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Pumpkin Life Cycle Worksheets: Parts of a Pumpkin Fall Science for K–1

Free pumpkin life cycle and parts of a pumpkin worksheets for kindergarten and 1st grade, with sequencing, labeling, vocabulary and a pumpkin investigation.

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Kindergarten, 1st Grade
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Learning goals

  • Sequence the pumpkin life cycle: seed, sprout, flower, green pumpkin, ripe orange pumpkin
  • Name and label the parts of a pumpkin
  • Use science words such as stem, skin, flesh, ribs, seeds and pulp
  • Observe a real pumpkin and record what they notice
  • Count, sort and trace while learning about plants

Preview pages

What’s included

  • Parts of a Pumpkin matching activity, labeling worksheet and cut-and-paste pages
  • Vocabulary practice: stem, skin, flesh, ribs, seeds and pulp
  • Number, trace, match, color and cut-and-paste pumpkin life cycle pages
  • Pumpkin life cycle maze, build-the-life-cycle and sorting activities
  • Pumpkin Investigation observation sheet
  • Count the Pumpkin Seeds and Pumpkin Science Words tracing
  • What I Know About Pumpkins and a life cycle review
  • Answer key and completion page
  • 20 pages in total

Materials and preparation

  • Crayons
  • Scissors
  • Glue sticks
  • Pencils
  • A real pumpkin for the investigation (optional)

Print the pages for your pumpkin week. If you can, bring in a real pumpkin and cut it open so children can see the seeds, pulp and ribs before the labeling pages.

How to use it

  1. Start with What I Know About Pumpkins to find out what children already know.
  2. Explore a real pumpkin and complete the Pumpkin Investigation sheet.
  3. Learn the parts of a pumpkin with the matching, labeling and cut-and-paste pages.
  4. Teach the life cycle order, then practice it with the sequencing, maze and sorting pages.
  5. Finish with the review page and use the answer key to check.

Classroom idea

Count real pumpkin seeds in groups of ten before completing the Count the Pumpkin Seeds page, so children connect the worksheet to something they touched.

Adaptations

  • Kindergarten: do the labeling together first, then let children cut and paste.
  • 1st grade: ask children to explain each life cycle stage in a sentence.
  • Use the maze and sorting pages as fall science centers.

Questions

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Is there an answer key?

Yes, a Pumpkin Science answer key is included.

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