Pumpkin Unit

What a fun unit! I think we all liked this because of how many hands on things we did regarding pumpkins (see also post on D5 #7). Sawyer learned about pumpkins and the letter "P". We discovered that other words that also start with "P"; pumpkin, pineapple, pink, purple, Papa, pee, poop and push (what he says he needs to go #2). As you probably already have figured out Daddy helped us think of words that start with "P".


This time around I laminated his paperwork so that he could practice tracing a lot more. He really thought it was pretty cool to be able to use a marker and then just wipe it up.


This school activity is from Melissa and Doug. Each wood block has a picture and then letter cut outs on it that spell the word of the picture. Sawyer then had to find the letters that matched; he did a great job!



This is us doing our marble pumpkin painting. It was hard to tell who had more fun Daddy or Sawyer.





Sawyer and Mason then colored wooden stakes in the shape of a pumpkin that are now in our plant! I just love how much Mason concentrates when he does something new.




We invited Mie Mie over to do a special project with Sawyer. Together they made pumpkin pies!!! Sawyer did an awesome job; he even cracked open the eggs!!!





Focus Books:
"P is for Pumpkin - God's Harvest Alphabet" by Kathy-jo Wargin
"How many seeds in a pumpkin?" by Margaret McNamara
"Pumpkin Cat" by Anne Mortimer
"It's Pumpkin Time!" by Zoe Hall (I wasn't really thrilled about this book just due to the expectation of thinking it was going to be all about Pumpkins but it had more of a Halloween theme to it.)

Links:
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www.confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com