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.

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