halloween
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Friday Freebie – Tricks or Treats
Happy Friday! I’m all about Halloween, I’ve started planning already – cookies, treats, costumes, and decorations. It’s always important to take some time to think about safety too. Today’s freebie has you covered! This “Is it a Trick or a Treat” set from First Grade and Flip Flops is perfect for introducing a discussion about Halloween safety and giving students an opportunity to practice their safety skills. Download your copy and enjoy your weekend!
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Halloween Decorations for the Classroom
I’m re-posting this from last year because these decorations have saved me so much time and energy, I hope you love them as much as I do! I love to change up my decorations at home to go with the seasons, but I’ve never really done it at school, mostly because I can’t afford to buy decorations for home and school – and because I don’t have a place to store those decorations. BUT that’s all about to change. I really wanted to do something cute for Halloween, so I created a super cute set of matching classroom decorations – bunting for the wall, cupcake toppers (or stickers), treat bag toppers, name tags,…
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DIY Classroom Decorations for Fall
If you’re anything like me, your classroom probably feels like home, you certainly spend enough time there! There a few ways that I make my classroom my own, and one of those strategies is decorating the classroom for each season – just like I do at home. I’ve come up with some easy ways to keep this seasonal decor within my budget. Instead of decorating for each holiday throughout the year, I stick to the four seasons, this means I need fewer decorations, and less space to store my decorations because they stay out longer. I also try to use any natural decor that I can – for autumn pumpkins…
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Friday Freebie – Spider Numbers
Happy Friday! Since it is officially October I can start sharing Halloween freebies, and I know you will love what I’ve got for you today. These spider web numbers from KidSparkz would be a great addition to your halloween math centers. Add some spider rings that the children can count and you’re all set! Have a great weekend, spend some time enjoying everything autumn!
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Friday Freebie – The day after Halloween
Happy Friday and Happy Halloween! Isn’t it wonderful when Halloween falls on a Friday (or even better, on a Saturday)?! It is so nice to know that you won’t have to attempt to manage all of your kiddos on the day after Halloween, when they’ve all been up too late and are coming down of a sugar and adrenaline rush. The freebie that I found for you today is the perfect activity for the day after Halloween. Mandy Neal’s The Day After Halloween worksheet is a lifesaver. It asks all of the questions that your students really want to answer on the day after Halloween. Mandy suggests this as a…
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My Halloween Costume
I’m really picky about costumes, I don’t usually dress up for Halloween unless I can think of a costume that includes my regular clothes. I love Halloween, I just have a really hard time making myself look silly on purpose – I know, I really need to loosen up. I have a few (ok, a lot) of criteria when it comes to choosing a costume for school;1. I have to feel comfortable wearing it at school (still slightly professional, appropriate, etc.)2. I want others to know right away what I am, questions just make things awkward3. I hate wearing hats, headbands, or headpieces of any kind4. I am not putting…
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A Halloween Candy Activity
My school did a local Halloween parade yesterday (so fun!) and I swiped some left over candy (can you believe we had left over candy?!) so that I could show you this fun activity. Of course, the more time I spent thinking about the activity, the more ideas I had, and then it became a printable, so you get a freebie too! The idea is really simple, but it uses candy, so I guarantee your students will want to participate! Just gather a good variety of candy, and use the charts that I’ve made to help your students figure out which letters they can find on the candy wrappers. You…
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Friday freebie – Glue Ghosts
Happy Friday! Today’s freebie comes with an activity, so first – here’s the freebie: This ghost clipart set is from Teaching in the Tongas, and they could be used for so many things; activities for your classroom, Halloween party invitations, or on classroom treat bags, just to give you a few ideas. But the activity that I’m sharing today was one of my favorites when I was little, and my students absolutely love it too. Have you ever made glue ghosts? It is so simple! Print one of these cute ghosts and place it under a sheet of waxed paper, then children can squeeze white glue over the top of…
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Super simple Halloween treat bags
This year my students are going to get to participate in trick or treating sponsored by our local businesses. We’ve never done this before, so I’m trying to think of all of the different variables and factors that we might need to plan for. One of the things that I’m glad I remembered was that we need treat bags for all of their goodies. I’ve been searching stores for Halloween treat bags with handles, but apparently they don’t exist. We could always use grocery bags, but you know me, I’ve got to add my little bit of cute to everything. So what do I do when I can’t find what…
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Book Talk Tuesday – The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
I just realized that I only have two more Tuesdays before Halloween, which means I only get to choose two more Halloween books to share with you – how am I supposed to do that?! Ok, I guess it’s like triage, so today’s pick is one that I read multiple times in the weeks before Halloween. The Biggest Pumpkin Ever (by Steven Kroll) is an older book, and it’s kind of long for preschoolers, but for some reason my students request it over and over. It’s a sweet story about two mice who have been trying to grow the biggest pumpkin for the annual pumpkin festival, but each mouse thinks…
