Our Halloween Party!

HaPpY hAlLoWeEn!

Today was our Halloween Party!
It was fun to see the children come in their costumes!  We had a Ninja Warrior, Princess (Cinderella), "Toothless" Dragon, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Little Red Riding Hood, Batgirl, and Superboy.

Daily Question: Are you ready for some Halloween fun?

What is your costume and what is your favorite thing about your costume?
Andi: Cinderella/Being a Princess!
Carter: Captain America!/Going to the store to buy it.
Chloe': Toothless!/Making the costume with my mom and helping sew the tail!
Ella: Little Red Riding Hood/ "The bib! This thing--oh yes, the apron."
Eva: Batgirl/I like the pink Bat mask!
Liam: Superboy (pronounced "Stu-per-man!")/The "S"
Luke: Ninja Warrior/The Golden Dragon on the front.
Micah: HULK/ big fist gloves!

Toys: Rose Petal Cottages, mini-trampoline, trains and train table.

Students had fun learning about the Plasma Ball--which traps inert gases and then focuses them as the children touch the orb.

Snacks: Green Apple Monsters--marshmallows, PB, raisins, strawberries, sunflower seeds, candy mix, "Bones" cookies, and Halloween pretzels.  (Thanks Ella and Erin).

Students are learning great manners!  "Thank you, Ella.  This is really yummy!" said Andi.

We had fun listening to the classic The Little Old Lady WHo Wasn't Afraid of Anything while we ate our treats.

To take home: Favor Bag with a pencil, notebook, sheet of stickers, Dum Dum, Tootsie Pop, eraser, skeleton man, fangs, etc.

Movie: We watched a few short episodes of Max and Ruby's Halloween and Clifford's Halloween.

Eva read us one of her favorite Halloween Stories, Halloween Colors.  In this book, you guess what costume character comes next due to the clues.

Circle Time; We had fun talking about Halloween, ways to stay safe, traditions, and designing our own Jack-O'Lantern face.

We had fun drawing Jack-O-Lantern faces on our Pumpkin pictures and then watercoloring a wash over the top and seeing the fun face come out of the resist.

Halloween Books:
The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
Halloween Colors by Carla Dijs
Halloween ABC (a Little Golden Book) by Sarah Albee and Paul Meisel
Two Little Witches: A Halloween Counting Story by Harriet Ziefert & Simms Taback
A Dark Dark Tale by Ruth Brown (Picture Puffins)*Suspense leads to a frightened mouse.
One Hungry Monster; A Counting Book in Rhyme by Susan O'Keefe & Lynn Munsinger
Halloween by Miriam Nerlove (Early Reader)
Jungle Halloween by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Monster Halloween Party by Nick Jr. The Backyardagans
Trick-or-Treat by Ann Dixon and Larry Di Fiori (Scholastic, Math concepts--ghost gets treats)
Sheep Trick-or-Treat by Nancu Shaw, Ill. by Margot Apple
Barney's Favorite Halloween Stories; 2 books in 1
Halloween Night by Arden Druce, Ill. by David T. Wenzel
Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian* (Darling story)
Which Witch is Which? by Michael Muntean and Tom Brannon (Jellybean Books, Just for Preschoolers)
Franklin's Halloween by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark
Witch, Witch Come to my Party by Arden Druce, Ill. by Pat Ludlow (Vivid Watercolor ill.)
The Spider and the Fly by Tony DiTerlizzi (based on poem by Mary Howitt)
Room on a Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (rhyming)
Monster Math by Anne Miranda, Ill. by Polly Powell*

Music: We learned a little ditty 5 Little Pumpkins to perform (or read aloud) to our parents.

Parents, 

If you would like to donate any small, wrapped candy or small toys, we will keep our Treasure Box FULL of rewards for praising preschool students!