What kind of pie
do ghosts like to eat? Booo berry,
of course?
What are the birds
giving out for Halloween this year?
“Tweets!”
What do you get
when you take the inside out of a hotdog?
A hallow weenie!
Handprint Art
– Trace around children’s hands and feet on white paper. Glue to black construction paper and
let children add details.
Ghost Busters
– Cut ghost shapes out of white paper.
Write letters, numerals, words, or whatever skill you want to reinforce
on the ghosts. Staple ghosts to a
bulletin board and let the children identify the information as they swat the
ghosts with a fly swatter.
*You can make a
similar game from a file folder.
Glue a hand to a craft stick and use to swat the ghosts.
Scary Things
– Halloween is a good time to talk about things that are real and things that
are pretend. It’s also helpful to
talk about things that scare us. I
always talk about things that scare me, and that usually encourages the
children to open up and talk about things that scare them. Everybody’s afraid of something, and
that’s O.K. Make a class book
called “Scary Things” where each child draws their fears and dictates or writes
a story about them.
I just noticed that you rarely get any comments on your blog posts, so I decided I would leave you a comment today.
ReplyDeleteI read your blog every day. I love all of your little tips and advice. Your game post was one of my favorite. I also love your cheers. (firecracker is my fav.) They seemed a little silly to me at first, but I tried them with my little preschool class and they LOVE them! It calms them down and they get so excited to give a cheer. My daughter is in my class and she said one at home one night. Both my 1st grader and my 5th grader knew the cheer and said they use them in their classes as well.
You are so knowledgeable. Thank you so much for your dedication and great ideas.