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Tot School: Halloween

November 1, 2016

Tons of Halloween themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, fine motor, gross motor, sensory bins, snacks and more! Perfect for fall in tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

Well Halloween has come and gone and I can’t believe it is already November 1st! That means in less than a month my big girl turns 3! 

  As she continues to grow and learn, I am going to be trying to find new skills for her to practice in Tot School while continuing to mix in lots of fun play ideas for the rest of this school year.

Tons of Halloween themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, fine motor, gross motor, sensory bins, snacks and more! Perfect for fall in tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

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Here were our plans for Halloween Week:

Tons of Halloween themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, fine motor, gross motor, sensory bins, snacks and more! Perfect for fall in tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

And here are the details of each activity:

5 great books to read aloud for a Halloween theme. Perfect for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten.

Pumpkin Pumpkin By Jeanne Titerington
I Like Pumpkins By Jerry Smath
The Legend of Spookley By Joe Troiano
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything By Linda Williams Skeleton Meets the Mummy By Steve Metzger
Room on the Broom By Julia Donaldson
Big Scary Monster By Thomas Docherty
National Geographic Kids: Halloween By Laura Marsh

Pumpkin building is a fun way to practice fine motor skills with a Halloween theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Pumpkin Building:

Madelynn loved stacking, poking (and eating) these little jelly pumpkins. I encouraged her to make 2D shapes and 3D structures as well as to see how tall of a tower she could make.

Pumpkin building is a fun way to practice fine motor skills with a Halloween theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Pumpkin Play Dough:

I found these pumpkin silicone molds at the dollar tree and thought they’d be fun to use as play dough molds.  Madelynn ended up only using them a few times before deciding to just roll and squish her own pumpkins, but it was a nice invitation to play.

This Halloween sprinkle writing tray is a fun way to practice letters and fine motor skills with a Halloween theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Pumpkin Letters:

  I’ve been working with Madelynn more on lowercase letters and she isn’t quite ready for writing some of them yet so I am focusing on building letters in lots of different ways.  This week we used pumpkin erasers to fill in the inside of each letter to make her name.

This Halloween sprinkle writing tray is a fun way to practice letters and fine motor skills with a Halloween theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Halloween Letter Writing:

 For this letter writing activity I spread out fall sprinkles on a tray. We have been working on writing the first 2 letters in her name and looking at the shapes in the letters.  She is doing a great job with M, and a if I show her a model to look at.

Building play dough monsters is a fun way to build fine motor strength with a Halloween theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Monster Play Dough:

Play dough alone is fun and engaging but along with lots of interesting materials it can transform into a totally new activity.  To build our monsters we used colored play dough, cut up pipe cleaners and straws, pony beads, and googly eyes.  But you could definitely add any fun things you have laying around for this activity. This was such a fun activity for the whole family! Since Madelynn loved this activity during our normal Tot School time, I pulled it out again after dinner for some more creative fun.  Even Aubrey got to squish her hands in the play dough for a few minutes (until she tried to eat it).

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice throwing with this glowing pumpkin ring toss gross motor game. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Glowing Ring Toss:

This game was really hard to photograph because we literally did it in our pitch black basement playroom.  All I used was a pumpkin with a good sized stem and several glow necklaces.  I had Madelynn stand back a foot or so and try to toss them onto the stem. Lots of great throwing practice!

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice balance with this pumpkin patch pick up gross motor game. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Pumpkin Patch Pick Up:

For this game I scattered small plastic pumpkins around the room and placed a basket on one side of the room. Madelynn had to pick up each pumpkin, balance it on her head, walk to the basket, and try to drop it in without touching it.

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice all kinds of movements and exercises with this pumpkin hunt gross motor game. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Pumpkin Hunt:

This pumpkin hunt was all about getting some exercise! I printed out some actions and hid them inside plastic pumpkins.  Then Madelyn had to both hunt for the pumpkins, getting her to run around the house, and then do the action inside.  Tiring out this toddler is tough work!

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice throwing throwing, counting, and stacking with this ghost knock down gross motor game. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Ghost Knock Down:

For this gross motor activity I drew ghost faces on clear cups and stacked them in a pyramid.  Then I gave Madelynn 3 of the plastic pumpkins from the previous activity and had her throw them to try to knock down the pyramid.  After she did that for a while and watched me stack up the ghosts she decided she wanted to try that too and was happy to stack and knock down independently for a while. I love when she is able to entertain herself!

