A guide for using our resources

Children will identify ways to use different parts of a pumpkin.

Vocabulary: calabaza, carne, cáscara, composta, linterna, podrido, semillas

Science Focus: plant parts

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• One day in Autumn a girl runs down a hill chasing her pumpkin. Who will help her?
• The beautiful illustrations in this book will delight your students.

• Calabaza begins with c. Invite children to look around the classroom and point to other things that start with c. They might find crayones, carpetas, cartón, and more!
• Kids can also point to the letter c wherever they see it in environmental print.

• Using leftover calabaza from a linterna is a great way to reduce food waste.
• Together, brainstorm foods to make from pumpkin as you write them on the board. ¿Cuál fue la comida que se mencionó en la revista? ¡Sopa de calabaza! You can also make semillas de calabaza, tarta de calabaza, pan de calabaza, and frijoles con calabaza!

Skill: plant science

Materials: small pumpkin, soil

• What’s another way to use a pumpkin? As a planter! Carve the top off of a small pumpkin and scoop out the pulp and seeds to make a "tiesto de calabaza.” Add soil and water to the pulpy seeds, filling the pumpkin almost to the top.
• Let your pumpkin get sunlight and water as needed. Pretty soon, you’ll see a new pumpkin sprout inside the pumpkin!