Halloween
I introduced the theme with songs, pictures, games and lots of singing!
Art
the children made a ghost by gluing on cotton balls to black paper, Pumpkin cookie cutter stamping with black paper and orange paint, Witch- painted paper plate green, glued on hat, nose, teeth and black yarn for hair and Friday, we will make a Skeleton out of Q-tips.
Fine Motor
Witch baskets with small pumpkin eraser’s and tongs to practice grasp and open/close motions, practiced counting with Halloween pencils and pumpkin containers, Candy corn stickers w/ orange paper to peel stickers using fingers, and Friday we will do Candy Corn experiment.
Math
We explored a pumpkin by cutting open and exploring the insides and took all the seeds out{all the children had a turn}, counting pumpkins w/ candy corn-placed each one on the number of dots on the pumpkins, Halloween treat bags w/ tongs and wrapped candy for counting and filling up bags
Sensory Table
Orange rice, rubber bats, Skeletons, Halloween buckets, shovels and Halloween bracelets
Activities
Ring Around the Witch, Eye ball toss w/ Pumpkin Buckets, Pumpkin Bean Bag Toss, Ghost Marshmallow experiment.
Songs: Five Little Pumpkins Sitting on the gate, 5 Pumpkins, The Ghost says Boo!, 5 Little Witches
Books: Five Black Cats, Ten Little Pumpkins, Clifford’s Halloween, The Spooky Wheels on The Bus, Pete The Cat Trick or Treat.