BOO!
For homework on Monday ask your students to save all their candy wrappers and bring them to school on Friday. Here are some learning activities that will taste “yummy” to your class!Counting - Count the wrappers. Tally how many in the whole class.
Sets - Make sets with the wrappers.
Sorting - Sort the wrappers. What’s the sorting rule? Can they regroup them?
Graphing - Use the wrappers to graph their favorite candy bar.
Nutrition - Look at the food value on each wrapper. How many calories? How much sugar? Rank the candies by calories.
Vocabulary - Find descriptive words on the wrappers. Make a list of the words and use them in sentences.
Writing - Fold 2 sheets of paper in half and staple to make a book. Children write “I like…” at the top of each page and glue a candy wrapper underneath. This is a book every child in your room can read! Older children could write descriptive sentences about each candy.
Alphabet Letters - Use the wrappers to make a class book called “The Sweet ABC’s.” Write alphabet letters on 26 sheets of paper. Children glue their wrappers to the appropriate letter. Bind pages together to make a book.
Hint! If you don’t have a wrapper for each letter, let children suggest “sweet” words for the page.
Money - Glue candy wrappers to a file folder. Write a coin value by each wrapper. Children count out the appropriate amount and place it on the wrapper.
Hint! For young children, price the candies from 1 cent to 10 cents and give them pennies. Make the amounts higher for older students.
Art - Let children use wrappers to make a collage.
Finally, take advantage of this “teachable moment” by discussing why sugar is not good for their bodies. What happens if you eat too much sugar? Make a list of healthy snacks that would be better food choices.
BOO PUPPET! I think everybody in the world must know how to make these, but just in case there's one person out there I need to keep this idea alive. All you need are white napkins, lollipops (such as Dum Dums or Tootsie Roll Pops), ribbon, and a marker. Open the napkin and place the lollipop in the center. Gather up the napkin and tie with a piece of ribbon as shown to make the head. Decorate the face with a marker.