In preparation for the Halloween Celebration, our 3A friends have decided to dress up as butterflies. At first, we had three choices: bumble bee, pumpkin, and butterfly. We voted on the character we liked the most, and it was the butterfly! Then the children chose the color they wanted to finger paint their wings. Finger painting stimulates the children’s senses and strengthens their hand and finger muscles, which helps their fine motor skills.
On Tuesday, we went to buy our class pumpkin at Morgan’s Market. We saw so many pumpkins in different shapes, colors, and sizes. Our 3A friends agreed to get a large pumpkin. We went inside the store and paid with cash, and even got back some change!
With our class pumpkin, we first did some observational painting. Our friends sat down and painted a pumpkin of their own by looking at our class pumpkin.
Then we were curious what was inside the pumpkin. So we knocked on it a few times and shook it with the teacher's help. Our 3A friends tried to guess what was inside the pumpkin. Charlotte and Malina thought there would be bumble bees, Mia, Nico and Levi thought there were french fries inside, while Manu and Parker thought there were cars. Nina, Katerina, and Mercer thought there would be butterflies, and Harper thought there were bananas. We decided to cut it open and see what was inside. When we cut the top open, we found a bunch of SEEDS!
Lastly, the 3A friends came up with the idea of making our pumpkin into a Jack-O-Lantern by carving out a face. We agreed to make the eyes into triangles and make a ‘roaring’ mouth.
