Salvaged a 2011 calendar printable format and here's the end product. I used this classic method with my eldest son because he enjoyed filling up the pockets with number cards.
Would you like a copy?
We are seeing a lot of pumpkins and though we may not be able to visit a pumpkin patch, we brought home a couple of pumpkins for exploration. I would like to share this very beautiful layered puzzle that I purchased in Amazon. It’s the Life Cycle of a Pumpkin, beautifully crafted and illustrated. There’s a guide for each layer on the left side so the child will know what comes next.
I’d like to share Vito’s top picks of activities for October. These are the trays that he would select more often for “play”. Links to the materials are provided, and feel free to ask questions as well.
October is such an exciting time for the boys as Halloween is a big celebration here in Ireland. With this, I am so excited to share with you our Halloween Early Literacy printable pack which we will be using for the entire month of October. I designed this material specifically for Vito and suitable for ages 2.5 to 4years old. Come take a look!
Halloween is just around the corner and we’re having the “feel” at home by working on some “halloweeny” activities. Here’s our working trays for the next few weeks:
TOP: tonging creep creatures, scooping black beans into pumpkin bags
MIDDLE: counting halloween objects using a pumpkin counter, letter matching using alphabet cards (all cards are from HALLOWEEN TODDLER PACK)
BOTTOM: pouring corn kernels, pumpkin face crafts
Practical Life Activities
Practical life activities are those building and improving skills that are of use in the daily life, like pouring, scooping, transferring etc. The benefits include hand-eye coordination and concentration. To know more about practical life activities, visit my post here and here.
Everything that involves the corn kernels and the black beans were a hit! Both Mavi and Vito played with it for long periods of time and I get to do chores while they’re messing around To save you a lot of work, always use trays, the bigger the better!
Numbers and Alphabet
As I mentioned earlier, I always integrate a little bit of counting and phonics into our daily activities. Vito is currently more into counting than the alphabets, so this counting cards that I made for him was a hit! He loves identifying the objects in the cards and counting them using the pumpkin counters.
An extra fun phonic game I included is discovering letters from the purse and matching them on the cards. Similar activity with the Alphabet Sensory Bin except that we’re using a purse this time and used both the upper and lowercase letters. The wooden letters used here were from Hape Uppercase and Lowercase Puzzle.
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything from Just Add Speech
Roll a Jack O' Lantern Game from A Little Pinch Perfect
Halloween Craft Pumpkin Mummies from Handson As We Grow
30 Preschool Halloween Crafts from Homeschool Preschool
Pumpkin Suncatcher and Color Mixing from Age of Montessori
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No, we’re not carving pumpkins this Halloween. First, I don’t have the tools and second, we have no space for them. So instead we painted pumpkins and stick them on the crystal window of my son as decors!
As promised, here are the additional products that will give your Halloween themed activities more interesting! Click the images for the links.
The Pumpkin: 11 Parts of the Pumpkin in nomenclature cards and definition booklet.
The Human Skeleton: 16 Parts of the Human Skeleton in nomenclature cards and definition booklet.
Enjoy!
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Happy October 1st everyone! It's the Halloween month and my son is just too excited for this year's trick or treating!
Have you started doing Halloween themed activities yet? Well to spice your month, I've come up with these nomenclatures cards perfect for studying these animals that are popular during this time of the year :) Just click on the images below for the file's link.
The Bat: 14 Parts of the Bat in nomenclature cards and definition booklet
The Owl: 18 Parts of the Owl in nomenclature cards and definition booklet
The Spider: 8 Parts of the Spider in nomenclature cards and definition booklet
More to come this week: Human Skeleton and Pumpkin. Have to visit a Euro shop to get my miniatures :) Excited!
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