We introduced the theme with a Halloween banner naming all the spooky things, songs, books, activities and games.
Art
Monday- Ghost- painted on black paper with white paint
Tuesday-Stamping with Halloween cookie cutters
Wednesday-Witch- painted plate green-added mouth, eyes, hair and hat
Thursday- Candy corn- glued orange and yellow tissue paper on white paper
Friday- Trick-or Treating activities and games in the great room
Math
Various early math activities are provided for the children to practice counting, number recognition, making patterns and grouping. The children counted skeleton bones from buckets to bowls, Halloween erasers with Halloween bowls for one-to-one, black cats and spider craft sticks and cardboard boxes to count as the children push and press the sticks into the box,and counting skeleton bones with pails.
Motor Development
The children explored various fine motor activities to strengthen grip, and eye-hand coordination. The children peeled Halloween stickers and placed them on a pumpkin poster board one at a time,Halloween paper plate lacing with pipe cleaners, Halloween cups for staking and building and wind up Halloween characters to practice twisting and turning, and mummy treat bags with pumpkin erasers to pull the string tight and pull open the bag.
Sensory Table
Black/orange beans, orange rice, pots, pumpkin small buckets, fingers, bugs, skeletons and foam Halloween pieces
Activities
Explored a real pumpkin and carved it
Witches Brew music and movement
Filled pumpkin bags with leaves outside
Ring around the ghost
Halloween songs each day
Experiment- Volcano and Candy corn
Halloween games, decorating rice Krispies and make Halloween bracelets
Health & Wellness Colors of my plate
Skeleton art outside- glue Q-tips on black skeleton pattern