Fine Motor Pumpkin Painting

There's many different ways to decorate a pumpkin, but have you ever considered having your kids do it in a way that would help them with their fine motor skills? I did last year, and decided to have my daughter paint a pumpkin using q-tips. This helps to prepare children for writing.

All you need is a pumpkin, a plate, some paint, and q-tips. I decided to use a tiny pumpkin for my daughter doing this. It was perfect and turned out very cute! 

Pumpkin Word Wall

Fall is here! And so are all the delicious pumpkin foods. Here's our Pumpkin Word Wall to kick off our Pumpkin Unit.

The words were:
- seeds
- beta-carotene
- fruit
- jack o lantern
- orange
- heirloom
- Fall
- pie
- North American

as you can see all the words pertain to pumpkins and do their job of teaching about them when I comment on the words as I have my daughter repeat them.

The pumpkin cut outs were a pack from Dollar Tree last year!