Daily Tips for Families

Today's Tip for Families

10-31-2021

Kids love pumpkins. And pumpkins can be a perfect tool for teaching kids basic school skills, like math.

Get your child a pumpkin and have him:

Estimate how much the pumpkin weighs.
Weigh it, and add or subtract to see how many pounds lighter or heavier it is than his estimate.
Figure out how much more or less the pumpkin weighs than his younger brother or sister, the cat or any household item.
Estimate and measure the pumpkin's circumference (how many inches around it is at its widest point).
Estimate and count the number of ribs it has.
Count and sort its seeds by fives, 10s and 20s. How many groups of each make 100? 200?

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