Teaching Themes
Pumpkins: Everything You Need
These cross-curricular activities help students develop key skills by studying one of this season's most celebrated crops.
Unit Plans, Book Resources
Pumpkins in the Primary Classroom Curricular Unit
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
A thematic, interdisciplinary curricular unit that presents pumpkin-themed lesson plans in language arts, mathematics, and science.
Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Take them off the front porch and put them to work in the classroom! Creative ways to use pumpkins in every subject.
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Lesson Plans Observing the Pumpkin CycleGrades: PreK–K Teach your students about the life cycle of pumpkins through shared reading of non-fiction books, as well as through observation. |
Lesson Plans, Extension Activities Measuring Pumpkins and Our WorldGrades: PreK–K Describes a lesson involving students' observance of pumpkins at their early stages of growth and during decomposition. |
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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 The photographs in Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden are fantastic. Students enjoy learning about the life cycle of pumpkins, while viewing... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans, Book Resources Pumpkin Eye Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 I do a Denise Fleming author study with my students. They love her colorful illustrations in Pumpkin Eye and enjoy creating their own paper... |
 Book Lists Books for Teaching With PumpkinsGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Use this book list as a starting point for discussions and experiments about pumpkins. These titles can be used as read-alouds, pocket chart... |
 Unit Plans Pumpkin TimeGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Lesson plans and other resources on the growth and decomposition of pumpkins, pumpkins as a food source, and more! |
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Pick The Biggest PumpkinGrades: PreK–K A digital magazine and extension activities that help students identify the size and texture of pumpkins, as they hunt for the biggest one. |
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Pumpkins Poetry FrameGrades: PreK–K Have students fill in opposites to the words provided, then complete a poem about pumpkins. |
PumpkinsGrades: PreK–K In this video, you can look at all the different kinds of pumpkins! Which one do you like best? |
 Blog Posts Pumpkin Pi: Fall Celebrations and CircumferenceGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Use pumpkins and other tasty round treats to teach your students how to calculate circumferences with Pumpkin Pi. |
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Articles Dryer Vent Pumpkins Craft ProjectGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Using an unexpected material, students can create lovely pumpkin decorations. Pretty crafty! |
Articles Inside Out Pumpkins CraftGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 With this easy fall craft, young students explore what’s inside of pumpkins. |
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Articles Pumpkin Life Cycle DisplayGrades: 1–2 In this project, students create a display of the stages of a pumpkin’s growth. |
Articles Zigzag Pumpkin Patch Craft ProjectGrades: 1–2, 3–5 This lively display, perfect for autumn and October, takes only a few minutes to build. |
