In Apples and Pumpkins, kindergarten students welcome the fall season. Your students will be involved in a variety of activities, including:

• creating apple patterns
• graphing apples by colour and taste
• weighing apples and pumpkins, using a balance scale
• ordering apples and pumpkins by size
• making apple prints
• sorting apples and pumpkins, using a variety of sorting rules
• estimating the circumference of a pumpkin
• counting and estimating pumpkin seeds
• mixing red and yellow paint to create orange pumpkins
• sequencing the life cycle of an apple tree and the growth of a pumpkin
• reciting apple and pumpkin poems and songs

and much more!

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about the author

Joni Bowman

Joni Bowman, BA, M.Ed., MCDTA, is a former elementary school teacher who has taught all subjects in the primary and junior divisions in regular, gifted, and special education programs.  As co-author of the Hands-On Science and Technology, Hands-On Social Studies, and Hands-On Mathematics programs, she is committed to providing active and engaging learning experiences for students.  Since 2003, her focus has been on creating developmentally appropriate, activity-based programs for Pre-K and Kindergarten students with her business, Springboard for Learning.  Joni resides in Burlington, Ontario, with her supportive husband and four inspirational daughters.