"HOW MANY SEEDs in a pumpkin?" Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, t...
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Jun 23, 2011
This would be a good book to read to students shortly before Halloween, when there are a lot of pumpkins. Students often assume that what looks the biggest will be the largest in all terms of measurement (e.g. the heaviest and the oldest). This story can help change some of students’ misconceptions in terms of measurement. This books lends itself well to a class activity just like the one in the book. Find 3 pumpkins, and have students hollow them out and collect the seeds (supply newspaper and
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Sep 22, 2007
The Library Lady
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This has math concepts, size concepts, the sometimes-its-not-so-bad-to-be-small lesson AND it taught me how to pick a pumpkin with the most seeds! This is too complicated for pre-schoolers, but this would be great in an early elementary school classroom, or to read with a child of that age.Teachers, get this book and get ready to go out and buy some pumpkins!
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Jan 21, 2012
Alexis
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I love books like these. They're great for math lessons when comparing big, medium, and small as well as short, tall, and tallest. Also, it'd be a great book to read before Halloween time and to have the children guess how many seeds are in the pumpkins then to split up the seeds and have each child count the ones in front of them. After they count their handfuls they can add each students outcome up and discover how many seeds are actually in the pumpkin then compare the numbers the students gu
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Nov 07, 2010
Hannah
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Dec 06, 2010
Claudia
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I thought the story was cute. It deals with a small boy feelings a little different from others because he is smaller. But then his pumpkin has the most seeds, so he realizes how big things can come in small packages! Also, great to use with math-counting by 5's, 10's, and other groups!! It would be fun to do this activity with students after reading it. Also, students can learn about pumpkins and how we know if they have a lot of seeds or a little.
Jan 29, 2011
Amanda
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This goes in the category of "You learn something new every day". I didn't realize that the number of lines on a pumpkin indicated age or how many seeds might be inside- neat! Otherwise, the real story is about a little boy who is feeling inferior because he's the shortest in the class. The lesson of the pumpkins is that there can be a lot in a small package and not to judge by size alone. Would be great for a fall storytime book, I think.
Nov 22, 2010
Seher
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This book is excellent to teach that diversity is important. The child in this book is smaller than the other children in his class and he gets made fun of. His teacher teaches the students through a math lesson that being small is special! The students collect different size pumpkins and they count the seeds inside by 1's, 10's, and 100's. Read the book to find out which pumpkin has the most seeds! Great to read for fall.
Oct 18, 2011
Callie
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This was a cute, fall-themed book in which students are asked to predict how many seeds are in each of three pumpkins. Each pumpkin's seeds are counted using a different strategy- 2s, 5s, and 10s. At the end, students will be surprised to learn that the smallest pumpkin had the most seeds. This book can be used for its counting methods, or to show students that you can't always judge things by the way they look!
Feb 09, 2011
Asha
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This is a good book to introduce the terms small, medium and large. This book has the student estimate how many seeds are in each pumpkin? Of course all the students say the bigger pumpkin has the most. But their teacher teaches them a valuable lesson bigger does not always mean more. This book is a good book for Halloween or if children dont celebrate Halloween perhaps as a harvest item or Thanksgiving item.
Nov 12, 2011
Jane
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This is a great book for children to have math concepts by doing pumpkin activity. Children can count seeds by 2's,5's, can guess how many seeds would be in a pumpkin and can compare sizes small, medium, and large by craving out pumpkins. I would like to try this activity with children before Halloween and children will LOVE it.
Sep 20, 2011
Brad
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This book was very interesting.
The story was cute & the idea that todays minority is tomorows majority prevails in this tale. Charlie is the smallest & seems to be the most inferior. Yet, choosing the smallest pumpkin allowed him to be the underdog & show that size doesnt matter. This story has a nice lesson. 5 stars ;)
The story was cute & the idea that todays minority is tomorows majority prevails in this tale. Charlie is the smallest & seems to be the most inferior. Yet, choosing the smallest pumpkin allowed him to be the underdog & show that size doesnt matter. This story has a nice lesson. 5 stars ;)
Apr 19, 2011
Brittnee
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great book, it has children guessing how many seeds they think are in a large, medium, and small pumpkin. This would be a great activity to do in the classroom!!! I actually did it with my kindergarten class and they had a blast. They even got up to 500 in the small pumpkin and they werent even done counting!
Sep 28, 2010
Jenny
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I picked up this book thinking that it might be a good fall read-aloud, but it's better for an independent reader. This book focuses on scientific inquiry and counting strategies, so it might be a good supplement to a math/science lesson. Teaches an important lesson in how "less can be more". Delightful illustrations!
Mar 21, 2011
Auttumn
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This would be a fun book to read dyring the fall/ halloween season. This book has a good message about not judging a book by its cover and it also has fun facts about pumpkins in the back of the book! I also thought it would be fun to do the exerpiment that they did in through out the book.
Jan 11, 2012
Jennifer
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A great book on counting. The kids go by twos, fives, and tens. Children can guess along the way which pumpkin they believe to have the most seeds. This can also be a great science ecology lesson on pumpkins, how they grow, and how to recognize one with the most seeds.
Nov 27, 2011
Kristen
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This is a great book for children to have math concepts by doing pumpkin activity. Children can count seeds by 2's,5's, can guess how many seeds would be in a pumpkin and can compare sizes small, medium, and large by craving out pumpkins.
Feb 02, 2011
Esther
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This book is awesome. Read this to your students when learning how to count by 2's, 5's, and 10's. A teacher friend of mine even brought real pumpkins in for the children to count all the pumpkin seeds! great lesson plan idea.
Nov 11, 2011
Sebin
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This is a great book to teach children about how diversity is important and math! The students can count the pumpkin seeds and come up with easier ways to count the pumpkin seeds such as by 2's or 5's.
Oct 23, 2011
Sheri
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A great book that helps to reinforce counting. I borrowed it from the library because it look like a good book to read before Halloween, but it also has a good science and math lesson side to it too.
Dec 31, 2011
Charlyn
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Mr. Tiffin's students try to guess the number of seeds in each of three pumpkins displayed for the class. The result is a lesson for the class and the reader about counting, size, and pumpkins.
Nov 21, 2011
Kyle
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An excellent book that can be strategically read around Halloween and teach students multiple ways of counting seeds in an actual pumpkin ex. skip counting. My 3rd grade placement teacher used this book recently with fantastic results.
Feb 26, 2009
Library
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I loved this book and I learned so much. Did you know that the sections in the pumpkins skin, the more seeds? Something to be aware of next Halloween!
Nov 28, 2010
Teri
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Good book to read just before carving your pumpkin. Save the seeds, count them--by two's five's ten's whatever. Excellent book for a math project!
Oct 18, 2009
Robandsuzie
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Caleb brought this home from school we had so much fun making our own guesses and counting the seeds.
Great story with a little math too.
Great story with a little math too.
Dec 11, 2011
Katarina
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I used this book to teach my first graders about estimation. It fit perfectly into my lesson and let me incorporate ELA.
Jun 18, 2009
Rebecca
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This is a great book! It was also perfect for my 5 year old, we call him the "lean-machine" because he's on the smaller side.
Jan 23, 2012
Even *I* learned a little something from this book! My 6 year old son loved this book!
