Hello my friends!
I am going to give a few posts here where I'll let the pictures do most of the talking. I don't know about you, but life has been cuh-raaaaaaazy lately and unfortunately I haven't been able to blog like I've wanted. I can't really throw ALL the pictures in just one post, so I'll spread them out in two.
Here we go....
Observing the magic of Fall with our five senses
We used our handprints for the tree and painted on the trunk.
Then we used sponges to do the leaves. My little firsties went NUTS over the sponge painting and many of their trees didn't come out looking like trees. Oh well - they had TONS of fun so that's what matters.
Here is part of a project I am working on. Yes, still working on it! Maybe next year I will have it complete and ready to share, but for now here are some pictures of a very small part of it - our Witches' Brew!
I prepped these bags with the ingredients above. The kids were so grossed out, but loved every second of it. Of course they knew what they really were once they saw them, but it was still fun.
We mixed it all up and then scooped it out.
While they munched, we talked about making our own witches' brew and what ingredients we would include. We brainstormed a list of Halloween adjectives and nouns. I typed them on the computer to make it a quick brainstorming and then they could see them at their seats.
Then we put them together to fill in this recipe for witches' brew.
One more little activity was a quick compare/contrast activity with these two picture books.
We had some great discussion about story elements, character traits, and so much more. It was such an easy way to bring in a little common core.
Be sure to jump over (or up) to part two of my catching up blog posts! I have some deep insights as to why my brain cannot handle too many things.
