Halloween Fun!

Party Goers were: Cinderella, Tinker Bell, Spider Man, (young) Johnny Cash, a cute Dragon, and Peter Pan (see below).

Preparing to make our I-Spy Game Bottles.

Students drop in items first: buttons, spider rings, "gems," penny,
dime, marble, rock, "boo" sign, goggly eye, etc.

I Spy With My Spooky

Eye...

A gem, a spider, and a button or

two-

A googly eye, and a note that says,

"Boo!"

A rock, a penny, and a sharp tiny

pin.

Beware of the unforeseen secrets

within!

Peter Pan also enjoyed making an I-Spy Bottle.

The students were suspicious of the bubbling Witches Brew (spiced Apple Juice with dry ice). I brought around the bag of dry ice and mentioned that it was simply a kind of ice that causes bubbles as it melts but still one student was too frightened and he was having none of that! The other children enjoyed the punch and ginger snaps or chocolate chip cookies.

Halloween Rhyme and story book.

Halloween Sugar Cookies

Gumdrop Graph. We opened a bag of gumdrops and learned how to put like colors together (patterning), counted them up, recorded the information in color on our graph and shared the sweet treats among us. (G the Goose giggles when she tells a fictional tale about a gorilla made of gumdrops who is eaten by a goat. "g g g" (ga, ga, ga) is the sound she makes while holding her stomach from giggling).

Preston did a real cute dance on the tips of his feet scooting around the class but is camera shy.

Olivia and Susie dance to Monster Mash and Kidz Bop Halloween Tunes.

Musical Chairs

Party Favor Bags: Play dough, glow sticks,
caramel puff, candy corns, Dum Dums, grape Mike and Ikes, etc.

Take Home Bags of pumpkin bubbles,
I Spy Spooky Bottles (craft) and Student colored 5 Little Pumpkin Booklets.

HaPpY hAlLoWeEn!

Today was our Halloween Party!
It was fun to see the children come in their costumes
Daily Question: Are you ready for some Halloween fun?
Toys: Linkin blocks, play food, shopping baskets, and cash register with play bills and coins.
Snacks: Simply Fruit Roll-ups, gumdrops, spiced apple juice, ginger snaps, and chocolate chip cookies.
Music: We learned a little ditty 5 Little Pumpkins to perform (or read aloud) to our parents.
Arts and Crafts: We colored our own books and put together an I-Spy Game (recycling our drink bottles from the field trip).
To take home: Favor Bag with two glow stick bracelets, two containers of play dough, Mike and Ike grape candies, candy corns, caramel corn puffs, and Dum-Dums. Also, a pumpkin bubbles, a take home 5 Little Pumpkins book (colored by your student), and an I-Spy Bottle Game made by your child in a Halloween paper bag.
Games: Musical Chairs, Halloween Dancing to Monster Mash,
For the Tu/Th class, we learned about Mother Goose Rhymes and did Gumdrop Graphs for Math. Parents a wonderful way of teaching "Rhyming" is to read the sometimes silly Mother Goose Rhymes and then ask your student to pick up the rhyming couplets. Also, play rhyming games in the car and in the grocery store. Make it a game: "bug on a ___" (rug).

Halloween Books:
Halloween ABC (a Little Golden Book) by Sarah Albee and Paul Meisel
Two Little Witches: A Halloween Counting Story by Harriet Ziefert & Simms Taback
A Dark Dark Tale by Ruth Brown (Picture Puffins)*Suspense leads to a frightened mouse.
One Hungry Monster; A Counting Book in Rhyme by Susan O'Keefe & Lynn Munsinger
Halloween by Miriam Nerlove (Early Reader)
Jungle Halloween by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Monster Halloween Party by Nick Jr. The Backyardagans
Trick-or-Treat by Ann Dixon and Larry Di Fiori (Scholastic, Math concepts--ghost gets treats)
Sheep Trick-or-Treat by Nancu Shaw, Ill. by Margot Apple
Barney's Favorite Halloween Stories; 2 books in 1
Halloween Night by Arden Druce, Ill. by David T. Wenzel
Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian* (Darling story)
Which Witch is Which? by Michael Muntean and Tom Brannon (Jellybean Books, Just for Preschoolers)
Franklin's Halloween by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark
Witch, Witch Come to my Party by Arden Druce, Ill. by Pat Ludlow (Vivid Watercolor ill.)
The Spider and the Fly by Tony DiTerlizzi (based on poem by Mary Howitt)
Room on a Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (rhyming)
Monster Math by Anne Miranda, Ill. by Polly Powell*