The time had come to say goodbye to September and welcome October, the new month. Since the Busy Bees saw the picture of October on our calendar, they got very excited and started talking about Halloween. When the day to begin working about this special holiday came, they were full of spooky ideas, and ready for a lot of fun.
For one more time, books, stories and songs served as inspiration for our activities. We listened to our favorite song “5 Little Pumpkins” and made a very nice craft to help us learn and remember the lyrics. We also brought pumpkin lights and candles, and a Jack o' lantern in class. We loved turning the lights off, lighting up the candles and singing the song!
For one more time, books, stories and songs served as inspiration for our activities. We listened to our favorite song “5 Little Pumpkins” and made a very nice craft to help us learn and remember the lyrics. We also brought pumpkin lights and candles, and a Jack o' lantern in class. We loved turning the lights off, lighting up the candles and singing the song!
But how could we celebrate Halloween without pumpkins? Well… once it was difficult to find pumpkins here, we brought in class squashes to decorate and cook. First, we observed the squashes, and measured their heights and circumferences using non standard measuring tools.
Then, we brainstormed recipes with pumpkins/squashes that we could make in class. After voting, we decided to make pumpkin soup. We all sat around a big table where we placed all the ingredients. We listened to the recipe, measured the ingredients, and made a yummy, creamy, velvety-smooth soup. While the soup was boiling, its aroma permeated the air, and crept into everyone’s noses who came to us wondering what we were cooking.
We served the soup forming a Jack o’ lantern face on it with whipped cream. It looked fantastic! Some of us loved its taste and came back for seconds, some just liked it, while some others didn’t. However, we all enjoyed the process.
After reading the story “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” by Linda Williams, we came up with the idea to decorate our door with a big scarecrow and scare everyone away.
Of course we couldn’t ignore the traditions of the season, so we celebrated Character day at school by dressing up in our costumes. We were all excited to present in class what our costumes were. So we played the game “Knock! Knock! Trick or Treat? Who are you?”
The PK3 students came trick or treating to our classroom. We all sang and played together the story “We Are Going on a Ghost Hunt”. Then it was out time to go Trick-or-Treating to their classroom. They sang a wonderful Halloween song and gave us a candy.
The big surprise was when we watched Mrs. Ipek carving a big pumpkin!
After a big parade all around the school, we went back to our classroom and played the game "Who Took the Candy from the Trick-or-Treat Bag?", a game we love and had played a few days earlier as well.
The day closed with a birthday party for our friend Ege who turned 5. What a wonderful day!!!