Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Too Many Pumpkins!


What a bountiful and beautiful autumn it has been! The past two Novembers, I've collected as many leftover or abandoned pumpkins as I could and then I lugged them to school and cracked them open in a dark patch of soil behind the garden shed. So far, so good -- in the spring they've sprouted into healthy, prolific pumpkin patches with enough squash and pumpkins for the students to harvest and use in classroom projects for a few fun weeks in the fall. Students in all my classes love pumpkin picking, weighing and measuring their pumpkins, making guesses about the number of seeds inside & then cutting into their pumpkins to collect the slimy seeds. No-one can resist a roasted pumpkin seed snack or other pumpkin treats, either!

As always, books are a big part of our garden lessons. A few of our favorite pumpkin books include the adorable Too Many Pumpkins, by Linda White, as well as the informative Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons, and the short & sweet Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington.

Continue on to see photos of some of our pumpkin & squash adventures!






Happy harvesters!
Arranging the harvest. 

Drawing the bounty!
Teamwork to open up their pumpkin!

Students guess how many seeds are inside their pumpkin, then work together to scoop them out and count them all!

Seeds and pumpkins ready to roast!

Pumpkin artist!

Drawing pumpkin patches -- pumpkins come in all shapes and sizes! 

Turning roasted pumpkin into a delicious smoothie!

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