Fall: Apples and Pumpkins, Oh My!
In New England it is a tradition to go apple picking, and we definitely take the opportunity to enjoy this tradition. We think that it is really important that the kids see how apples grow and experience picking them on their own. We love the beauty of the foliage and the apple orchard, too. We wouldn’t miss the chance to make memories like these! If you can, try this out with your family.
Since I knew that we were going to the orchard, we started talking about apples and pumpkins a few weeks ago. In anticipation of our favorite season, we attempted to grow pumpkins in our garden this year. I’m not sure that we will ever get pumpkins, but the flowers on the plants did bloom. We have great plans to follow up on this trip, too.
Apples:
- We will bake an apple pie together. All of that measuring, pouring, peeling, and cutting is great for kinesthetic and tactile learners to learn about math and science.
- We’ll cut an apple in half along the equator. There is a star shape in the middle of the apple. We’ll use that as a stamp with paint.
- We will learn about what oxidization is by cutting an apple and watching the color change.
- We will also read the book, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, and make a lapbook to go along with it.
Pumpkins:
- Of course we will carve our pumpkins. This is a great kinesthetic and tactile learning experience. We will learn what the seeds are like inside the pumpkin, and see if one pumpkin has more seeds than another. After we’ve cleaned the seeds, we will group them by 10’s to count them. We’ll roast them, too.
- We have the book called Pumpkins by Ken Robbins. It has beautiful photographs of pumpkins. It tells how pumpkins are grown and gives some information about how they tie into the season.
- We will bake pumpkin pies with fresh pumpkins. (Pies made with roasted pumpkins are so tasty!) This is another opportunity to teach math and science.
If you have never gone to an orchard during the fall, I encourage you to look into it. It is worth the experience!
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[...] Fall: Apples and Pumpkins, Oh My! By colleenfelz We will also read the book, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, and make a lapbook to go along with it. Pumpkins:. Of course we will carve our pumpkins. This is a great kinesthetic and tactile learning experience. … homeschoolingcoach.com – http://homeschoolingcoach.com/blog [...]
Such fun activities, aren’t they? We just went apple and raspberry picking this week. Have already made apple butter and raspberry bars with the goodies. My son and I were just talking about how fun it is, knowing that we are the only ones who have actually touched the fruit – and we made something of it from start to finish!
[...] Fall: Apples and Pumpkins, Oh My! By colleenfelz We will also read the book, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, and make a lapbook to go along with it. Pumpkins:. Of course we will carve our pumpkins. This is a great kinesthetic and tactile learning experience. … homeschoolingcoach.com – http://homeschoolingcoach.com/blog [...]