We have been learning about Pumpkins… both at school and at home!  Our wonderful Nestor PAC arranged a “Pumpkin Patch” right in our own Nestor Park, and we used those pumpkins for a great Math Measuring activity.  We took those pumpkins home but then we got 6 more pumpkins to sit on our 6 Table desks.  We learned how to look with a “Scientist’s Eyes” and draw different perspectives of our pumpkins.  (Guess that was really a “Science in Art” project!)  At the end of the week, we had some Passionate Parents and Very-helpful Volunteers help us scoop out those oopy-goopy pumpkins to get out the seeds for a Math Ten Frame Counting activity.  Carving our “Jack o’Lanterns” was a cooperative-decision-making exercise for each table. (Oh… only the adults got to use the knives!)  All in all, it was a PUMPKIN-upped way to do some Science, Math, and Art!   We also got to decorate our classroom with some AWESOME JACK O’LANTERNS afterwards!

Here we are in action!

How many pumpkin seeds did we count?