Pumpkin Soup....the best you ever tasted!

We have really enjoyed listening and exploring the story 'Pumpkin Soup' in our Book Talk sessions and finding out about pumpkins. We loved looking inside and feeling the different textures as well as looking at the life cycle of a pumpkin. Today the children have helped to prepare their very own Pumpkin Soup. We separated the seeds, chopped the pulp, added oil, salt and seasoning before cooking and blending. The children observed the changes and noticed that once the water and pumpkin had been blended, the pumpkin went from a solid to a liquid. 

We then tried the soup while listening to our story. The children had not tried Pumpkin soup before so this was a new experience for us all. Some children really enjoyed their soup, some did not like the taste and some children said we needed to add more salt. 

The next day during our shared writing activity, we created our very own Pumpkin Soup recipe. The children did really well to remember all the steps that we took to create our very own pumpkin soup.