Halloween.....

What a fun and busy week with our school pictures and Halloween celebration! We really had to keep moving to get it all in!

Thursday:

Sweet boys reading while awaiting their pictures to be taken!

Mrs. Trina reading my all-time favorite story...The Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything

Let's make a ghost...with our feet! Tickle-tickle!

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Let's learn about the letter Hh...using our new Apple TV!!!

We can practice writing the Hh using a special letter writing APP

Painting independently!

Such artists we have!!

Practice scissor cutting!

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Let's add 5 Halloween stickers. Of course I love this for many reasons...Let me count the ways!
1. fine motor...peeling the stickers
2. Hearing them count out 5 stickers independently
3. Watching the 1:1 correspondence while they count
This was a great informal assessment of their counting!

And why do we love Halloween? Most said dressing up and candy! Who can blame them...they are 3!!

Friday:
After reading Skeleton Hiccups...we made skeletons of our own...

We picked a skeleton head....

Then they had to count out 5 q-tips on their own! Another great way to informally assess them! 

Awesome finished skeleton!

We went on a detective hunt for the letter Hh in our Spooky poem! Once they located the Hh they used highlighter tape to mark it!

Such smart friends I have!

Happy Halloween! From these friendly characters!

Ready to Trick-or-Treat from our friendly neighbors Edward Jones

Let's get batty with our independent activity....decorating Bats! Do I sound like a broken record when I say fine motor skills??? 

This is usually Mrs. Trina's activity...but with her out today it was mine! I am so impressed with what she has taught them! They rocked this activity like all-stars!

Candy corn counting. This was was also an awesome way to check their counting and number sense.  Many have caught on...a few still need some extra practice! Check your kiddo at home...this is a fun way for you to work with them! They could count out napkins or silverware for dinner...count your coins...count their Halloween candy! Let's keep their numbers between 0-5! After Christmas...we will go beyond that and work on 6-10! A strong foundation is the key!

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For our snack Halloween activity we made spiders! What a fun way to make snack yummy and interactive! This awesome mama helped in a big way!
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Mrs. Traci making our Owl Craft! A sweet mama donated these cute owls...but her bundle was out sick! So Mrs. Traci took over! What a Halloween super hero!

Popcorn Monster hands! All I cans say is YUMMY!!!
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Bring on the games! This daddy was ready to go with pin the nose on the Jack-o-lantern and a bean bag toss!

2 sweet super heroes! 

Great toss my friend!

Working hard on his monster hand! 

A huge "Thank You" to those parents who helped out and made our activity centers a success! Don't worry...if you didn't get a chance to help out...just wait...we still have Christmas, Valentine's Day, and End of the year Actvities! Get ready...I may be contacting you (dun -dun-dun)! Scary...I know! ha!
Keep warm and enjoy your weekend! See ya next week!