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Children will investigate and answer questions about pumpkins.

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• Every night, Gato, Ardilla and Pato cook a nice pumpkin soup. Each one has a job to do, until Pato wants to change things a bit.
• What happens next will delight children, as well as teach them how important is helping out!

• Work together to find and circle every c. How many can you find?

Skill: investigating

Materials: "La gran investigación de las calabazas" skill sheet, one or more pumpkins

• Bring in a pumpkin to explore as a class or a few diff erent pumpkins for children to explore in small groups. Give children copies of the skill sheet to record their observations.
• Have children describe their pumpkins, ask, "¿Son pequeñas, medianas o grandes? ¿Son lisas o rugosas? ¿De qué color son?" Kids can use pencils and crayons to fi ll in the sheet.
• Then have children make predictions about whether their pumpkin will sink or fl oat. Put the pumpkin in a tub of water and see what happens!