Addition and Subtraction

These works can be used during any season by switching the type of counters used.

 

I made some cards with addition equations that equal 10 or less.  I then placed 10 cat erasers in a dish.  The children take a card and then place the correct number of erasers under each number.  They then count how  many are altogether.  Great beginning addition work.

 

I also made some cards with subtraction equations that require less than 10 erasers.  The children place the erasers under the first number and then take away as many erasers as the second number states.



Parts of a Pumpkin

I cut open a pumpkin so the children could look at the inside.

Parts of a pumpkin nomenclature cards: The children match the picture and word cards to the control cards.  They then color each part of the pumpkin on their own pages and then write the words.  For the students that are unable to write words independentally, I use a yellow highlighter for them to trace.

Halloween Patterns

I made a pattern card for the children to use to make a Halloween pattern strip.  I also encouraged the children to come up with their own patterns.

Five Little Pumpkins

After reading the book "Five Little Pumpkins" many times to the children, I put out this work on the shelf.  I used some brown construction paper to make a gate and some orange paper to make 5 pumpkins with the numbers 1-5 written on them.  The children place the pumpkins on the gate in numerical order and then they can retell the story.  Big hit in my class this year.

Pumpkin Paper Punches

I had the students glue one pumpkin paper punch in each square.  This helps promote one to one correspondence needed for counting.

Jack-o-lantern Matching

As a pre-reading activity, the students match the jack-o-lantern faces.

Halloween Math

I know it is the beginning of December and I am posting some of my Halloween pictures.  Oops!  I was going to post some of my November/Thanksgiving pictures and I found some old pictures that didn't get posted.

The students put the number pumpkins in numerical order and then place the correct number of pumpkin seeds on the cutout.

The students put the haunted house numbers in numerical order and then placed the correct number of plastic ghosts under the houses.  I cannot remember where I got these cute numbers from.  I am going to keep looking and then post a link when I find the website.

 

The students are putting the dot numbers out in numerical order.  Then they count the dots and place that many pumpkin erasers on each dot.  I printed these numbers from 1plus1plus1equals1  They offer a color and a b/w copy of these numbers.  I printed off the b/w numbers and then colored the dots to match the Montessori bead stair.

 

Another use for the pumpkin erasers.

 

 

 

 

Halloween Practical Life Continued

Pumpkin Pounding

I drew a face on a pumpkin and then the students used a hammer to pound some golf tees into the pumpkin on the line.  In the picture on the right I tried using real nails but the students had a hard time getting the nails out of the pumpkin when they were done so I switched to golf tees.

 

Pumpkin Guts

And a Halloween favorite, scooping guts and seeds out of the pumpkin.



Pumpkin Paintings

I decided to venture outside of my comfort zone and put a painting activity out during our extended day program (older students or students that don't nap have an extended work time while the other students nap).  I placed a pumpkin on the table with orange and brown paint and had them paint a picture of a pumpkin.  I can't wait to get them all hung up for everyone to see.

Halloween Sensorial

I got these cut printouts from 1plus1equals1.  I stored them in a large mailing envelope for lack of a better place to store them at the time. 

The students cut the pumpkins or spiders out.

After they have cut out all the pumpkins/spiders, they lay them out from biggest to smallest and then glue them down.  The students love doing cutting and gluing work so that they can display their work around the classroom for others to see.  They are so proud of their hard work.



Halloween Practical Life

I guess since October is half over I should probably post some of our Halloween themed works.  I will start with practical life.

Cauldron spooning with popcorn kernels.  I love these little trays that I found at Hobby Lobby.  They are perfect for practical life work.  I can't wait to buy some more.

 

Spiders on a web tonging.  I just drew a spider web on a paper plate and set out some spiders with it.  Since I took this picture I have exchanged the tongs for a pair of tweezers.  Another variation could be to add a die.  Have them roll the die and then place that many spiders on the web.  Continue until all the spiders are on the web.

 

Skeleton sorting.  I bought these stretchy skeletons at Wal-Mart and then I put a piece of paper in the bottom of a four section tray to match the color of the skeletons.  The students just love this work.

 

Pom pom sorting.  I used some Halloween colored pom poms and some votive holders to make this very simple but fun work.  The students work with it all the time.  I placed a removable label with a color circle, to match the color of the pom pom,s on each votive holder.  I wish I had a Halloween themed bowl and votive holders for this work.  I will be keeping my eyes open for some to add to this work.  To make it a little more challenging you could add a spoon, tongs or maybe beginner chopsticks.

 

Batty spooning.  I got the skeleton ice cube tray from The Dollar Tree and the bat pieces are from Target.  I love their dollar section.

 

Pumpkin ice cube tray tonging.

 pumpkin seed pouring

 

 pumpkin scrubbing