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Pumpkin Life Cycle Activities

Hi, friends!  Fall is just around the corner, and with fall comes all things pumpkins!  Pumpkins might be one of my favorite topics, as there are so many pumpkin activities to complete during this time!

FREE life cycle of a pumpkin activities, including pocket chart sentences and sequencing printable. Perfect for your pumpkin investigations! Plus, we love the adorable pumpkin crafts!

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Some of our favorite pumpkin books are Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington, From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer, and It’s Pumpkin Time by Zoe Hall.

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It’s Pumpkin Time begins with two children preparing for one of their favorite holidays.  Of course, they have to plant pumpkin seeds to get ready for Halloween!  As the story, unfolds we learn all about the life cycle of a pumpkin… And aren’t these illustrations just so vibrant and kid friendly?!  I’m in love with their adorable puppy!

As we read the story, we create our pumpkin life cycle anchor chart.  We stop after each page or so to add the appropriate piece to the pumpkin life cycle.  Together, the story and anchor chart help introduce and solidify many of our pumpkin vocabulary words.

 
FREE life cycle of a pumpkin activities, including pocket chart sentences and sequencing printable. Perfect for your pumpkin investigations! Plus, we love the adorable pumpkin crafts!

Our anchor chart also provides a great reference as we complete our Pumpkin Life Cycle craftivity and flip flap books.

 
FREE life cycle of a pumpkin activities, including pocket chart sentences and sequencing printable. Perfect for your pumpkin investigations! Plus, we love the adorable pumpkin crafts!
 
FREE life cycle of a pumpkin activities, including pocket chart sentences and sequencing printable. Perfect for your pumpkin investigations! Plus, we love the adorable pumpkin crafts!

Of course, we add in some literacy with these Pumpkin Life Cycle emergent readers.  As we read the story, we highlight the word “see.”

 
FREE life cycle of a pumpkin activities, including pocket chart sentences and sequencing printable. Perfect for your pumpkin investigations! Plus, we love the adorable pumpkin crafts!

During center time, the kiddos mix and fix these pumpkin life cycle pocket chart sentences.  These sentences match the sentences in our Pumpkin Life Cycle emergent reader.  The students can easily see which cards go together, because they have matching pictures.  Once they have assembled each sentence, they read to make sure that the sentences are in the correct sequence for the pumpkin life cycle.

 
FREE life cycle of a pumpkin activities, including pocket chart sentences and sequencing printable. Perfect for your pumpkin investigations! Plus, we love the adorable pumpkin crafts!

They also complete this simple response sheet by filling in the missing word “see,” and gluing the life cycle pictures in the correct order.

 
FREE life cycle of a pumpkin activities, including pocket chart sentences and sequencing printable. Perfect for your pumpkin investigations! Plus, we love the adorable pumpkin crafts!

Grab these mix and fix pocket chart sentences for FREE!

FREE life cycle of a pumpkin activities, including pocket chart sentences and sequencing printable. Perfect for your pumpkin investigations! Plus, we love the adorable pumpkin crafts!

It’s Pumpkin Time ends with the kids carving their pumpkin for Halloween.  This is the perfect segue into what’s inside a pumpkin.  As we’re completing our pumpkin investigation stations, the kiddos make this “What’s Inside a Pumpkin?” craftivity.  All you need is yarn for the pulp and some pumpkin seeds!

 
FREE life cycle of a pumpkin activities, including pocket chart sentences and sequencing printable. Perfect for your pumpkin investigations! Plus, we love the adorable pumpkin crafts!
 
FREE life cycle of a pumpkin activities, including pocket chart sentences and sequencing printable. Perfect for your pumpkin investigations! Plus, we love the adorable pumpkin crafts!

You can read more about our pumpkin investigations here

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23 responses to “Pumpkin Life Cycle Activities”

  1. Jennifer Drake Avatar
    Jennifer Drake

    Thanks Ashley! We are starting pumpkins next week and the sentences will be perfect for our pocketchart shared reading! I shared it on my FB page too!
    Jenn
    Crayons & Cuties In Kindergarten

  2. Barbara Avatar
    Barbara

    Great ideas!

  3. TEAM K Avatar
    TEAM K

    Hi! I can't find the free life cycle download 🙁

    1. Jeannie Campos Avatar
      Jeannie Campos

      Click on the word FREE where it says:

      Grab these mix and fix pocket chart sentences for FREE below!

  4. Laurie Avatar
    Laurie

    I cannot find the pumpkin life cycle download

    1. Jeannie Campos Avatar
      Jeannie Campos

      Click on the word FREE where it says:

      Grab these mix and fix pocket chart sentences for FREE below!

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  7. Tessa Avatar
    Tessa

    PLEASE make more Pocket Chart Sentences like this Pumpkin Cycle and Turkey Cycle ones! They have been great for my 3.5yr old and she really enjoys them too. Thanks 🙂

    1. Ashley Avatar
      Ashley

      I am so glad she likes them! I have this on my to-do list!

  8. Katie Avatar
    Katie

    Where can I purchase just the orange pumpkin life cycle craft to go along with the book ‘It’s Pumpkin Time’ ? It would be perfect for my preschoolers!
    Thank you!

  9. Melissa Avatar
    Melissa

    How do I purchase the whole packet? Im looking to do this with my preschoolers! look like so much fun !
    thank you

  10. amy Avatar
    amy

    Where can I find the pumpkin lifecycle in the pumpkin shape??

  11. Maryann M Brenneman Avatar
    Maryann M Brenneman

    Any chance you have the dimensions for the Frankenstein Rectangle Art Project? Would live to make these.
    Thanks, Maryann
    maryannbrenneman@hotmail.com

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  13. LAURA MCCLELLAN Avatar
    LAURA MCCLELLAN

    I have downloaded this activities in the past. Since I have a new laptop, I ‘d to repeat the activities for my current students. Thank you

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  15. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Where can I find the Pumpkin Lifecycle pumpkin w/ circle cutouts to paste on? It’s in your main picture at the top of this post for the pumpkin activities packet, however it isn’t listed in what is included in the packet for purchase.

  16. Katherine J McGuire Avatar
    Katherine J McGuire

    I cannot fine the Pumpkin Life Cycle Download

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  20. elijah Avatar
    elijah

    A pumpkin is a round, orange-colored squash belonging to the gourd family, widely cultivated for culinary and decorative purposes. Known for its sweet flavor, pumpkins are often used in various dishes like pies, soups, and roasted seeds. Additionally, pumpkins are popular symbols during the fall season, commonly carved as jack-o’-lanterns for Halloween decorations.
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