pumpkin look like? We cut off the top to take a look.

Scooping out the pumpkin's insides is a fun and messy job!

Scooping out the pumpkin

Ladles and spoons help with getting those goopy stringy insides out!

Ladles and spoons help with getting those goopy stringy insides out!

After emptying our pumpkins we decorated them with Mr. Potato head pieces. We also made paper pumpkins to decorate the wall of our preschool. See more pictures here.




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