Engaging preschool/kindergarten activities with a fun pumpkin theme! 16 hands-on learning activities for phonics and math, plus no-prep pumpkin exploration books and writing pages! Practice the alphabet, letter sounds, rhyming, syllables, shapes, counting, numbers, greater than and less than, measurement, and more!
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Shape Mats: Practice building shapes with dough
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Shape Cards: Pick a 2D shape card and match it to the pumpkin shape card
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Counting Pumpkin Clip Cards: Count the pumpkins (1-10) on each card and use a clothespin to clip the answer
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Pumpkin Number ID: Match the numbers from the card to the board
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More or Less: Children use manipulatives to represent “more” or “less” depending on the seed card they pick
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Pumpkin Patterns: Complete the AB, ABB, and ABC patterns
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Seed Counting: Pull a handful of seeds and count them out
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Measurement Mats: Use cubes and links to measure the height and width of a pumpkin
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Fine Motor Tracing Cards: Practice pencil grip and fine motor skills with these tracing cards. Trace a variety of straight, curved, and swirly lines
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Pumpkin Vocabulary: Become familiar with key pumpkin vocabulary by tracing the words
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Alphabet Puzzles: Complete the pumpkin puzzles by matching the uppercase and lowercase letters
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Pumpkin Pie Rhymes: Put each slice of pumpkin pie on the correct plate by matching up the rhyming images
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Feed the Pumpkin: Sort the images by syllables and feed them to the correct pumpkin
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Letter Sound Boards: Place the pumpkin card with the correct beginning sound next to each image
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Uppercase Lowercase Sort: Sort the letters by uppercase and lowercase letters
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Roll and Draw: Roll the die and follow the directions for drawing a jack-o-lantern
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Pumpkin Investigation Book: Create a take-home book where you explore and investigate your pumpkin. Record your observations inside of your book
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Pumpkin Emotion Writing Paper: Look at the pumpkin’s face and illustrate/write about a time you have felt the same way