Category: Fall Theme

Scarecrow Game

11/5/2016

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Turkey Reading and Memory Craft

11/1/2016

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Find a comfortable spot and read I Love to Gobble You Up!

1) Paint the child’s hand and stamp it onto the paper.

2) Clean the child’s hand off.

3) Repeat with 3-4 different colors. These stamps will act as the feathers

4) Paint the child’s foot using the brown paint and stamp it down onto the paper.

5) Allow all of the stamps to dry.

6) Cut out the stamps and glue together to make a turkey.

7) Glue on googly eyes and a beak.

Baby girl enjoyed cuddling up with the book and feeling the soft felt on the pages with her fingers. She even gave us a few coos when reading!

During the memory craft, she seemed to enjoy looking at the different colored bottles of paint and interacting with the educator. A few of our older friends even stopped by to say “Hi” to her during the activity.

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Painting a Pumpkin Patch with Marshmallows

10/27/2016

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During circle time the children were excited about our trip to the pumpkin patch and carving their pumpkins with their family. We decided to extend their curiosity and excitement by making a pumpkin picture. Children love to recreate what they see in real-life.

Our snack arrived and it included marshmallows and pretzels. An idea was born when Sally put her pretzel into the marshmallow and we decided it would make a great pumpkin stamp.

We set aside some of the pretzels and marshmallows and let the children put their stamps together themselves. It is a good idea to have some extra marshmallows and pretzels on hand for children to nibble on, so they don’t eat the ones they are using for their art project.

Each child was given a plate with orange paint and one with green paint. The children could pick which color of paper they wanted to use for their pumpkin project.

Lightly press marshmallow into orange paint and then stamp paper with marshmallow to create pumpkins. Use fingers or end of pretzel stick to add stems and/or vines to the pumpkins.

Use caution with young child as they may try to eat the marshmallow and pretzel with the paint on it.

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Fall Leaves Sensory Bag

10/26/2016

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This little pumpkin is very good-natured about checking out our fall leaves sensory bag. She reached out to touch the plastic and watched in fascination as the contents squished around in the bag.

Caution:
This sensory bag should be provided with supervision. Do not place the bag in a crib, or playpen.
Check the back for tears, or leaks each time before allowing the child to touch the bag.
Don't allow the child to bite the bag.

Create the sensory bag by adding about 2 cups of clear hair gel to the Ziploc bag.
Add a few drops of red and yellow food coloring.
Close the back and mix.
Add in the fabric leaves and glitter.
Tape all side with duct tape to prevent it from coming open.
Find a comfortable spot for learning and introduce the sensory bag.
Talk with the child as they explore, introducing new vocabulary words.

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Turkey Feather Color Match

10/26/2016

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Turkey Tracks

10/26/2016

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This activity can easily be a supplement to Thanksgiving literature that you are reading in your classroom. There are tons of great “Turkey” themed books available on Amazon.

Our little guy was creative, and found different ways to use the pipe cleaner turkey track stamper. He was eager to practice his fine motor skills, grasping the pipe cleaner with his fingers.

A lesson plan is available for this project at www.Lessons4Learners.com.

Wild Turkey Track Worksheet by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Instructions:

Bend the pipe cleaners to look like bird feet
Lay out the turkey feet stamps, paint, and paper in an appropriate area for children to create.
Encourage the child to dip the stamp into the paint and transfer it onto the paper

Recipe Idea

Turkey Tracks
KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES
Making these tasty tracks as a family is a delicious adventure. Just melt, mix, shape, decorate and gobble!

Click HERE for Recipe

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Did You Ever See a Pumpkin?

10/26/2016

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Pumpkin, Pumpkin

10/25/2016

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Pumpkin Hand and Memory Craft

10/25/2016

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It is this little pumpkins debut on our website. She is 10 weeks old, and is being a good sport about having her hand painted orange.

A lesson plan is available for this project at www.Lessons4Learners.com.

Suggested book "Where Is Baby's Pumpkin?" by Karen Katz

Available on Amazon

Instructions:

Find a comfortable place to sit with the child. Read Where Is Baby’s Pumpkin? by Karen Katz with them.
When finished, begin the memory craft by painting the child’s hand. Press it down on the paper to leave a stamp behind. Wash the infant’s hands.
When dry, cut out the handprint and place onto the front of a card. You can add a stem and vines if desired.
On the inside of the card, write “Happy Fall from your little pumpkin!” along with the child’s name and date that you completed the activity.
Send the card home to parents for them to enjoy.

Another option for this project.

Hand print art is an easy way to illustrate how children are constantly growing and changing. You can make several different art projects using little hands.

For this project we used two orange hand prints, and turned them into a pumpkins

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Pinecone Painting with Spice Paints

10/22/2016

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This activity started with a nature walk where we talked about the changing leaves, and fall colors. We looked for pinecones on the ground and found a few to put in our nature basket in the classroom after they dry.

A lesson plan is available for this project at www.Lessons4Learners.com.

Suggested book Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon

Available on Youtube

Instructions:

Place 1 Tbsp of each spice in 3 separate containers
Add 1 Tbsp of flour
Add 4 Tbsp of water
Add 1 Tsp of corn starch
Add 1 Tsp of dish soap
Mix ingredients
Add food coloring (about 20 drops per container. The more food coloring you put the brighter your spice paints will be)

Cinnamon – approximately 20 red drops
Pumpkin Spice – approximately 5 red drops, 15 yellow drops
Ginger – approximately 20 yellow drops

8. Place paints, pinecones and paintbrushes in an appropriate area for painting. Explore the sense of smell with child as they paint.

Aha!

Mrs. Erika left the scented paints sitting out after this project was done and later the same day, our little guy came back and experimented with mixing the paints, and painted on the easel. While he was being observed, it seemed as though he was more engaged in the free open-ended experimentation than he had been in the project that had been organized. In the future, we should try just putting pinecones out near the paint, and letting him select them as a tool or medium.

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