Fall 2009

We have been busy celebrating fall in our Kindergarten classroom. Before we cleaned out our pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern, we each estimated how many seed would be inside the pumpkin. After we estimated, we took turns cleaning the seeds and 'guts' out of our pumpkin. That was so much fun. Even Miss Amy took a turn! After we cleaned the seeds, we counted them. There were 557 seeds in our pumpkin! And we counted them all! We went on a scavenger hunt that took us all over our school to find our 'treasure' at the end. It was fall treat bags! Mrs. Burris came to our classroom for Agriculture in the Classroom. She talked about pumpkins. Did you know that 90-95% of the pumpkins processed in the United States are grown in Illinois and Miss Terwelp grew up in Morton, Illinois, the Pumpkin Capital of the World? How cool! We made no-bake pumpkin pie that we got to eat! It was YUMMY! The last part of our fall celebration was listening to a storyteller. She told us stories about scarecrows and spiders.