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Family Recipe Book
Thanksgiving is about two things; food, and family. Encourage your families to share their favorite recipes with each other by sending home these cute recipe pages. Once each family has completed one you can compile them to create a beautiful class recipe book that is sure to be a hit! Download your free recipe pages here!
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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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Friday Freebie – Autumn Scavenger Hunt
Happy Friday, I hope that you had a wonderful Halloween! Some people are all about Christmas as soon as Halloween is over, but I am a huge fan of Thanksgiving, so let the fall fun continue! Today’s freebie is a fun little scavenger hunt that you can use to encourage your students to pay attention to the world around them. It would be a great activity to send home for families to do together. Download your copy and have a wonderful weekend!
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Reading Slumber Party
The day after a holiday can be ROUGH – when that particular holiday involves a ton of sugar and falls in the middle of the week, it’s brutal. Sometimes these are the days when you just have to throw the lesson plan out the window. One of my favorite activities for these kinds of days is a reading slumber party. This is not meant to be a planned activity, it is a special excuse to take it easy and snuggle for the afternoon. I’ve always done reading slumber parties after nap time – but you can surprise your students any time of the day. I love to pretend that the…
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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…
