Dig the Pumpkin

Date: 16^th June 2014

Day: Monday

Time: 4:00-5:00pm

Class: Starfruit

Theme: Yummy, Yummy Food

Teacher: Teacher Yeong

Dig the Pumpkin

Today, I brought in the pumpkin into the class again. The children asked what are we going to do with the pumpkin.

I refer back to the book that I had shared with the children – “How many seeds in a pumpkin?” before we start digging.

I laid down some newspaper on the floor. I wanted to cut the pumpkin top off. However, after a while, I find it pretty difficult.

Teacher: What shall I do now, children?

Pin Jee: Cut like this. (He showed me the action by poking the knife. So I did. It didn’t work. He grinned.)

Teacher: So, what should I do?

Pin Jee: Like cut durian. Your knife no good.

Teacher: The knife I used cannot cut?

Edmund. Yes, cannot cut.

Therefore, I went and changed another knife which is much shorter and smaller. This time, I changed the way of cutting the pumpkin. Instead of cutting the top part off, I cut the pumpkin into half. Finally, the pumpkin had been cut open. The children cheered. Since we have 2 halves pumpkin each, I got the children to sit in two groups with spoon and a bowl each.

Without hesitate, they started to dig the pumpkin seeds out onto their bowl.