Happy Halloween! (Preschool)

Happy Halloween!

Preschool Storytime

Opening: Big Books

Book: “Halloween Sky Ride”

*For this book, I took clipart of the characters from the book and taped them to boxes. We lined up all of the characters on my table in the order that the rode the broom. When they fell of the broom, they were knocked off the table. The kids enjoyed this book, but didn't seem to get into it as much as I thought they would.

Fingerplay/Flannel:”If You’re A...”

If you’re a ghost and you know it, just say boo!

*If you’re a bat and you know it flap your wings.

*If you’re a monster and you know it, stomp
your feet.

*If you’re a spider and you know it, spin your
web.

*This is to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it". The kids had so much fun singing and acting out all the motions for each verse.

Book: “Peep and Egg: I’m Not Trick-or-Treating”

*The kids seemed to enjoy this Halloween book filled with cute jokes. My favorite part of this was at the end, when I asked what do birds say when they go out trick-or-treating? A little boy screamed at the top of his lungs "TWEET TWEET TWEET!" It was all I could do not to fall over from laughing, and I said, "Yes! They say, Trick-or-TWEET". Priceless!

File Folder Story: “Ghost’s Dinner”

*I ran out of time for this, but this version is a great take on the chocolate chip ghost story. You use a file folder and when the ghosts change colors, you pull out the sheet to make them change. Here is the link for a PDF where I found this fa-boo-lous idea!

Book: “It’s Halloween Night!”

*I love this guessing book, and we ran out of time to read it. It's a simple but really cute book that lets the kids guess what costume everyone is wearing.

Tablet Game: “Shadow Guessing”

*This was my first time using an app as a game with the kids, and they went crazy! I found this app on Amazon, and follow this to get to it. We've done an animal game, where I played the sounds of the animals and they guessed, but nothing like this. What the game consisted of was a shadow appeared related to Halloween. You could leave the shadow alone, or you could rearrange the squares to make it easier. I showed it to the kids, and after they guessed, I typed in the answer. After you type in your answer, the shadow will appear like normal. The kids went crazy and didn't want to stop playing. I will definitely be on the hunt for more games and apps to use!

Fingerplay/Flannel: “Make a Jack-O-Lantern”

*We ran out of time for this flannelboard. We've always had this at my library, and I just made a new version to use. You take a pumpkin, without a jack-o-lantern face and tell the kids you want to make a jack-o-lantern for them. Instead of adding your black triangles for the eyes, you add something silly. Like a flower, or a car. The kids usually tell me very quickly that's wrong, and then I'll add the black triangles. I will do this for the nose and mouth until I get everything right for my jack-o-lantern.

Extra Read-Alouds:

Little Blue Truck’s Halloween

Peep and Egg: I’m Not Hatching!

Room on the Broom

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!

This is the House That Monsters Built

Turkey Trick or Treat

What Am I? Halloween

*This month we had snacks brought by our parents, because we had a Halloween party! We also had games to play, and they are listed below.

Sensory Games:
*The most popular game was putt-putt with the pumpkin, and here is the website where I found the idea for it.
*For sensory, I found the most adorable haunted house matching game, which you can download for free here. I took the pictures the kids matched up and stuck them down into rice bins. They really enjoyed them. Next time I may take one set and have the pictures taped onto the haunted house to make it easier on my younger kids.

*We also had a pumpkin match-up, which you can download for free here. The kids really seemed to enjoy matching the cute pumpkin shapes.
*Last, but not least we had pumpkin beanbag toss. We took a huge box and cut a jack-o-lantern face out of the front of it. Then we had our beanbags ready and turned the kids loose!

*This year I dressed up as Little Miss Muffet, complete with spiderweb eyelashes!