Literature: the classics Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberly, and If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff were the basis of today's curriculum.
Dramatic Play: We did a lot of puppet play today. We added and removed scary parts to the green monster as we "blew" away our fears, sang 10 Little Ghosts with ghost puppets, had two puppet moose friends join us for muffin baking, and tossed around the green monster during Meet My Monster.
Phonics: M is for Music, Monster, Mommy, Moose, Magnets, Macaroni, Mask, and Muffins
Sensory: flashlights "then Wooo went the wind and OUT went the lights and the 5 little pumpkins rolled out of sight!"
We had story time by flashlight today! Some of my students are afraid of the dark and this was great exposure therapy.
Sensory: Halloween/spooky themed macaroni sensory bins. The children used light up tweezers to dig up and transfer spiders, stretchy skeletons, glow in the dark eyeballs, snakes and bugs, vampire teeth, and bones while I read Bugs That Go Bump in the Night
Practical Life: what are you afraid of? What do you do when you feel scared?
We read Meet My Monster and talked about being scared and imaginary fears vs real danger.
Art: Big Green Monster Masks
"The big green monster two big yellow eyes, a long blueish-greenish nose, to squiggly little ears, scraggly purple hair, a big red mouth with scarp white teeth and a big scary green face!" And so did out puppets! We made our own monster masks to wear home.
Craft: fuzzy spiders because they're so fun and spooky
Science: how do magnets work?
Dramatic Play: M is for Mommy
The dramatic play center was full of babies, beds, bottles, real newborn diapers, rocking chairs, (toy) potty chairs, baby car seats, blankies and strollers. The kids loved it and were great little moms and dads to their babies.
Cooking: let's make muffins. We discovered more M's with this activity, too. MmmmMix and MmmmmmMilk!
Math: moose's muffin match counting cards. How many muffins dies your moose have? Use a clothespin to match the correct number for your card
Fine motor/storytelling: If You Give a Moose a Muffin flannel board.
Poetry: 5 little pumpkins
Cognitive Game: monster memory match
The kids love any form of memory match but the monster set is a favorite of mine. We took turns and matched all sorts of spooky imaginary creatures.
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