Get APH’s The Littlest Pumpkin book (This is an On the Way to Literacy tactile storybook)
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Pay attention to the music and sound effects as the teacher reads!ĭownload the free Novel Effects in the App Store or the free Novel Effects in Google Play. As the teacher reads, the app plays corresponding sound effects that are aligned with story. An iPhone lays beside the teacher open to the The Littlest Pumpkin book in the Novel Effects app. As she reads the book aloud, she slowly passes the tactile book and encourages her students with visual impairments to feel the book. In the video below, a teacher is sitting on the floor with her preschool class reading The Littlest Pumpkin book. Novel Effect has partnered with the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) to create soundscapes for the tactile book, The Littlest Pumpkin. The free Novel Effect app has hundreds of popular picture books with “soundscapes” (music, sound effects and character voices) that follow along as you read the story aloud. Rotten Pumpkin and Pumpkin Jack recommended in this post are the perfect anchor texts for this activity.Music and sound effects play at just the right time as you read APH’s The Littlest Pumpkin tactile book, bringing the book to life! Accompanying sound effects and music will delight emerging readers – and for students who are visually impaired, these stimulating sounds may also provide information about the story that is often gleaned from illustrations. Over many years, we have encouraged children to make a scientific hypothesis that includes a timeline for decomposition and the conditions that might accelerate or decelerate the process. Once Halloween is over and you’ve got pumpkins a’ plenty, go ahead and make scientific inquiries as to when and how pumpkins might decompose in your school yard. RELATED POST: Halloween Pumpkin Math DECOMPOSING PUMPKIN ACTIVITY A good overview of how pumpkins are farmed with photographs of the seed to jack-o-lantern cycle.
Part story, part non-fiction, this book depicts the decomposition of a pumpkin and the circle of life that emerges from the rotten pumpkin. A lovely story that emphasizes the patience and time that is required to observe a pumpkin grow from seed to fruit. A good story for exploring the size and spread of a pumpkin plant! Ready For Pumpkinsīy Kate Duke. A silly story about rogue pumpkins that overgrow a town. A look at the decomposition of a pumpkin and the inadvertent growth of a new generation of pumpkin plants! Pumpkin Townīy Katie McKy. From seed to seed, children learn the cycle of life is continuous! Pumpkin Jackīy Will Hubbell.
Pumpkin Circle: The Story Of A Gardenīy George Levenson. A close up look with non-fiction photos of the pumpkin plant and life cycle from seed to seed.
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Related: Check out my post on Halloween Pumpkin Math for more ideas on how to use your school grown pumpkins to teach mathematical thinking. A an excellent book for introducing the concept of skip counting and understanding that one pumpkin produces many, many seeds that can multiply into hundreds of pumpkins. How Many Seeds In A Pumpkin?īy Margaret McNamara. Beautifully illustrated to show the stages of a pumpkin’s life as a seed transforms into a mature pumpkin. A favourite in our house! Buy the audiotape with the book for a jaunty and fun Halloween sing-along that shows the value of co-operation and how pumpkins are prized for their tasty seeds and delicious pie making insides at the end of their life cycle! From Seed to Pumpkinīy Wendy Pfeffer. These Pumpkin Life Cycle books give children a complete scientific overview of plant life cycles, but it is the hands on learning and growing that really provides a deep and meaningful understanding. Pumpkins are planted and harvested during the school year, providing rich opportunities for children to observe and care for the plant during its entire life cycle. One of the best plants to grow in school gardens has to be pumpkins.
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