halloween
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Amazing Deals on Dress Up!
I usually suggest waiting until after Halloween to grab clearance costumes for your dramatic play area, but this year I’m telling everyone I know to RUN to the Dollar Tree because they have some amazing costumes out already. You can’t beat dress up clothes and accessories for a dollar, and while I know that the quality may not be the best they’re all $1. Can I say it one more time ONE DOLLAR! Ok, I’m pretty sure that I’ve managed to convey my level of excitement, now let me show you a visual. I bought all of this for my own daughter – she’s getting a great big bag of…
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Pumpkin-Themed Show and Tell
Oh I love show and tell. Seriously, I do. I know that for some teachers it is probably their least favorite thing, and I know teachers that refuse to do it because it create chaos in their classrooms – but I love it. There are so many ways to use show and tell to support what you’re learning in the classroom (check out this post for ideas). One way to make show and tell really work for you is to link it to whatever theme or project you are currently working on. Since October and November are all about pumpkins, here are some ideas for pumpkin related show-and-tell: Ask children…
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Happy Halloween!
Image from Dotty Wren Studio Enjoy your candy and all of your little ghouls and goblins! Have a wonderful Holiday!
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Halloween Safety
Ready or not, Halloween is almost here. While it’s fun to do math activities with candy corn and explore pumpkin guts in the sensory table, there’s one very important Halloween lesson that I don’t want to forget about. Halloween safety doesn’t always get the recognition that it deserves, but a few simple strategies could make a huge difference. Talk to your students. Remind them to watch for cars, stay on sidewalks, cross streets at cross walks, and check with their parents before eating any candy. These might not be the most fun conversations, but it never hurts to be that voice in the back of their heads. I’ve shared this…
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Friday Freebie – Halloween Play Dough Mats
Happy Friday! Whether you’re celebrating Halloween today or on the 31st, this freebie is the perfect last minute activity. How cute are these Halloween play dough mats?! I don’t know a preschooler who could resist them! Go download your copy from Okinawan Girl and have a wonderful Halloween weekend!
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Easy Teacher Halloween Costumes
Last year I had a great idea for a Halloween costume. I bought all of the supplies and put it together, and didn’t try it on until the night before I needed it. It. Looked. Awful. So I needed a last minute costume – I rifled through my closet and put together the perfect librarian costume – a pencil skirt, a book-themed graphic tee, a cardigan, a bun, and glasses. I grabbed a couple of books off the shelf and it was a hit. My last minute costume turned out so great that I’ve challenged myself to come up with a costume out of my closet every year. This year…
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Healthy Halloween Treats
Halloween is all about the candy and sweets – I love these as much as the next person, and I’m known for my Halloween sugar cookies – but it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Here are some healthy Halloween treats that are just as fun as the sweet ones! Ghostly String Cheese Mummy Applesauce Pretzel Broomsticks Clementine Pumpkins Cheese Cut Outs What are your favorite healthy holiday treats?
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20 ways to explore pumpkins
Pumpkin exploration is synonymous with Halloween in preschool. But if you’re ready to try something other than painting pumpkins and sending them home, then check out this list! Carve pumpkins Explore the insides in the sensory table Separate the seeds and bake them Compare the insides to canned pumpkin Explore pumpkins of different shapes and sizes Look at a variety of different colored pumpkins See what items you can stick into the outside of the pumpkin Look at the insides of different types of pumpkins See if your pumpkins will roll down a ramp Measure your pumpkins with a piece of yarn Use the tops of your carved pumpkins as…
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Friday Freebie – Monster Manners
Happy Friday! Halloween is getting close, are you ready for it?! This week I’ve shared some fun monster activities that can be used to celebrate Halloween, or anytime throughout the year. today, I wanted to share a monster activity that I absolutely love. This Monster Manners set is a great way to work on social emotional skills and help your students think about good choices and consequences. Download your set from Growing Kinders, and have a great weekend!
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Make a Monster – Collaborative Art Project
I am a huge fan of large group art projects – I love that each child can bring a different vision to the project. I also love them for practical reasons, it’s a lot easier to find space for one large project to dry than it is to find space for 20 small projects, and they use far fewer materials. One year I made a dragon with my class. I drew the outline on a large sheet of table paper, and they decorated it with bingo markers. It was amazing to see the details that they included, and which parts of the dragon each child chose to work on. I…
