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This week was all about pumpkins. Thanks to the parents that donated pumpkins to our classroom. We learned that pumpkins grow on a vine. We learned that pumpkins can be different sizes and some pumpkins can be green or white. We learned that gourds can be smooth or bumpy. At sensory table, we practiced our eye hand coordination by hammering golf tees to our pumpkins. At block center the children added small pumpkins to their structures and made awesome pumpkin paths. At dramatic play, the children pretended to bake pumpkin pies and rake leaves. At math, we used pattern blocks to make different faces to our jack-o- lanterns and we measured with snap cubes the width of their pumpkin. At art table the children painted a representation of a pumpkin, used scissors to cut a pumpkin and cut out and painted with watercolors. At science we explored the inside of a pumpkin and we learned that pumpkins have many seeds. The children used a magnifying glass to explore the pumpkin. At literacy, we c...

This week we learned about another sign of Fall or Autumn. We learned that leaves changes color during the Fall because the trees stop producing chlorophyll, because our days are short. For this reason, the leaves change its color to yellow, red, brown and start falling down. We encourage children to look at the trees around our school. The children noticed the changes and they picked leaves to create beautiful collages at art. Also, they used stick paint to create their representation of leaves. At sensory, we added some leaves, shovels, rakes and Fall objects so the children sorted them. At dramatic play, we added leaves and rakes. The children had so much fun raking the leaves. At science table, the children sorted leaves by color and size. Also, we observed that our ladybugs went through the life cycle and they become adult ladybugs and we released them. It was so cool to observe the ladybugs from an egg to adult ladybugs. At literacy, we are continue learning the letters and sound...