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Children will identify pumpkin parts and sequence the steps of carving a pumpkin.

Vocabulary: pudrir, pulpa, tallar

Science Focus: plant parts

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• In the middle of the forest Gato, Ardilla and Pato live in a little cabin. They make pumpkin soup every day, the same way. What happens when they change the order?

• Do a mini prediction activity in conjunction with the Barcos de calabaza que flotan o se hunden activity below. Before scooping out the mini pumpkins, predict how many seeds will be inside. Then count them.
• Then predict how many seeds will be in the full-sized pumpkin. After doing the sink-or-float test, open it up and find out!

• Calabaza starts with C ! Work together to find and circle all the c’s in the mini book.

Skill: making predictions, investigating

Materials: miniature pumpkins, toothpicks, construction paper, full-sized pumpkin

• Try this twist on a sink-or-float pumpkin activity. In advance, cut off the tops of a few miniature pumpkins and scoop out the insides.
• Now let kids cut sails from construction paper. Help children make boats by attaching the sail to a toothpick and then sticking it in the bottom of the pumpkin. ¿Creen que sus barcos de calabazas flotarán? Put the boats in a tub of water and find out!
• Next, hold up a full-sized pumpkin and pass it around so kids can feel its weight. ¿Creen que la calabaza flotará aún cuando es más pesada y no tiene una vela? Let kids make predictions before you place the whole pumpkin in the water.
• Surprise! It still floats! Explain that there is a lot of air inside pumpkins. It helps them float, just like the air in floaties helps kids float in the pool!