best pumpkin pie recipe baking with kids

Fall School- Friday, Pie Day!

Friday, Pie Day !
*6 Fun Ideas for a Fall School Day*

Fall Fever.

That’s a real thing you know.
It is the seasonal variation of spring fever.

Symptoms of fall fever include:

-the urge to consume inordinate amounts of pumpkin flavored foods and beverages 
Seriously have you been to the grocery store lately?  Pumpkin spice Oreos, pumpkin spice cheerios, pumpkin spice soda, pumpkin spice doggie dental treats, and at the checkout… Pumpkin spice GUM ?!?
Yep.  It’s a thing, for real.  Not even kidding.
-the need to watch football
-the need to wear our cozy fall clothes
Sigh…it’s still hot here, but I’m ready for the first day it dips below 80* !
If you are blessed enough to live in a place that enjoys beautiful, crisp, cool fall weather, you might like to watch this little video of what fall is like for us southerners… and this is ME…EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR.
 —–>   FALL IN THE SOUTH  <——  

-the need to step on every leaf just to see if it crunches
-the need to binge watch the Hallmark Channel
-and for me, the need to BAKE !

Anybody in your house suffering from fall fever this week ?
You aren’t alone!  Since, I’m right there in the same boat with you, I thought I’d share these 6 SUPER FUN IDEAS to relieve those symptoms of fall fever.

*There are links to suggested books and other fun fall products you and your family might enjoy, in this post.  If you decide to purchase any of them, I will make a small commission.  Thanks for your support !  🙂

We will start with Friday, pie day.
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So light that Autumn Leaves candle,  sip that pumpkin spice beverage, or chew that pumpkin spice gum (is it good?!?!?) …and jump in and try some of the ideas below!

 

Whether today is a Friday, or a Tuesday, if FALL is calling, why not take advantage of the extra creative energy, and make it a PIE DAY!
Pie IS very educational you know… it covers science, and art, and history if you’re creative, and definitely math!
And if you get math done, than you can count it as a successful school day!  
What do I mean?!   Well, for example, if we have a whole pie, and I eat 3 pieces… well, you get the idea. 😀

So, grab some aprons and gather everyone in the kitchen.
And get that  pie school done !
Chop some apples, measure some flour, stir some pumpkin, sprinkle some cinnamon, and bake some pies!!

–>PS…If you’re not feeling pie
,  there’s some other quick and easy ideas at the bottom of this page too.  “Friday, Pie Day and Some Other Stuff Too” just didn’t sound like a great title for this post.    

Want to really enjoy the day?
Invite some neighbors, friends, or family to share in all the fally pie goodness!
Maybe bake some individual sized pies, or make some of the other easy fall treats below, and go on a sharing mission…it’s a great excuse to meet one of your neighbors, surprise the mail person, or just treat someone to a little kindness !

**I’ve included a few ideas in each section to round out the day if you need it to feel like more “school” was accomplished 🙂   Also, you will find a list of my favorite fall books that compliment each of the Fall School ideas below !  **

best pumpkin pie recipe baking with kids

Gather Together,
Give Thanks,
Eat Pie !

*Favorite Pumpkin Pie Recipe  & Pumpkin Activities

This is a delicious pumpkin pie recipe.  Sweet and cinnamony… that’s a word, right?
I always add a dot of butter right in the middle before baking.  Not sure why, but my grandma always did that, so I do too.   🙂   I also like to use any extra pie crust to make cut outs for the top of the pie (see photo above).  Just take an egg yolk and a few drops of food coloring & paint it on the cutouts before baking for pretty fall colors.  If you have some Littles in the house, this makes a great coloring mixing lesson for them, and they will love painting all the pieces!
See?!  Color mixing!  I told you it was an educational activity ?!?!
(I made the pie (pictured above) using this exact pie recipe.  It was delicious!)

Add some of these other fun pumpkin activities
to your day from The Homeschool Scientist & voila !
Pie School !

*Extra Pumpkin Activities-

-Copy Work-
+ Design your own recipe card and copy the pumpkin pie recipe
+ The Pumpkin  by John Greenleaf Whittier

-Science & Math-

+Try the Ultimate Pumpkin Math Ideas  from Math Geek Mama
or even more  here  —>   Pumpkin Math Ideas
+ 15 STEM Pumpkin Projects  from Lemon Lime Adventures 
OR  try these 20 STEAM Activities   from  Wunder-Mom
+ Physics of Punkin’ Chunkin’

-History-

+  History of the Pumpkin
+  History of Pumpkin Pie
 The ORIGINAL Pumpkin Pie

-Art-

+9 Pumpkin Art Projects  from Deep Space Sparkle



* Favorite Apple Pie Recipe  & Apple Activities

Some people just do NOT like pumpkin.
I get it.  I mean, not really, but I hear you.  If pumpkin isn’t your favorite, not much says fall more than a delicious, tart APPLE!  Yum!
This is a great, no-fail recipe.  No soupy insides!   Slices perfectly!
The only changes I make to this recipe is to reduce the amount of sugar a bit, and use a mix of both Granny Smith & Gala (or some other type of red apple). This is a very plain pie recipe, but don’t be worried…it’s so good !

I made this one on Monday.

Apple Pie


Need more to call it a full day of school?
-Try a mini Johnny Appleseed Unit !  
–> FREE Johnny Appleseed Notebooking Pages
Apples– a Study for Middle School Ages

 


Maybe you’ve made it all the way to Friday this week, and you’re totally not feeling the whole MESS of the pie day thing.
Here are a few quick and easy fall school favorites to make together & share.

*Try this Baked Apple “Chips” Recipe
* Hand-Dipped Fall Pretzel Sticks
* Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
* Pumpkin Faces Quesadillas


*Pumpkin Pancakes

These “pancakes” are good enough to be dessert.  I have been making these special pancakes for my kids at the beginning of fall  since they were babies.  It is definitely not my usual pancake recipe, but they are a yummy treat and a fun tradition in our family.  You could make individual pancakes out of them, or giant family style pancakes like I do.   I usually cook them in cast iron skillet, but have made them in a pumpkin shaped cake pan as well.   One more reason to love the fall !

Pumpkin Pancakes

And of course here are some MORE fun pumpkin ideas to round out the fall school day!


*Pumpkin Math

-Carve a pumpkin, guess how many seeds, bake it into a pie, try some of the fun activities HERE , roast the seeds, and call it a good day !
-More Pumpkin Math from ‘Math Geek Mama’

*Pumpkin School    (lessons, printables, ideas, and more!)


If you’re looking for some great Pie Books  (not a sentence you read every day), here’s a list of my very favorites for Fall School-

*“How Many Seeds In a Pumpkin ?”
*“The Pumpkin Book”
*“Nancy Drew: The Pumpkin Patch Puzzle”
*“The Great Pumpkin Ride”
(I haven’t read any in this series, but it looked fun!)
*“It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”   DVD

*“Who Was Johnny Appleseed?”
*“How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World”
*“Apples”
*“The Apple Pie Tree”
*“How Do Apples Grow?”
*“Johnny Appleseed”
*“Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie”

*“Pie in the Sky”
*“Edgar Allan Poe’s Pie”
*“Jimmy Zingwow’s Out of This World Moon Pie Adventure”
*“Pie”
*“Pumpkin Pie Mystery”
*“Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi”

       

SO WHAT’S COOKING AT YOUR HOUSE  this Friday?

Leave a comment & share your Friday Pie Day Favorite !!

–>ALSO, be sure to check out some of Fields of Daisies other FALL FUN! 

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