PUMPKIN PATCHADVENTURES
A BUILD · TEST · TELL ADVENTURE

Freeze
the Storm!

A storm is coming to the pumpkin patch.
Your ideas can help keep everyone safe.

An imagined next adventure inspired by Spookley’s story.

Choose your grade
MISSION 1

The little opening

  1. 1 Explore
  2. 2 Build
  3. 3 Test
  4. 4 Tell

Tap a clue. Then choose a fence and tap an empty square.

READY TO BUILDWind blows this way
0 stayed in the patch0 reached the bay

Tap a tool, then tap a square. You can also drag. Arrow keys + Enter work too.

TEACHER NOTES

Build → test → explain

Read the book before playing. This adventure is an invented next-year challenge: protect the patch without asking a pumpkin to hold the fence closed.

Learning clarity

I can use a model and story details to explain a problem and solution.
Why: connecting causes and effects makes my explanation clear.
Success: I describe a design choice, report what happened, and explain why.

What the model does

The wind always moves right. Stop fences hold pumpkins. Guides move a pumpkin one row up or down as it moves forward. The standing fence and the top and bottom edges also hold pumpkins. Shapes follow the same rules. This is a simple reasoning model, not a realistic storm simulation.

In Mission 3 the farmer must have a walking route from the boot at bottom left to the gate. Pumpkins do not block the walking check; all placed fences do. The blue dotted line shows an available route after a test.

Keep the story accurate

Spookley blocked the opening; he did not rebuild the fence. Three pumpkins had already rolled into the bay. He was bruised as other pumpkins piled against him. Everyone deserved kindness before the rescue, too.

Using it with a class

Try 5 minutes for story clues, 15 for partner building and testing, 10 for discussion, and 10 for the report, leaving 5 for sharing. The missions can also be separate centers.

Reports can be downloaded as text or printed. The game sends no answers to a teacher or server. Saved story pumpkins stay in this browser; the patch is not shared across devices. “New player” clears this game’s saved patch and current work. Browser read-aloud uses available device voices and may be unavailable on some devices.

Ready for a new player?

This clears the current work and the story pumpkins saved by this game in this browser. Save any reports you want to keep first.
YOUR IDEAS DESERVE A PLACE

Grow a story pumpkin

Your rescue report stays with this pumpkin. No name is needed.