PUMPKIN CARVING AND PUMPKIN COOKIES

THURSDAY 

The children arrived to find a skeleton was occupying  bathroom number 3 and had one of the  pumpkins on his lap while sitting on the toilet.  This created a lot of excitement and laughter in the class.  The children decided we needed to decorate the bathroom for Halloween.  

 We made a giant spider for our haunted bathroom. Friends helped each other cut the spider out and staple the legs on before hanging it from the ceiling.

After creating pumpkin faces yesterday the children had a clearer idea of what  type of face they wanted me to carve on our pumpkin.  We voted, of course, on what types of eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth it should have.  

We also voted on our choice of book.  Today they had to choose between Frankencrayon by Michael Hall and The creepy pair of underwear by Aaron Reynolds.  

 The creepy pair of underwear won with ten votes.  Another landslide victory.  

QUESTIONS

Can you remember whey the creepy underwear were happy, and why they were angry?

What shape eyes, nose and mouth did we carve on our pumpkin?  

Did it look happy, sad, angry or silly?

FRIDAY - COMMUNITY DAY

SURPRISE! We changed the dress up to a doctor's surgery. The doctors were busy examining the body.  Deciding where the organs should go and bandaging broken bones.

Students found one of the sensory tables had been filled with a strange orange substance.  Is it a liquid or a solid?  Push or hit it quickly, and Oobleck acts like a solid.  If you slowly move your hands in the substance, it acts like a liquid.

Green bubbly water, bottles and eye droppers was available in the other sensory table.  Using eye droppers is another way we help children this age build their pincer grip and hand and eye coordination.

At the big art table we made pumpkin cookies.  Measuring out all the ingredients before mixing them together and adding my favorite ingredient, the chocolate chips.  Gluten free, vegan pumpkin cookies with chocolate chips.  Delicious!  

At the end of the day Mr Andrews told us the story of  Abiyoyo .  A folk tale from South Africa.  Abiyoyo is a giant and the story tells of a how a little boy helped get rid of the giant.

A lot of children were excited about Halloween.  Prompting my question:

What is Halloween?

Brooklyn: It’s when you put on costumes.

Kaia: It’s in 3 days. No, tomorrow!

Ren: When you go trick or treating.

Eli: It’s a thing when you put up Halloween decorations and you go trick or treating.

Lucy: When you put on scary costumes.

Livio: It’s a special kind of day when you put on costumes and you go trick or treating.

Charlotte: When you go outside and you eat candy.

Annie: When you put on your costume and go trick or treating with pumpkin buckets.

Jenna: When people put on costumes and they go outside to wear costumes.

Max: When the scary monsters come out.

Ms. Small: Are they real or pretend?

Max: They're pretend.

QUESTIONS

How did the little boy get rid of Abiyoyo?

Can you remember what costumes your classmates will be wearing for Halloween?