Easy Ways to Learn with Apples and Pumpkins

There are so many crafts and activities you can do with apples and pumpkins, and it’s actually really simple to incorporate them into learning activities. I was reminded of this when looking at the Halloween STEM activities, and by this post on measuring the circumference of a pumpkin from Gift of Curiosity.

Of course you could do that with an apple, too, though it is more dramatic if you have a variety of pumpkins to measure.

And you don’t have to stop with circumference. You can measure how tall a pumpkin or apple is, how much they weigh. Hypothesize whether bigger pumpkins or apples will weigh more and experiment.

Making pumpkins and apples float is always fun, and away from science and math you can always draw pumpkins, paint on pumpkins, make apple stamps, write about your produce…there are just so many great ideas!

How do you use pumpkins and apples to learn? I’d love to hear your ideas.

[Photo: Gift of Curiosity.] Looking for more resources? Check out these board games for learning Math and Multiplication?

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I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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