Today we had our Halloween party! I dressed up like Little Red Riding Hood, but I didn't think about the hood scaring the two's. I think that combined with my friendly monster on the bulletin board behind me made the two's a little apprehensive. But I still had a good crowd and they seemed to enjoy all my books, especially when the puppets came out to visit. I made sure that my costume didn't have a mask, because I know that scares them. But I wasn't thinking that my cape and hood would. I will remember that for next year.
Time for Two’s Storytime
Fingerplay: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: “Tickle Monster”
*I absolutely love using this book, and it's so much fun to make a flannel out of. Right away the two's pointed out the big monster up on my flannelboard.
Fingerplay: Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed
*To print out not too scary monsters to use on your flannelboard, click here!
Book: Little Blue Truck’s Halloween
Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Bat Hiding Game
*Today we hunted for little bat who was hiding behind a witch's hat!
Credit: Early Learning Ideas
Fingerplay/Flannel:Halloween Flash Cards
*For this, I just made my own Halloween flash cards. For instance, one said stomp your feet like a monster. You can find many versions of these online. But we ran out of time to do these.
Today we had food and juice, along with games! For our games we played pumpkin putt-putt, monster knockdown, and pumpkin pom-pom. I will have pictures posted with the preschool summary below.
Extra Books:
Preschool Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Book: There’s a Monster In Your Book
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed
*To print out not too scary monsters to use on your flannelboard, click here!
Credit: Sunflower Storytime
*To print out not too scary monsters to use on your flannelboard, click here!
Credit: Sunflower Storytime
Book: Tickle Monster
*The kids caught on very quickly what our monster was turning into. This was so much fun to read today!
Action: Halloween Movement Cards
*For this, I just made my own Halloween flash cards. For instance, one said stomp your feet like a monster. You can find many versions of these online. But we ran out of time to do these.
Fingerplay/Flannel: “Make a Jack-O-Lantern”
*I had so much fun doing this with the kids today. I put up a plain orange pumpkin and tell them I want to turn this into a jack-o-lantern. When I go to put eyes on it, I will put up something silly before the traditional black triangle eyes. I will repeat this a couple of times before I get it right. Then I will do this again with the nose and mouth. The preschoolers always enjoy telling me that I am doing this wrong and that I need to change it!
Fingerplay: Ghost Changing Colors
*We ran out of time for this really cute story, but you can find a picture of it here. I didn't come up with this fabulous idea, but I sure do love it!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Bat, Little Bat
Tablet Game: “Shadow Guessing”
*There is a wonderful guessing game that you can download to your tablet, which let's the kids guess what the shadows are. We didn't do this game today, but the kids really enjoy playing it.
Today was our party! We had yummy food and we played games! I have included picture below of our games. Happy Halloween!!!
We played mummy bowling. Kudos to my co-workers for turning all the bowling pins into awesome mummies!
We had pom-pom push. I took an old box, put jack-o-lanterns on the front, and cut out the mouths. Then my volunteer made pumpkins out of pom-poms and pipe cleaners. Today was our party! We had yummy food and we played games! I have included picture below of our games. Happy Halloween!!!
We played mummy bowling. Kudos to my co-workers for turning all the bowling pins into awesome mummies!
Credit: Early Learning Ideas
Another game that was fun, but probably the least played was shape monster!
Credit: The Imagination Tree
Our last game is monster knockdown! I think the kids probably enjoyed this one the most, just because they could knock something down! All I did was cover empty boxes with paper, and add the monster faces I made. That's it!
Extra Read-Alouds:
It's Halloween Night
Just Say Boo!
Little Blue Truck’s Halloween
Peep and Egg: I’m Not Hatching!
Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete
Ten Busy Brooms
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!
This is the House That Monsters Built
What Am I? Halloween
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