2007-2008
We had a great time celebrating Watermelon Week in October. We sang watermelon songs, wrote watermelon poems, weighed, measured, counted, sorted and ate watermelon. We read the book, “Down By The Bay by Raffi and illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. We sang the song all week and added more verses everyday.
Down By the Bay
Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow,
Back to my home I dare not go,
For if I do my mother will say,
“Did you ever see a goose kissing a moose,
Down by the bay.”
(Additional verses)
2. Did you ever see a whale with a polka-dot tail….
3. Did you ever see a fly wearing a tie….
4. Did you ever see a bear combing his hair….
5. Did you ever see llamas eating their pajamas….
6. Did you ever have a time when you couldn’t make a rhyme…..
Down by the bay.
Seed Spitting
Contest
We cut the watermelon up and
everyone had a delicious slice. We each saved 3 seeds from the
watermelon and practiced filling our mouth with air and blowing hard. We marked on the floor with masking tape up
to 18 feet. It was fun for the children
to round up to the next number when the seed was half way between 2 numbers. We
went in alphabetical first name order and spit our seeds to see whose would go
further. We took our colored pencils
and graphed on paper the distance each child spit his/her seed.
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Caleb was our champion watermelon spitter.
He spit his watermelon seed 12 feet.
Way to go!!!!!!!!
We sang this fun song.
Watermelon, Watermelon
(tune: “Are You Sleeping?”)
Watermelon, watermelon,
On the vine, one the vine,
Red and ripe and juicy,
Red and ripe and juicy,
Please be mine,
Please be mine.
Art Projects
We made watermelons out of red and green construction paper and hot glued on watermelon seeds. We also made watermelons out of red, green, and white art foam and had a beautiful verse that went along with the colors of the watermelon and how they pertain to Christ. Below is the verse and the scriptures.
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Dark seeds |
Sin in me |
Romans 3:23 |
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Red part |
Jesus’ blood |
Ephesians 1:7 |
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White rind |
Forgiveness of sin |
Isaiah 1:18 |
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Golden blossom |
Promise of Heaven |
John 14:2 |
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Green outside |
Read God’s Word |
Luke 11:28 |
2007-2008
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Watermelon
Math
We
did watermelon math in school today. l. Our watermelon weighed 22 pounds
and floated in water. 2. Our watermelon was 25 inches
around. 3. It was green on the outside and red
on the inside and had black seeds. 5. Caleb spit his seed further and it
went 12 feet. 6.. We read the book, “Down By The Bay” and sang a
fun watermelon song. |
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Watermelon
Seed Spitting Contest
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