Kindergarten- Pumpkins and Gourds

We started this lesson by reading the book Pumpkin Circle by George Levenson. We then discussed how pumpkins and gourds and how they are both harvested in the fall.

Each student received the following papers
9 x 12 inch purple
9 x 6 inch orange- drew 3 pumpkins (one big and two small)
4 1/2 x 6 inch yellow- drew one gourd
4 1/2 x 6 inch lime green- drew one gourd
4 1/2 x 3 inch dark green- used to make the stems and vines. Students cut the green piece into strips and wrapped the paper around their pencil to curl it.

We did all of these step by step and glued them to our purple paper as we worked. Students really enjoyed curling the paper. If students wanted to add faces to their pumpkins, they were allowed to do so with a permanent marker.