Pumpkins and Farms

What Are We Learning About This Week?

Fall is the season when we can visit a farm to pick pumpkins and eat them.

This Week’s Big Questions

What kind of fruits or vegetables would you like to pick at a farm?

Fun at Home

Tell your child about an experience that you or a family member once had on a farm. Did you pick any fruits or vegetables? Did you make something special from whatever you picked?

Show Me! Our Words of the Week

Say It:
Orchard 

Explain It:
An orchard is a piece of land planted with many fruit trees. Apples grow on trees in the orchard

Talk About It:
If you had an orchard, what kinds of fruit trees would you plant?

Say It:
Pumpkin patch

Explain It:
A pumpkin patch is a special garden where pumpkins grow.

Talk About It:
In this pumpkin patch, which pumpkin would you pick and why?

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Say It:
Pumpkin

Explain It:
 A pumpkin is a large, orange fruit that grows on vines. Pumpkins can be eaten or carved for decoration.

Talk About It:
Tell me about where you have seen pumpkins before.