Pumpkins and Our Fall Harvest Party

We opened up our little farm market in our classroom and we voted on the name for it and "Pumpkin Patch" won so we'll be making signs for our market this week! The children are enjoying paying each other for items and helping customers. We're learning about the letter P and today we'll start learning:

Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold,

Peas porridge in the pot, nine days old.

Some like it hot, some like it cold.

Some like it in the pot, nine days old.

We're reading about how pumpkins grow and what they need to grow.  Last week we took an ear of corn from our sensory table where we're shucking it and put the ear in a container with some water. We have our first green sprout this morning! We have the magnifying glasses ready next to the ear of corn along with a sunflower head so the children can examine both of them.  We're also reading "The Little Red Hen" and we're learning about making bread and helping each other out!

We have a short week this week with Pumpkin Show starting tomorrow.  After Pumpkin Show we'll have our Fall Party on Thursday.  The children can either bring in their costumes or wear them to school.  We'll have our party from 10-11 in the morning and then trick or treat throughout the school.