We had several pumpkins of different sizes and colors for the children to observe, touch, and make observational drawings. After several weeks, these were cut in half for the children to observe the inside. Tweezers were placed in the science center with the pumpkins for children to pick out the seeds.
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I love this site. I have been in Prekindergarten for over 20 years and supervise our Parents as Teachers program in Northwest ISD in Texas. The ideas are great, and I, too am a supporter of play based learning for Prekindergarten. Great job!
thanks, Deanne
I was looking for science activities for my preK students and found this great site with easy and great ideas. Thanks Karen for sharing these activities with us.
Anne.
Love your ideas Karen! I have been teaching preschool 10 years and I love all your ideas. This website is easy to navigate, and follow. thank you.
I want to say thank you for your ideas. I want to share one activity I do with my Pre-k children. I dyed pumpkin seeds (various water colors and a bit of vinegar and I use zip plastic bags). I let the seeds over night of maybe two days to get dry. I use these colorful seeds to make mozaic with seeds, also sorting seeds by color, counting.
For Math the children glue seeds in a wooden stick and they count and write the equivalent number.
Thanks
Elizabeth Yutzy
San Mateo,CA
Thanks for sharing your idea, Elizabeth!
Good day!
I love the ideas! Your page is very simple to navigate and wonderful to gather inspiration from. I am interested in a little bit more about this activity. Would you mind sending me the “activity plan” you used to do the pumpkin exploration? What was your student learning outcome? What were the materials you used? and procedure? I am trying to come up with a fun and creative science activity for preschoolers. I’d love to know a little more in detail on this activity!
Thank you for your time!
-Adel
Thank you for visiting, but you have to do your own homework.