5 Little Pumpkins

The Junebug Weekly

October 4th and 6th

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Everywhere!

The Creative Corner

5 Little Pumpkins...

Tuesday-October 4th

Pumpkin Parts

Junebugs will observe as their teacher cuts open a big, orange pumpkin to reveal what is inside.  They will love getting their hands dirty as they touch the pulp and find the seeds.

Pumpkin Picassos

Junebugs will use their imaginations and a variety of art materials to decorate a card stock pumpkin.

Pumpkin Cookies

Junebugs will roll out sugar cookie dough and use cookie cutters to make pumpkin shaped cookies for snack time.

Thursday-October 6th

Seed Sorting

Junebugs will practice counting and sorting (by color) brightly dyed pumpkin seeds.  They will then glue them to a piece of construction paper to create an abstract work of art.


Paper Bag Pumpkin
Junebugs will use their fine motor skills to shred tissue paper and stuff it into paper bags to turn them into fat little pumpkin decorations.   
  
Toasted Seed Tasting
Junebugs will help their teachers to toast and then taste test salted pumpkin seeds.
  

Circle Time Routine

Educational. Social. Playful.

Greeting

Find and sit on your circle time mat.  Greet your friends with the song 'Hello Neighbor!'.  Read Fly High Little Bird.

Morning Stretch

"Point to your nose, reach down to your toes, wiggle your hips, and bend your elbows.  Reach up high to the sky,  reach down low to the floor, stretch to the window, and stretch to the door.  Whisper 'shhhhh' and sit quietly on the floor."

Morning Work

Calendar

Sing the "Seven Days In A Week".  Discuss today's theme and activities.

Weather

Observe the weather through the window and discuss proper clothing using flashcards.

Numbers

Count to 10 on your fingers.  Sing along with 'Ten Little Numbers'.

Letters

Sing the 'ABCs' with instruments.  Rap the 'ABC's' with Elmo.  Listen to 'Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom'.  Color the letter of the day (P is for pumpkin) and glue it into your notebook.

Morning Stories

Five Little Pumpkins

My Happy Pumpkin

Morning Songs
'Ring Around the Pumpkin
sung to the tune of Ring Around the Rosie
Ring around the pumpkin, pocketful of seeds, leaves, leaves, they all fall down!

We love pumpkins and we hope by the end of the week your little one will too! You can continue our pumpkin theme at home by visiting one of the area pumpkin patches.


Some of the Junebug favorites are...


Cox Farms in Fairfax
Pumpkinville in Leesburg
Ticonderoga Farm in Chantilly
Temple Hall Corn Maize in Leesburg


Your pumpkin loving teachers,
Lindsay and Lindsay