Fall is here and that means it’s time for all things PUMPKIN! Today I’ve gathered tons of our favorite pumpkin books and activities to add to our homeschool learning time together. From printables to hands-on sensory bins, I hope you find some fun and inspiration here as well!
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Pumpkin Books
The first thing I love to do when we begin a new themed unit is grab ALL. THE. BOOKS. for that theme. And finding books for a pumpkin theme is SO much fun! Using a Science themed Math and Literacy unit is a great way to include nonfiction texts in your reading! Check out some of our favorite pumpkin books below! *These are Amazon affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at not extra cost to you if you choose to order books through these links. Thanks so much for supporting The Stay-at-Home Teacher!*
My Happy Pumpkin – Crystal Bowman
Pick a Circle, Gather Squares – Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins – Dianne Ochilltree
Grow a Pumpkin Pie! – Jane E. Gerver
There Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin – Stan & Stan Berenstain
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie – Jill Esbaum
From Seed to Pumpkin – Wendy Pfeffer
We’re Going on a Pumpkin Hunt – Mary Hogan Wilcox
Night Night, Pumpkin – Amy Parker
Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins – James Dean
Splat the Cat and the Pumpkin-Picking Plan – Catherine Hapka
Too Many Pumpkins – Linda White
Apples and Pumpkins – Anne Rockwell
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever – Steven Kroll
The Pumpkin Book – Gail Gibbons
Pumpkin Life Cycle Study
We LOVE getting into our life cycle studies each year, and this pumpkin life cycle study is no exception! It includes tons of fun ways to learn about pumpkins like book recommendations, videos, sensory bins, STEM ideas, practice pages, and MORE!
Pumpkin Painting Activity
Pumpkin painting, anyone??? If you want to keep pumpkins around the house for more than 2 seconds (thanks a lot, rotting Jack-o-lanterns…), you’ve GOT to try painting mini pumpkins!! These KwikStix tempera paint sticks are perfect for low-mess painting and show up so well! We grab a bag of mini pumpkins at the grocery store and paint a couple each week all season long. This beloved pumpkin activity never gets old!
Pumpkin Washing Activity
Does anyone else’s kid loving washing things?! Give LG a water bin filled with soapy bubbles and she’ll wash anything! When we first started our tradition of painting mini pumpkins, I gave her this task to make sure all the pumpkins were clean so the paint would stick. Little did I know it would turn into such a HUGE hit with our pumpkin activities!
Pumpkin Tear Art Crafts
Need a little NO PREP pumpkin fun? You will love these no prep Fall fine motor skills pages! From pumpkin tear art to cut and match pages, choose from 25 worksheets that will get your little learners in the Fall spirit!
FREE Pumpkin PreK Centers
One of my favorite things to do is share FREE resources with my pals in my e-mail community! In our centers for the Fall months, you’ll find this fun upper/lowercase letter matching activity that will be perfect added to your pumpkin themed sensory bin! You can grab this freebie using the button below!
Pumpkin Preschool Centers
In our homeschool Preschool learning time, we LOVE to include weekly themes for our Math and Literacy practice. This week full of pumpkin activities is one of our favorite weeks of the school year! Included you’ll find 15 Math, Literacy, and fine motor skills centers that cover important skills like counting, colors, shapes, letters, and MORE!
Pumpkin Play Dough Tray
Want a really fun way to combine all your favorite pumpkin activities into one? Make a pumpkin play dough tray!! With this tray, we review everything we’ve learned during our pumpkin study by naming pumpkin parts, building the different stages of the life cycle, counting pumpkins, and so much more! And BONUS – If you make this amazing homemade play dough this tray will last you well over a month!
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