Miss Mari's Preschool
An Adventure Every Day!
Halloween
Books
Activities
Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberly
The Little Old Lady who was not Afraid of Anything by Linda D. Williams
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
The Spooky Wheels on the Bus by J. Elizabeth Mills
Pinkalicious: Pink or Treat! by Victoria Kann
Trick or Treating around the school
One of my favorite things we do on Halloween is trick or treating around the school. I ask a few teachers if it would be all right for us to come to their classroom and I give them a little ziploc bag full of candy. Then we knock on the door, yell "trick or treat!," get our candy, and usually parade through the classroom so they can see all of our cute costumes. I usually only go to three or four classes, but it is so much fun and the kids love it!
Candy Walk
I make large numbers (1-10) and contact paper them on the floor in a circle. Then I play music and the children walk around the circle. When the music stops, they stop on a number. The teacher pulls a number out of the bag and calls it out. The person on that number wins a piece of candy.
Halloween Bingo
I found these cute Halloween graphics and decided to make my own, preschool friendly, Bingo boards. The pictures are big, bright, and kid-friendly. There is also no Free Space, which I have found confuses my kids. These are available at my TPT store here.
Jack Skeleton
Swat a Monster
Give each student a set of monsters. They take turns rolling the dice and swatting the monster that matches the letter on the dice. When they swat the monster, they turn it over. They object of the game is to turn all of your monsters over.
Monster Eyes Count
Go Away Big Green Monster
Pumpkin Laterns
I found this idea on Pinterest. I loved that it required the students to cut and use their fine motor skills. You can see directions and pictures here.
Shape Monster
Feed the Monster
Feed the monster works for a lot of different concepts: letters, numbers, shapes, colors, etc. Sit the students in a circle and teach them this chant:
Letter Monster, Letter Monster
Munch, munch, munch.
What letter do you want for lunch?
Then say a letter and have the students take turns feeding the letters to the monster using the tweezers. I made my Letter Monster out of a baby formula can.