Pumpkin Life Cycle
Show some pumpkin seeds and a fully-grown pumpkin. Tell children that the pumpkin grew from one of those little seeds.
Pumpkin Poem
One day I found two pumpkin seeds.
I planted one and pulled the weeds.
It sprouted roots and a big, long vine.
A pumpkin grew; I called it mine.
The pumpkin was quite round and fat.
(I really am quite proud of that.)
But there is something I'll admit
That has me worried just a bit.
I ate the other seed, you see.
Now will it grow inside of me?
That pumpkins only grow in the ground!)
Look in some books about pumpkins, focusing on the life cycle. Review with children the process of planting a seed and watching it grow into a pumpkin.
Print out these life cycle cards and help children put them in order.
Pumpkin Art:
Place red, yellow, and orange paint on a paper plate. Let children mix colors and use them to paint a picture of a pumpkin. While the paint is still wet, let children shake salt onto the picture for an interesting look.
Pumpkin Picture
Have children use the remaining paint to cover the entire paper plate, to be used for the life cycle activity. (Read some books and sing some pumpkin songs while waiting for the paint to dry. OR, go out into the garden a plant some pumpkin seeds or, if you already have some pumpkins growing, do the personalized pumpkin activity, found below.)
Pumpkin Life Cycle
Personalized Pumpkins
Grow pumpkins in a garden. When the pumpkins are small and green (about the size of grapefruits) help the children scratch their names on the outsides with a nail (be sure to break the skin). As the pumpkins grow, scars will form over the scratches and the names will get bigger.
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