We started the month of October with
the story of Pumpkin Jack, written and Illustrated by Will Hubbell. It is
a sweet story of a boy who carves a pumpkin and names him Jack. He is sad
when his pumpkin begins to rot and needs to be put outside. He is delighted
to discover when springtime arrives that a pumpkin plant has sprouted. It
is the beginning of a new life-cycle.
So we brought a pumpkin into the
classroom as our representation of Jack. All month the children waited in
anticipation for when we would transform it into "Pumpkin
Jack". On the day of Halloween the children all worked together to
carve out "Pumpkin Jack". We then roasted the seeds and shared
them at circle. Pumpkin Jack is still in our classroom and will remain
until he begins to rot. At that time we will place him in one of our
garden beds with several of the seeds we saved. We will watch his
transformation progress until springtime when hopefully a sprout will emerge
and begin a new life cycle of our "Pumpkin Jack".
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