Pumpkin Life Cycle Activities for 1st Grade

These Pumpkin Life Cycle Activities give your first grade students multiple ways to learn the stages of a pumpkin’s growth through labeling, sequencing, writing, and reading. The resource includes interactive, printable worksheets and minibooks that help reinforce science vocabulary and build sequencing skills.

How Does This Work In My Classroom?

These activities are an ideal companion to your fall science lessons or a pumpkin lab day. If you’re planning hands-on investigations like pumpkin measurements, seed counting, or rotting experiments, this resource provides the foundation and comprehension support to help students understand and explain each stage of the pumpkin life cycle.

• Use the minibooks before or after the lab to build background knowledge or reflect on what students observed.
• The cut-and-paste pages are easy to prep (just print and go) and can be added to interactive notebooks or displayed as part of a seasonal bulletin board.
• Use the interactive notebook page before or after the lab to reinforce vocabulary and sequencing.

What’s Inside The Pumpkin Life Cycle Resource?

Cut and Paste Labeling – Students cut and glue the correct labels for each stage of the pumpkin life cycle.
Cut and Paste Sequencing – Students put the stages of the life cycle in the correct order using cut-out images.
Numbering and Labeling – Students write the correct number for each stage and label each part.
Interactive Notebook Page – Students glue parts into a flip-style notebook format and write about each stage.
One-Page Mini Book – A single sheet folded to create a short, informational mini book students can read and color.
Eight-Page Foldable Mini Book – A more detailed version with one page per life cycle stage.
Pumpkin-Shaped Book – A fun, shaped booklet where students draw or write about each part of the cycle.

Why Teachers Love This:

• Aligned with science standards and perfect for fall units
• Combines literacy and science in a meaningful way
• Kid-friendly visuals and simple directions

This resource is a valuable collection of printable pumpkin life cycle activities that help first grade students practice labeling, sequencing, reading, and writing. The materials support science vocabulary and comprehension skills through interactive worksheets and minibooks. Teachers can use these pumpkin life cycle activities during a fall science unit or as a part of a pumpkin lab day. Download this resource to complete your pumpkin life cycle lessons.

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Fall Pumpkin Bundle Activities

This resource is part of fall science and literacy bundle that also includes:

Spookley the Square Pumpkin Activities
A set of reading comprehension worksheets based on Spookley the Square Pumpkin, focusing on main idea, character traits, sequencing, story elements, and more.

Pumpkin Investigation Posters
Posters and matching recording forms for a variety of pumpkin experiments, perfect for guiding students through your pumpkin lab day.

When you purchase both the Spookley activities and the Pumpkin Life Cycle resources, you’ll receive the Pumpkin Lab Posters for free. It’s an easy way to plan a full week of engaging, cross-curricular fall lessons.

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