I bought small gourds at Walmart and I took pictures of each one. I printed the pictures and laminated them. The following day I put them in the center of my classroom.
The following class, I gave them a picture of a gourd and a bag of Cuisenaire rods. I asked them to measure the length or width of their gourd. With PK, I asked them to use only red rods because I wanted them to practice counting under 10 if it was possible. With K I let them choose the rods.
As I called their names, I wrote the name and the number of rods on the board as I repeated the numbers for them to hear.
After talking about the pumpkins and what they had on their faces, I gave each student a laminated picture of a gourd and a dry erase marker. I showed them how to draw a Jack-O-Lantern and set them free! I took pictures to upload to Seesaw and describe later. I may even use some of them in stories...
We practiced clothing vocab, is afraid/not afraid, goes to plus feeling words.