Pumpkin Math

Pumpkin Math is always one of my favorite activities!  The children have a bunch of fun and practice many math and science skills!  We observe, estimate, weigh, measure, and count!  This year we had 6 pumpkins with 7 parents and 1 grandparent joining us to complete our activities!

This year the parents did a really good job helping the children work through their Pumpkin Math sheets and made sure they recorded their estimates before they weighed and measured.

 We used unifix cubes to measure the height of our pumpkins,

 We counted the seams.

 This year I added a new discovery...does a pumpkin sink or float?

 Pumpkins Float!  Who knew?

 We estimated the circumference using a piece of yarn.  Then we measured with a tape measure.

Then came the fun of designing how we wanted to carve the pumpkins!

Digging out the gooey insides of the pumpkin and counting seeds!

Let the carving begin!

Keep counting those seeds!

Alyssa found seeds in her pumpkin that were already beginning to sprout!

Keep counting those seeds!

100 seeds!

Jack-o-Lanterns!

Jack-o-Lanterns lit up during rest time

The children did a fantastic job!

Jog-a-thon!

All lined up and ready for the Jog-a-thon to start!

 Doesn't everyone need a bright pink flower headband to run??

 Someone needs to finish waking up before the run!

 Kindergarten is ready to run!

 My brother in law, Ross, gets his lap counting volunteers ready.

 Rhett's big sister, Ivy, gets ready to run with the 4th graders

 Warming up!

 Heading out to the astroturf to walk the first lap.

 And here we go!!!

 Don't forget to drink plenty of water.

 Waiting to get our lap cards marked.

 Walking and resting after a few laps.

 Still running!

 Are we almost finished?

 Popsicles at 9:30 in the morning!

 How many laps did you run???

 This was fun!

 Love those blue popsicles!

 Brother and Sister runners!

 And the flower still looks good!!

We had a great time at the Jog-a-thon!  The weather was perfect, everyone did a fantastic job, and we had popsicles at the end!  Who could ask  for anything more?

Firefighter Rob Comes to Kindergarten

We joined Mrs. Zimath's class and Mrs. Nation's class to meet Firefighter Rob.  He came to Southside to talk to us about Fire Safety.

He showed us his firefighting gear and talked to us about all the things on his suit and why they were important.

He talked to us with his mask on so we would know what he sounds like with his mask on. 

He showed how he moves around in burning buildings. 

Checking out Firefighter Rob's gear!

Thanks for coming to visit us Firefighter Rob!

Field Trip Fun

We took our first field trip to Florida Studio Theatre to see Jack and the Enchanted Beans, (Jack and the Beanstalk).  This was the first part of our 3 part experience with Florida Studio Theatre.  The first field trip is always exciting because for some of us this the the very first time we get to ride a school bus!

Once we got to the theater we settled into our seats and got ready for the show!

Waiting for the show to begin.

Talking to the actors after the show.

This was a different version of the Jack and the Beanstalk story so we had a chance to discuss how it was the same and different from other Jack and the Beanstalk stories we already knew.

Everyone did a great job and had a lot of fun on our first field trip.  We even played "possum" on the bus ride back to school.  The children tried to trick the teachers into thinking they had fallen asleep on the bus ride back to school...one of my favorite games!!!!  The prize...this counted as rest time for the day.  This was a win-win for all!

Investigating Apples

This was a fun activity where we practiced some very important skills.  We recorded our observations on this recording sheet.

We brought in apples to school and graphed our apples onto the graphing mats.  We were able to easily see we had more red apples.  We didn't have to count, we looked for the longest or tallest column.

We weighed our apples using the balance scales and wood cubes.

Then we counted the wood cubes and recorded it on our worksheet.

We also labeled the parts of our apples.  The children did a great job working together to complete this activity!