…two varieties of cabbage. October Pumpkin Exploration How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin Through a creative exploration of pumpkins, students gain a new understanding of this vegetable and all of its diverse uses. Students use a pumpkin seed activity to practice counting. October Roots and Shoots Up, Down, and Around Teach students about how vegetables grow and guide them in tasting veggies that grow below ground and above ground. November Sweet Potato …
…several cabbage varieties. October Pumpkin Exploration How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? Introduce students to pumpkins and how they grow. Use a pumpkin seed activity to practice sorting and counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s. October Potato Exploration Two Old Potatoes and Me Introduce students to potatoes and how they grow. Teach students about measurement and guide them practicing close observation through potato explorations. November Thanksgiving fo…
…about watermelons: They are in the cucurbit family, which includes melon, pumpkin, squash, and cucumber. Watermelon is a great source of vitamins A, B6, C, and thiamin. A cup and a half of watermelon contains about 9 to 13 milligrams of lycopene. Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant and is related to beta-carotene, giving fruits and vegetables a red color. Georgia is the largest producer of watermelon in the United States. Children’s literature: Wa…
…This rhyming story is perfect for introducing young children to fruits and vegetables that grow up (like corn and peppers), down (like potatoes and carrots), and around (like cucumber and pumpkin vines). …
…bers of the cucurbit plant family, along with their cousins summer squash, pumpkins, and melons. They’re warm season veggies that are planted in our mountain region in the late spring after the danger of frost has passed. After being pollinated be bees or other insects, their small yellow flowers grow into prickly green cucumbers. These vining plants can produce an abundance of fruit from mid summer through early fall. Use the resources and recipe…
…ey also welcome visitors to their farm for activities like a corn maze and pumpkin patch in the fall. This video could be used as the starting point to explore many topics with students, including cabbage and other cole family crops, photosynthesis, plant parts, nutrition/trying new vegetables, and farm life. Complimentary Growing Minds lesson plans and resources can be found below. Lesson Plans & Resources Preschool Garden Color Hunt lesson plan…
…What is that mystery vine growing over in the garden? As summer progresses in to fall the mystery is solved. This book includes pumpkin recipes, gardening activities, and instructions to create your own classroom “book vine.”…
…After planting the seeds and watching them grow, huge pumpkins appear in a patch. Now we can make pumpkin pie and jack-o’-lanterns! Planting a garden is so much fun, and this rhyming reader shows us how. A Penguin Young Readers Level 2 book. …
…Pumpkins are a children’s favorite – kids love to grow their own Halloween pumpkins. Although orange pumpkins are the most common, they also come in red, white, and gray. Pumpkin plants need lots of room for their vines to spread. Miniature varieties may only need 6 to 8 square feet, but large types need between 50 and 100 square feet for healthy growth. At harvest time, pumpkins can be turned into jack-o-lanterns and their seeds roasted for a tas…
…uts, beans, peas, rice, wheat, corn, coconut, sesame seeds, sunflower, and pumpkin seeds. Do your kids have a favorite seed to eat? Go on a seed scavenger hunt in your kitchen. How many edible seeds can you find there? Keep in mind, some foods that come from seeds (like wheat flour or shredded coconut) might not look like seeds anymore once they’ve been processed. Keep a log of what kinds of plant parts you eat for a day. Did you eat more leaves,…