The purpose of child-made pumpkin fact books is for your children to have a reference book about pumpkins that they can reread in the future. I find that nonfiction child-made books are very popular during silent reading time. They are also a huge hit when they take them home to read to parents, friends, grandparents, etc.
- My children titled their books, “All About Pumpkins” and created their own nonfiction books about pumpkins.
- Sometimes we made pop-up books (see Simple Pop-Ups You Can Make!) or pumpkin-shaped books (see Shapebook: Halloween – Pumpkin) for the covers.
- If I wanted all of the covers to look the same, and the covers were elaborate and time-consuming, I asked one of my volunteer moms or dads to put together the book covers for me. I would provide the parents with the necessary materials and they were glad to glue on googly eyes or cut out shapes while they watched TV. God bless parent helpers!!
- You may want to brainstorm other titles with your children and let them pick the title they like the best for their book.
- Make a book with your children on “How Pumpkins Grow”.
- List ways that people use pumpkins.
- Here are a few Web sites to help children find pumpkin facts:
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13 September 2008, 3:26 pm
Those ideas are so cute. I’m going to add that to my sub folder. Thanks.