Orange Pumpkins

This morning we had orange wagon wheel noodles in the pool. The kids tried to guess how we were going to use them for art today. During morning circle we talked about the calendar and practiced the days of the week and months of the year out of order.

Ms. Michelle came today! The kids had a turn at four different stations. At station #1 they searched for spiders and insects in spiderwebs. They played with pumpkin putty and slime at station #2. The kids walked with Shrek feet or bounced on a ball with Ms. Michelle at station #3. At station #4 the kids tossed bean bags into the spooky shape house. We rotated through all the stations until everyone had a turn at each.

Our story today was "Pumpkin Patch" by Margaret McNamara.Mrs. Connor's class took a field trip to a pumpkin patch. Katie was determined to find the perfect pumpkin. She thought she found it, until her classmates made fun of her pumpkin on the bus ride home. But when she got home, her dad helped her learn that her pumpkin was the best....it made the best pumpkin pie. After reading the story we talked about how pumpkins grow. After planting a pumpkin seed a vine begins to grow....then small green pumpkins start to grow on the vine. The pumpkin is ready to be picked when it is big and orange.

For art today the kids made orange pumpkins out of colored noodles. They used the outline to fill in the pumpkin shape. They needed to make sure to fill in all the empty spaces so the whole pumpkin was orange.

We learned new pumpkins songs today. The kids also loved some of the Halloween songs! See everyone tomorrow for our trip to the pumpkin patch!