Materials
none
Instructions
l Make 10 watermelon cutouts from green, white, and pink construction paper.
Glue an arc of white paper on the green base, followed by a smaller arc of
pink paper on top of that. Cut it in the shape of a watermelon slice.
l Write a number from 1 to 10 on each watermelon.
l Cut out several small black ovals to resemble watermelon seeds, or use pompoms
to stand in for the seeds.
What To Do
1. Ask the children if they have ever eaten watermelon. Ask what season they
remember eating it in. Point out that watermelon is harvested in the summer,
and it is a refreshing snack on hot days.
2. Show the children the watermelon and seed cutouts (or pom-poms).
3. Ask the children to identify the numbers written on each watermelon cutout.
4. Challenge the children to put the corresponding number of seeds on each
watermelon cutout, counting them aloud as they do so.
Poem
Watermelon by Kristen Peters
Watery, juicy, pink, and wet.
This is the best fruit I have tasted yet!
Soft, cold slippery fun,
Chomp, chomp what's that I bit?
Yuck! This fruit is loaded with seedy pits!
Two more bites and I'll be done.
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Can the children identify the numbers on the watermelons?
l Can the children put the corresponding number of "seeds" on each
watermelon?
