Pumpkin Vocabulary Task Boxes with Real Photos | Life Cycle | SLP SPED Autism
Product Description
Pumpkin Vocabulary Task Boxes with Real Photos | Pumpkin Parts, Life Cycle & Products | 9 Hands-On Activities
The ultimate pumpkin vocabulary task box and centers set featuring REAL PHOTOS throughout! This 9-activity pumpkin unit teaches essential fall science and vocabulary concepts: pumpkin parts, the pumpkin life cycle, and pumpkin products — all through hands-on, engaging task box format perfect for special education, autism classrooms, and elementary fall units.
With REAL PHOTOS for authentic visual support (ideal for autism classrooms, emerging learners, and students who benefit from concrete imagery), this set fills task boxes, work bins, fall centers, independent workstations, and small group activities. Tasks include vocabulary cards, picture matching, tracing, writing, sorting, labeling, and feature/function activities — all designed for independent student practice.
★ Perfect for: Special Education Teachers, Autism Classrooms, Self-Contained Classrooms, Resource Rooms, Life Skills Classes, Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Elementary Science Teachers, General Education Fall Units, Paraprofessionals, ABA Therapists, Early Childhood, PreK, Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
What's Included — 9 Pumpkin Vocabulary Work Tasks:
🎃 Vocabulary & Identification:
- Task 1: Vocabulary Cards — Parts of a Pumpkin / The Pumpkin Life Cycle / Pumpkin Products
- Task 2: Picture Match — Pumpkin Theme
- Task 5: Find the Same — Pumpkin Theme
✏️ Vocabulary Writing & Tracing:
- Task 3: Trace the Vocabulary Word — Pumpkin Theme
- Task 4: Write the Vocabulary Word — Pumpkin Theme
- Task 6: Match the Words to the Picture — Pumpkin Theme
🌱 Pumpkin Life Cycle & Concept Development:
- Task 7: Label the Pumpkin Life Cycle
- Task 8: Sort the Pumpkin Parts and Products
- Task 9: Feature/Function — Pumpkin Theme
Most tasks require minimal or NO assembly!
Pumpkin Concepts Covered:
🎃 Parts of a Pumpkin: stem, leaf, vine, seeds, pulp, skin, etc.
🌱 The Pumpkin Life Cycle: seed, sprout, plant, flower, green pumpkin, ripe pumpkin
🥧 Pumpkin Products: pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin seeds, jack-o-lantern, and more!
Skills Targeted in This Pumpkin Set:
- Pumpkin and fall vocabulary
- Parts of a pumpkin (anatomy/labeling)
- Pumpkin life cycle (sequencing and labeling)
- Pumpkin products (categorization)
- Feature/function language (what it is, what it's used for)
- Picture-to-picture matching
- Picture-to-word matching
- Word tracing and writing (fine motor + literacy)
- Visual discrimination (find the same)
- Sorting and categorization
- Labeling skills
- Receptive and expressive language
- Reading and writing readiness
- Independent work skills
- Following directions
- Fine motor practice
How to Use These Pumpkin Task Boxes:
These hands-on activities are designed to drop right into your existing task box system, fall centers rotation, or independent workstation setup. Use them for:
- Independent work systems (perfect for TEACCH-style structured work)
- Fall science centers (especially the life cycle tasks!)
- Pumpkin thematic units
- Task box rotations
- Morning work bins
- Small group fall instruction
- 1:1 teaching sessions
- Speech therapy sessions (vocabulary and feature/function goals!)
- Para-led skill practice
- Differentiated centers for mixed-ability groups
(Please see the video for a full preview.)
For more hands-on fall or pumpkin themed activities, please see the following:
