New activities for October

Here are some of the new seasonal activities for October that are going out on the shelves soon.  Most of them are out this week, but there are a few that will probably go out next week.  I am learning to find a good balance of how much new to put out at once.  I'm not sure I've found it yet, but the children do really like to see new things on the shelves.

Pumpkin transfer activity.  The jack-o-lanterns are votive candle holders I picked up at Hobby Lobby.  I got the mini pumpkins there too. They had gold loops for hanging which I snipped off.  The "tray" is actually a black melamine plate from Target.  I love how the jack-os look on the black plate.  There is a small piece of white shelf liner under the jacks so they don't slide around on the plate.

Spooning pumpkins activity.  I found the little brown tub at our local thrift store.  The white tray is a paint palette.

Rice pouring.  The glasses are Halloween votive candle holders with colored rice in them.  We haven't had much luck recently with our dry pouring activities.  Despite several modifications, the children have been spilling them a lot and my little creamer pitcher broke last week.  So..........we'll see how they do with this one.

This is a math activity.  It is a Cards and Counters variation.  The children lay out the numbered cards in order on a rug and then place the appropriate amount of Halloween pencil toppers beneath the numbers.   I found the little felt "bucket" in the Dollar Spot at Target.  Love it!!

Here is a close-up of the pencil toppers in the felt bag.  There are bats, ghosts and jack-o-lanterns.

This is a clothespin activity.  The child simply takes the clothespins and places them around the rim of the orange bowl.  This is a very good activity for developing finger strength in young children.  I haven't had anything like this out yet, so I am curious about how they will respond.

This is a shape patterning activity.  We haven't had anything like this out yet this year either.  It will help give me an idea of which children understand the concept of patterning and which do not.

This is a magnifying glass activity that I downloaded from Kelly's Kindergarten.  The second photo doesn't show it very well, but there is a laminated page with 12 pictures of animals.  There is a corresponding set of 12 cards.  On each card is a teeny tiny picture of an animal.  You have to use the magnifying glass to identify the animal so you can match it to its correct spot on the larger page.  It is a really cool activity.  I can't wait to see how the children like this.  There are three versions of this activity available for download from Kelly's website.  Plus a LOT more cool stuff if you haven't checked it out yet.

Comments

[Rayshine]

As always you have given me lots of good ideas. Great link for the magnifying activity, thanks :)

I love the way you put thought into the design of your activities, they always look so good!

[RM]

Thanks for that link as well!

[RM]

Thanks for the great ideas, again!!

If you ever do I want a signed copy!! Really, this is the best blog for wonderful ideas, plus knowing how you like to do things like ribbon on the month drawers I can imagine it to be very beautiful. I would love to do that, but I am having enough bother with the blog, lol.

Another question, sorry, do the kids just match the patter cards or do they extend the patter? I love the magnifying glass as well.

Thanks again!!