Field Trip:

Take a trip to the

local apple orchard,
farmers market, or
local store and buy
apples for our Apple
Science projects.
Shelf Books:
Too Many Pumpkins
by Linda White,
Happy Thanksgiving
Curious George
by H.A. Rey,
The Pilgrims First
Thanksgiving by
Ann Mcgovern, Boo
Made You Jump by
Lauren Chile, Over the
River-A Turkeys Tale by
Derek Anderson, The First
Thanksgiving by Sarah Treu,
Run Turkey Run by Diane Mayr,
Apple Farmer Annie by Monica
Wellington, How Do Apples Grow
by Betsy Maestro.

Read Aloud Books:

Johnny Appleseed by
Jodie Shepherd, Were
Going On A Leaf
Hunt by Steve Metzger,
Thanksgiving is For
Giving Thanks by
Margaret Sutherland,
Why Do Leaves
Change Color by
Betsy Maestro ,Apples,
Apples, Apples by Nancy
Elizabeth Wallace, Autumn
Leaves by Ken Bobbins,
Mrs. McMurphys Pumpkin
by Rick Walton, The Very
First Thanksgiving by
Rhonda Gowler-Green,
The Little Old Lady Who
Was Not Afraid of Anything by
Linda Williams, Apples Grow on
a Tree by Mari Schuh and Autumn
Is For Apples by Michelle
Knudsen.

Field Trip:
Pumpkin
picking at a
nearby field.
Halloween shows,
at the neighboring
theaters.

Circle time:
Students will be taught basic
Halloween and trick-or-treating
safety tips.

Worksheet center:
Using a US Holiday matching
game worksheet, students
will review and match the
holidays celebrated in the
US including Halloween.

Playground:
Students will play a
game of find the
pumpkin, each student
will make and hide a
pumpkin they made
out of construction
paper. Their classmates
will then have to search
for the pumpkins around
the playground.

Playground:
At the playground, students
can go on an apple hunt.

Circle Time and

Free Play:
A variety of Halloween songs
and dance, such as
"Five Little Pumpkins.

Circle time:
While reading "Three
Young Pilgrims" by
Cheryl Hornes, students
will discuss and have an
understanding and be able
to discuss the history of
the first thanksgiving.

Fall Festivities
Books:
Halloween, Apple Picking,
Fall and Thanksgiving.

Fall festivities: Halloween and

Thansgiving

Movement and Music

Social Studies

Fall Festivities
Books:
Halloween, Apple Picking,
Fall and Thanksgiving

Science Corner:
Watch the Pumpkin
Grow, students will
be able to observe
a pumpkins life
cycle by collecting,
cutting and
pasting pictures
of each stage
of a pumpkins
growth cycle.
Science Corner:
Students will observe
and compare the various
types of apples, comparing
their size, color and shape
then recording their
differences and similarities.
Science Corner:
Fall Wreath,
students will develop
an understanding
of nature as they
create a wreath
with fallen leaves.
Science Corner:
Students will save the
seeds from peeled
apples for a planting activity,
over a course of 2-3 weeks.

Language and
Literature

Halloween, Fall,
Apples and
Thanksgiving

Fall
Math
Science

Science Center:
A combination of Science
and Math, using Halloween
worksheets, students will
guess the number of seeds
in a pumpkin and then
discover the actual amount
by carving a pumpkin,removing
and counting the seeds.
Math Center:
On a symmetry worksheet,
students will have to
complete the missing 1/2
of a monster drawing to
show that they understand
matching sequence.
Math Center:
Students will develop
their Math skills with a
Halloween printable
worksheet where they
focus on counting
pumpkins.

Art and Drama

Trees, Leaves,
Apples and Pumpkins
Halloween, Apple
Picking and
Thanksgiving

Art table:
Pumpkin playdough,
students will make
pumpkins out of
play dough.

Art Table:
I Am Thankful For.
students will make personalized
Thanksgiving cards made from
construction paper.

To encourage
hands-on-sensory
exploration, students
will also do a smell
exercise by smelling
and feeling peeled
apples and comparing
their differences.

Dramatic Play Area:

Students will pretend
the area is the Mayflower
and have a lesson on the
First Thanksgiving and the
Pilgrims voyage to America.
Art Table:
Students can use
craft sticks to make
spider webs, and candy
corn stained glass ornaments.

Math Center:
At the science corner,
children will develop
their Math skills by
counting the apple
seeds during all the
apple dissecting
activities.

Art Table:
Students will do finger
painting of fall leaves
and make paper bag
pilgrim dolls.

Dramatic Play Area:

Students can rehearse and
recite a short and simple
play featuring the Pilgrims
first thanksgiving.