Garson's Pumpkin Parade!

The pre school children have been getting ready for their brilliant Garsons Farm trip this week and have been taking part in many activities over the last couple of weeks discussing the harvest and including planting some seeds. They explored how crops are harvested with tractors as well as investigating what different types of vegetables look like once they are harvested. A group of children particularly enjoyed some imaginative play, making vegetable soup in the mud kitchen for their friends. Once the soup was handed out, the children reminded their friends, “Remember to blow, it’s hot!”.

On the journey to Garsons the children were so excited to be on the coach, singing along to the wheels on the bus and pointing out some of their houses and roads as they drove past. The children thoroughly enjoyed the pumpkin trail, looking around at all of the pumpkin set ups and playing some games together, noughts and crosses being a clear favourite. The children looked closely at all of the different styles and colours of pumpkins and chose their own to place in to the wheelbarrow to later take home with them which they were eager to do so. Most of the children even remembered which one they had picked to take home. 

When the children returned to the nursery, they were so excited to show which pumpkins they had chosen at the farm. Some children chose to do an observational drawing of their pumpkin whilst some others discussed making some pumpkin soup at tea time. Whilst playing outside in the garden, the children were using the footballs as pretend pumpkins, loading up the new wheelbarrows and transporting them around the garden.

We can’t wait for our next visit!