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Get lots of energy out with this monster stomp gross motor activity. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Monster Stomp Painting:

For this activity, I rolled out a large sheet of white paper on the floor and taped it in place. Then I wrapped Madelynn’s feet with bubble wrap. Then I had her step in paint and stomp on the paper to pop bubbles and make tracks. She had fun making a WHOLE lot of noise with this one!

These yummy snacks are perfect for a Halloween theme in tot school, preschool, or kindergarten!

Halloween Snacks:

Jack O’ Lantern Quesadilla – Use a pumpkin shaped cookie cutter to cut 2 tortillas into pumpkin shapes. Sprinkle cheese on one tortilla. Use a knife to cut out shapes for the eyes, nose, and mouth on the other tortilla & place on top. Microwave for 20 seconds.

 Pumpkin Krispies Treats – Heat butter and marshmallows in microwave on high for 3 minutes. Stir after 2 minutes. Add cereal & orange coloring. Stir until well coated. Using cooking spray or wax paper, mold into small balls. Cool on wax paper. Add a green leaf with icing. Place mini Reese’s cup on top.

 Ghost String Cheese – Use a black sharpie to draw a ghost face on the outside packaging of an individually wrapped string cheese. 

Clementine Pumpkins – Peel a clementine. Push a green Mike & Ike (or other green candy, celery, or kiwi) into the top to make a stem.  

Goldfish Jack O’ Lantern – Use goldfish crackers to build a pumpkin shape. Add a stem, eyes, nose, and mouth.

We LOVE this pumpkin theme sensory bin. Great for Halloween in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Pumpkin Theme Bin:

In this bin: Orange and black paper shreds, orange pom poms and miniature pumpkins.
I gave Madelynn a pair of plastic tongs and had her search through the bin to find all the “baby” pumpkins as she called them.

We LOVE this glowing pumpkins sensory bin. Great for Halloween in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Glowing Pumpkins:

In this bin: Waterproof LED tea lights, orange water beads, plastic pumpkins, and scoops.
I love how these lights make water beads even more exciting.  We scooped and filled the pumpkins with the beads and lights.

We LOVE this pumpkin scooping sensory bin. Great for Halloween in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Pumpkin Scooping:

In this bin: Black beans, pumpkin candy
I love how simple this bin is. I just used black beans and mini candy pumpkins for Madelynn to scoop and play with. Sometimes simple sensory bins are the best!

We LOVE this easy monster soup sensory bin. Great for Halloween in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Monster Soup:

  In this bin: Water dyed with purple food coloring, spoons, whisks, measuring cups, and googly eyes.
Madelynn is always taking out the measuring spoons and cups from the kitchen to play with so I gave her a set to use for this sensory bin to pretend she was cooking her monster soup!

Building letters with mini pumpkin erasers is a fun way to practice letters and fine motor skills with a Halloween theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Halloween Eraser Sort:

In this bin: orange ring pasta shapes, Halloween mini erasers, sorting tray, scoops
I used the dyed orange pasta from last week and changed out the “bat” pasta for Halloween erasers. Then I gave Madelynn a variety of scoops and tools along with a sorting tray to explore.

Want all of this week’s Halloween activities for tot school?  You can grab them here:
On my site : Halloween Plans & Printables On TpT: Halloween Plans & Printables

Tons of Halloween themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, fine motor, gross motor, sensory bins, snacks and more! Perfect for fall in tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

Or you can grab our entire year of themes and plans:
On my site here: Tot School Bundle On TpT here: Tot School Bundle

45 Weeks of engaging themed activities and ideas ready to go for your 2-3 year old. Weekly plans include suggested books, fine motor activities, gross motor ideas, sensory bins, snacks and more! Everything you need for a year packed full of Tot School fun and learning.

Then check out the rest of our 35+ themes on the Tot School Curriculum Main Page.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tons of Halloween themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, fine motor, gross motor, sensory bins, snacks and more! Perfect for fall in tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.
 
by Jessica 
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Bright ideas for the little learners ~ Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten is an education blog dedicated to fresh, engaging, and fun teaching ideas for toddlers, preschoolers, and the primary classroom.

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  1. Faye says: September 29, 2018 at 6:38 pm

    Hello, where can I find the pumpkin hunt exercise cards? I searched the shop but nothing popped up. Thanks

    Reply
    • Jessica says: January 28, 2019 at 3:48 am

      You can find the cards in my unit here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Tot-School-Halloween-Plans-and-Printables–3256578

      Reply

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