Holidays
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November Challenge!
One of my favorite project topics for the month of November is community service. It’s the perfect time of year to help children understand empathy and encourage families to take part in the project too. So today I’m challenging you to work with your students to come up with a community service project that you can take on together. Do your students love animals? Think about collecting supplies for a local shelter. Do your students love to be outside? Work with families to clean up a local park. One year my class collected food for our local food pantry, and then we were able to take a field trip to…
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Happy Halloween!
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Friday Freebie – Halloween Alphabet Game
Happy Friday! I know many of you are celebrating Halloween today or over the weekend, but for those of you who are waiting until Monday I have the perfect last minute game for you today. This Halloween Alphabet Game is from Christina Price, and it is adorable! Children draw cards with letters, and if they can name the letter correctly they get to keep the card, but if they pick up a Frankenstein card they have to put all of their cards back. Not only is it a fun way to practice the alphabet, it’s also a lesson in self-regulation! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and a…
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New for Halloween!
I was not about to let Halloween go by without coming up with something new and fun, and I’m hoping that you are as excited about this activity as I am! Do you remember my Story Problems for Beginners? This is one of my favorite sets because it has so many different built in supports and visuals, it brings these concepts to life in a very easy to understand way. I just added a Story Problems for Beginners set for Halloween!!!! I had so much fun switching up the colors and graphics for the holidays and I’m really happy with how it all turned out. The first group of problems…
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Halloween Treat Bag Ideas
I try to be the teacher who is prepared for everything, and I’ve learned over the years that a holiday cannot come and go without children having a ton of stuff to take home with them – seriously, even if you don’t even have a party parents will still send treats. So whenever I plan for holidays I always include an easy container to take all the stuff home in. I’ve gathered some treat bag ideas for Halloween that the children can create themselves, and these won’t break the bank as far as supplies are concerned! Ghost bags from All Kids Network Full Moon Lunch Bags from Scrapbook Destination Duct…
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Easy Halloween Snacks
Whether you’re looking for an easy treat for your class party or something to appeal to your own children, here are some fun ideas that are super simple crowd pleasers! Candy Corn Jello from Cincy Shopper Pumpkin Patch Pudding Cups from Sprinkle Some Fun Ghost Milkshakes from Martha Stewart Peep Ghost Donuts from Pizzazzeri I’m ready for one of those ghost milkshakes right now! What are your favorite Halloween treats?
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Preschool Teacher Humor
Halloween – I love it and I hate it, and I think teachers everywhere are with me. Here’s a little list I put together for those of you who are preparing yourself to celebrate this particular holiday in the classroom. I hope you enjoy a little laugh and know that you are not alone!
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Halloween books!
Did you know that October is national book month?! I thought that i would celebrate by sharing my favorite books to read to my class this month. Most of these are Halloween books, and I love them because they make what can be a pretty frightening holiday a little less scary, and a little more whimsical. Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom to see my all-time-favorite pick! All of the following links are Amazon affiliates. Room on the Broom is an adorable story and the perfect book for talking about rhyming words! The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything is a teeny tiny…
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Friday Freebie – Trick or Treat Sequencing
Happy Friday! I’ve given in to the Halloween chaos (even though we still have a couple of weeks) but I’m trying to stay away from the candy! Today’s freebie is a Trick or Treat Sequencing poster from Preschool Wonders. You can use it to teach preschoolers practice the steps involved in Trick or Treating, and to help them become more comfortable with the entire process. Halloween can be scary for little ones, so giving them as much information about the day can ease some of those fears. Have a wonderful weekend, and make sure to check out the rest of this week’s Halloween-themed posts for more great activities! Treats to…
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EASY Halloween Sensory Bin
I was going through my Instagram feed earlier and I came across this photo from a couple of years ago – the timing couldn’t be better so I thought I’d share it here. This is honestly the easiest sensory bin ever, I just took some Halloween colored paper and ran it through the shredder. I finished it off by turning make-up remover pads into eyeballs with markers, that’s it. This would be perfect for your spooky Halloween party!
