All about Pumpkins!!

Did you know that pumpkins can be RED and WHITE......not just orange!  This week we talked about all different kinds of pumpkins.  We "dug in" yesterday and discovered that the inside of a pumpkin is realllllllllly slimey and has lots of white seeds.   We cleaned out our pumpkin (with Ms. Heather) and then baked the seeds for our afternoon snack....SO COOL.  Check out the "flip" book we made....and yes that is a real pumpkin seed on the first page from our very own pumpkin.  We saved some to plant this spring....maybe next year we will have a pumpkin harvest.   The older children worked on their cutting skills by separating each picture and then worked on putting them back in the correct order before we glued them onto our book.  In Art we made a jack-o-lantern mosaic and painted "pumpkin patches" with our thumbs! Of course, we read alot of books about pumpkins and how pumpkins grow.  Mrs. Angie's favorite pumpkin book is about a lady who didn't like pumpkins.  One day a pumpkin fell off of a truck and busted all over her yard.  She tried to ignore them by not caring for them.  She even stopped gardening in her front yard but one fall day when she went out front....there were PUMPKINS EVERYWHERE!!  She didn't want to waste them so she brought all of them inside and made....pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cakes, pumpkin pudding, pumpkin cookies, and pumpkin pies. When she was finished she didn't know what to do with all the food so......she made lots of JACK-O-LANTERNS and set them outside soon the whole town came out to see what was going on at her house.  She served all the pumpkin foods and a good time was had by all.  When it was time to go home she sent a jack-o-lantern, bag of seeds for roasting, and a pumpkin treat with everyone!  Everything was gone except for a handful of seeds...those she tucked snugly into her apron pocket for safe keeping until planting season next spring.  I just love this book!  Enjoy the pictures of all the kids taking turns digging into the pumpkin....SO CUTE!
Next week we will be learning about Animals awake at night.

Mattie's SUNSHINE - Class of fall 2011

Left to Right:  Wyatt Irwin, Charlie Shuman, Lucy Paire, Addison Williams, Reaghan McHenry, "happy" Jack Sanders, and Jayce Crews.


It's not easy getting everyone to look at me when Jack is so happy!  I had to take the opportunity.......VERY RARE to have the whole gang together!!

Fall is upon us....

This week we have been learning ALL about Fall.  

• WR - Fall in the Forest was about animals in fall and we were able to see very cute pictures of animals in their habitats!  Also, we read LOST in the WOODS which has breathtaking pictures. We thought it would be a cool to make bird and squirrel feeders because they can't find food as easily in the fall and winter.  Heather came one morning and helped us make them!  And of course we colored some pictures of the animals in their environment.
• WR - Fall Fun was all about the different activities we can do in the fall like....picking apples, playing soccer, making pies, AND everyone's favorite.....playing in the leaves!! We read all kinds of books about leaves! Thank you ......Mrs. Christie for the loan!!  It was so fun making our reading sticks......they help us read our books.  We used our fall colors...red, yellow, orange, and brown to color FUN fall pictures.  Check out the one with the boy and girl walking among the falling leaves....we learned the song on the back it is sooooooooo fun....take a look and sing it with me. 

NEXT WEEK......we learn all about PUMPKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!