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The Little People Place: 5 Little Pumpkins

The Little People Place: 5 Little Pumpkins:   While shopping at my favorite local farm  yesterday afternoon I purchased one large pumpkin and explained to my kids that we were goi...

5 Little Pumpkins

 

While shopping at my favorite local farm yesterday afternoon I purchased one large pumpkin and explained to my kids that we were going to cut it open and explore the guts inside at daycare. So the owner ask me how many kids I watched and then kindly donated 5 pumpkins to my daycare kids for us to explore. 

 

First we took a look at the outside and guess what would be on the inside.

 

                                                   PUMPKIN GUTS!!! was what we found.

Then we decided to extract the seeds. 

 

This became a sensory bin, fine motor activity, science lesson.

                                                                    and a taste testing

 

what a perfect fall morning.

 

Thank you Oakridge Acres for the pumpkins we had so much fun.

Mr Snail

We found a friend and made him a home.  I'm not going to pretend that I knew how to make a habitat for a snail..... I googled it! (blushing) sometimes this job finds you doing the funniest things.

I found another mom who had thankfully been in the same spot and made her own snail home and posted about it. Here is her link giving details about making a snail habitat.

Thanks to her helpful post we found out that Mr Snail likes to have fresh water, and leaves, and mulch, small rocks, large rocks and shade.

 We did everything she suggested and our new little friend is very happy. The kids were very happy as well. This was a project they could all help with.

And the Bird say Thanks

Over thanks giving we read the book Bear Says Thanks and the kids decided they would like to make some treats for our outdoor friends.

Since I was already making cranberries for Thanksgiving and we are all about learning to sew right now we decided on stringing berries for the birds.

They each had there own way of getting the berrie's on the needle.

Some stacked three at a time.

    Or found it easier to stab them while still in the bowl

 while others focused on finding the center and pushing it through.

Holding it in tight to yourself sometimes helps keep control.

It was quite work that everyone enjoyed. They helped each other when needed and talked about how excited the birds were going to be.

 We found a spot for one a daycare and rest went home to be shared around town.

 And the bird says thanks