On this blog, I will share my ideas for an at-home preschool that I do with my children, ideas for surviving motherhood, library story time ideas, ideas for my various LDS callings, Family Home Evening ideas, and whatever other random ideas that I have. I borrow ideas from the world of great minds and will try to give credit as much as possible. Thanks for dropping by!

Friday, July 18, 2014

October

October's theme is: Autumn and Halloween

I love this time of year! With the dressing up, imagination, creativity, and treats, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Last year, I was a princess, complete with a dragon, a knight in shining armor, and a jester. Dad was a wizard. We have so much fun! So imagine how excited I've been to do my lesson plans for this month!
First, here's the book list:

Books about Autumn/leaves

Leaf Man--Lois Ehlert
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf--Lois Ehlert
Autumn is Here!--Heidi Pross Gray
It's Fall--Linda Glaser
Leaf Jumpers--Carol Gerber
We're Going on a Leaf Hunt--Steve Metzger
Awesome Autumn--Bruce Goldstone
Mouse's First Fall--Lauren Thompson
Leaves--David Ezra Stein
Tap the Magic Tree--Christie Matheson
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves--Lucille Colandro

List is from:  http://www.pre-kpages.com/best-books-about-fall/
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/08/books-for-fall-with-crafts.html

Books about Scarecrows


Scarecrows—Lola M. Schaefer
The Scarecrow’s Hat—Ken Brown
The Little Scarecrow Boy—Margaret Wise Brown
Scarecrow—Cynthia Rylant
The Scarecrow’s Dance—Jane Yolen


Books about Halloween

Tell Me a Scary Story...But Not Too Scary--Carl Reiner
Go Away Big Green Monster--Ed Emberley
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat--Lucille Colandro
Skeleton Hiccups--Margery Cuyler
Where is Baby's Pumpkin--Karen Katz
Mouse's Halloween Party--Jeanne Modesitt
Vunce Upon a Time--J. Otto Siebold & Siobhan Vivian
Dem Bones--Bob Barner
In the Haunted House--Eve Bunting
Wobble, the Witch Cat--Mary Calhoun
Inside a House that is Haunted--Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Peek-a-Boooo!--Marie Torres Cimarusti
Maisy's Halloween--Lucy Cousins
Pumpkin Eye--Denise Fleming
Ghosts in the House--Kazuno Kohara
AlphaOops: H is for Halloween--Althea Kontis
The Costume Copycat--Maryann MacDonald
The Perfectly Horrible Halloween--Nancy Poydar
Halloween Day--Anne Rockwell
Moonlight: The Halloween Cat--Cynthia Rylant
10 Trick-or-treaters--Janet Schulman
Big Pumpkin--Erica Silverman
Mouse's First Halloween--Lauren Thompson
The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything--Linda D. Williams
Beneath the Ghost Moon--Jane Yolen
Spookley the Square Pumpkin--Jim Troiano
Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden
The Runaway Pumpkin--Kevin Lewis
From Seed to Pumpkin--Wendy Pfeffer
It's Pumpkin Time--Zoe Hall
Pumpkin, Pumpkin--Jeanne Titherington
Pumpkin Soup--Helen Cooper
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie--Jill Esbaum
Too Many Pumpkins--Linda White
The Very Best Pumpkin--Mark Kimball Moulton
Over in the Hollow--Rebecca Dickinson

Some great book lists:
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/books-about-halloween
http://simplykierste.com/2010/09/halloween-book-countdown.html
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2012/09/halloween-books-for-kids.html
http://www.pre-kpages.com/pumpkin-patch-dramatic-play/

Concepts to Learn:

 Gentlemen Training:

  • Times to be quiet: Inside/Outside Voice, Sitting still
  • Being gentle/kind to babies and animals
  • Patience/Waiting
  • What to do when you're scared
  • Taking your turn to talk

Literacy:

  • Letters E, F, G, H, and I
  • Sequencing: Putting events in order
  • Write a spooky story

Math:

  • Counting 1-20
  • Sorting
  • Measuring: Longest/shortest, biggest/smallest, lightest/heaviest
  • Basic adding with fingers

Art:

  • Colors: primary colors and making new colors by mixing colors
  • Shapes
  • Tracing

Science/Social Science:

  • Leaves/Trees
  • Leaves
  • Weather: wind and clouds

Music:

  • Rhymes and songs
  • Clapping a beat

 

Field Trip Ideas:

  • Go for a nature walk around the neighborhood
  • Pumpkin patch
  • Corn maze
  • Go for a drive in the mountains to see the changing leaves

Websites/Resources:

Seasons:
Autumn/Leaves:
Halloween:

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