I think our whole class would agree that our Fall Festival was a memorable highlight of the year so far. The "dressing-up" element made things exciting right from the start. We also enjoyed other highlights including learning a Halloween song, decorating sugar cookies, and an involved lesson on pumpkins.
The pumpkin lesson was quite possibly the best part of the day! We read a great book called "Pumpkin Jack", tying in things we learned in our Botany unit with the life cycle of a pumpkin.
We then discussed the classifications of plants under the overarching name of "squash".
This led to filling in observation charts for four varieties of squash in pairs.
The final experience of the lesson was tasting each kind of squash (first plain, then with sugar and spices if desired). I think all of us, including myself, truly had a fun and meaningful learning experience!
Hmm did the kids like the squash? How cool! Love it all. Thanks for inspiring my children.
ReplyDeleteActually, many of them did - especially with sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon! :)
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