Pumpkin Day was a great success.
The children practiced many math
and language arts activities. This
group is practicing standard
measurement to see how tall they
are compared to the pumpkin.

The children also practiced non-
standard measurement. The boys are
measuring the pumpkin with a
string and then measuring the
string with connecting cubes.

I wonder how tall I am?

After scooping all of the seeds
out of the pumpkin, the children
had to estimate, group the seeds
into groups of 10 and then
actually count all of the groups.
This group is busy at work.

The children predicted what would
be in the pumpkin. After removing
the top they dug all of the seeds
and pulp out by hand. It feels
pretty yucky!

This group is busy digging out all
of the pulp. They don't seem to
mind how it feels.

Our UNCW intern helped us out with
this activity also. Wow! It took a
long time to group and count all
of those seeds.

After all of the counting,
measuring and describing, the
children painted their pumpkins
using geometric shapes. They were
all very cute! Wow! I never knew
we could learn so much with just a
couple of pumpkins.