Pumpkin Math

Last Wednesday was our Pumpkin Math day.  I only had 2 parents who were able to volunteer, but I couldn't have asked for 2 better parents to be there.  Colleen Shoemaker and Amber St. Onge did a fantastic job working with groups of children as we estimated, counted, weighed, measured and carved our pumpkins.

Describing our pumpkins.

Will it sink or will it float?

Pumpkins Float!

Even I had a group of children to work with!

Willa digs right in and scoops out a bunch of seeds and pulp!

Andy uses the scraper to clean out the insides.

Evan shows off his Jack-o-Lantern plan.

The girls get gloved up and ready to dig in!

Pulling out seeds and getting ready to count.

Owen is prepared to do some serious work.

Charles was in his element.  Halloween is definitely HIS Holiday!

Counting seeds!

Another Pumpkin Math activity completed and the Jack-o-Lanterns are lit up for rest time!

The Pumpkin Patch!

About three years ago, I found these pumpkins on Pinterest and just knew we had to make them.  I just love how these come out.  We start out by painting our paper, first we have to decide if our pumpkins will be tall and skinny or short and fat, this decides how we paint our paper, horizontal or vertical.  When the paint dries, we cut the corners and trim the points to make our pumpkin shape, cut our eyes, mouth and stem and add them to the pumpkin.  These are done without patterns, just by cutting the shapes and following directions.  I love how they each have their own little personalities!