All About Pumpkins!

I read about this activity at My Montessori Journey - when I saw that I already owned the book, I knew I could adapt this project for my five year old son. We just love this book!

Before we read the book I sang my favorite pumpkin song -- Pick A Pumpkin:

Pick a Pumpkin

Pick-a, Pick-a pumpkin from the pile

We can make his eyes and a great big smile!

Pick-a pick-a pumpkin round and clean

Then we’ll be ready for Halloween.

Halloween! Halloween!

Then we’ll be ready for Halloween!

You can make up your own tune to the song, or even just use it as a little poem - there is something about it that kids really enjoy.

I read the book, then went back over the life cycle of the pumpkin. Then, I gave my son the sheets I had downloaded and printed from here and asked him to color them, cut them, and arrange them in order on the black 12x12 paper. Here's what he came up with - I was really proud of him!

Tomorrow we will be cutting and putting together the mini book of "Five Little Pumpkins" - I still remember this rhyme from my childhood! Happy Pumpkins!

This post is linked to the Hip Homeschool Hop - I love this Tuesday link-up! Go see what everyone is up to this week.

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A Quick, Fun Art Project

My poor children were dragged through Hobby Lobby last week for over an hour - while I was picking some decorations for a party we had last weekend. In an attempt to keep them engaged and happy, I told them we could pick an art activity for this week - something that would cost less than $5 for each of them. Once we got to the aisle with all of the wood crafts they started to brainstorm, and decided they should make door hangers for their rooms. I was pleased at how it all turned out, with very little help from me!

I really loved the wood capital letters they chose - and a huge bag of them was $1.99! They have adhesive on the back and we can use them for lots of other projects, too.

While this didn't coincide with any of our curriculum, and it's not a "fall" craft, I just love the fact that my children chose the activity and did it without my help. I love it that we have time to be creative, and I love that they worked together and agreed on the project. Oh, and sticking to the $5 budget was a good lesson as well.

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