{"id":1689,"date":"2009-09-10T12:51:21","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T17:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1689"},"modified":"2009-09-10T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T17:51:21","slug":"teaching-life-science-with-childrens-literature-pumpkin-pumpkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/10\/teaching-life-science-with-childrens-literature-pumpkin-pumpkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Life Science with Children&#8217;s Literature: Pumpkin Pumpkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/what-happenedthumbnail1.jpg\" title=\"what-happenedthumbnail1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/s_pumpkinpumpkin.jpg\" title=\"s_pumpkinpumpkin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/s_pumpkinpumpkin.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"s_pumpkinpumpkin.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be a dream to find a book that can teach a science topic and a seasonal theme at the same time? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pumpkin-Jeanne-Titherington\/dp\/0688099300\/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books\">Pumpkin Pumpkin<\/a>, a book written and illustrated by Jeanne Titherington, does just that. This book introduces the life\u00a0cycle of a pumpkin, starting with a tiny seed and ending with a jack o&#8217;lantern.\u00a0 The boy in the book, Jamie, even saves six seeds from the jack o&#8217;lantern\u00a0to plant the following spring.\u00a0 I think children will be amazed to learn that\u00a0before a pumpkin plant grows pumpkins, there are yellow flowers on the vine.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;&#8230;and the pumpkin plant grew a pumpkin flower, and the pumpkin flower grew a pumpkin.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Students will\u00a0love the pictures in <em>Pumpkin Pumpkin<\/em> that were drawn using colored pencils<em>.<\/em>\u00a0Each page\u00a0illustrates a different stage in the pumpkin life cycle in great detail.\u00a0One of my favorite things about\u00a0<em>Pumpkin Pumpkin<\/em>\u00a0is that a different bug or animal can be found on almost every page in the book.\u00a0The challenge of finding each one will excite young children.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pumpkin Pumpkin<\/em> is a wonderful book to use in kindergarten and first grade classrooms. Not only does the book teach about the life cycle of pumpkins (VA SOL K.6a, K.6b, 1.4b) but it also is a great starter to an entire theme on pumpkins. Pumpkins can be used to teach math (count the seeds), size, texture and numerous other things.\u00a0 This book will also get students excited about gardening and could be used to introduce the outdoor classroom that many schools now have.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atozteacherstuff.com\/pdf.htm?pumpkin_lesson.pdf\">atozteacherstuff.com<\/a> has a wonderful lesson plan on the life cycle of pumpkins.<\/li>\n<li>Here is a link to an entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/Athens\/Troy\/5059\/pumpkin.html\">pumpkin unit<\/a> which includes a list of 11 pumpkin books, including <em>Pumpkin Pumpkin<\/em>. It also includes many activities, songs and poems\u00a0related to pumpkins.<\/li>\n<li>Although it isn&#8217;t free, here is a link to a <a href=\"http:\/\/store.atozteacherstuff.com\/download-now\/atoz_pumpkinminibooks.html\">website<\/a> that has many ideas for a pumpkin theme. I really like the pumpkin life cycle sequencing worksheet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pumpkin-Jeanne-Titherington\/dp\/0688099300\/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books\">Pumpkin Pumpkin<br \/>\n<\/a>Author: Jeanne Titherington<br \/>\nIllustrator: Jeanne Titherington<br \/>\nPublisher: Greenwillow Books<a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativeteaching.com\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Publication Date: 1990<br \/>\nPages: 24<br \/>\nGrade Range: K-2<br \/>\nISBN: 0688099300<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be a dream to find a book that can teach a science topic and a seasonal theme at the same time? Pumpkin Pumpkin, a book written and illustrated by Jeanne Titherington, does just that. This book introduces the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/10\/teaching-life-science-with-childrens-literature-pumpkin-pumpkin\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,758],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-life-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}