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Pumpkin Patch Fun

10/25/2014

We went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch today. There were lots of great learning opportunities for the children to experience. They got to feed goats ... find their way out of corn maze ... play in a hay fort ... and see so many different kind of pumpkins and fall gourds.

Fall is always my favorite time of year ... there so many fun outdoor activities that can be done with young children!! Please leave a comment and let me now where your favorite place is to take your little ones.

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Colored Popcorn Seeds

10/23/2014

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Colored Popcorn Seeds For Preschool and Kindergarten

I made colored popcorn seeds for our fall corn and scarecrow theme. I was really pleased with how easy they were to make and how well they turned out. I used regular popcorn seeds that are sold in jars or bags (not the boxed microwave kind).

I put a little over a half a cup of seeds in a zip lock bag and then added ten drops of food color to start with. I closed the bag up an gently moved the seeds around in the bag so the food color dispersed and coated the popcorn seeds. I add a few more drops of food color in the bag if I was not happy with the color and continued to move the seeds around in the bag.

After the seeds had been coated (they will look a little blotchy at first) I let them sit for about ten minutes and then moved the seeds around in the bag again to make sure they were all coated. I let them sit about an hour longer and the poured the seeds onto paper towels to let them dry.

I will have a sensory tub filled with the colored popcorn seeds as well as discovery bottles. We are also using the seeds for a project which will be in my next video.

You can see a video of this project by clicking below:

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Ghost Roll and Remove

10/17/2014

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Ghost Roll and Remove Preschool and Kindergarten Math Activity

I made a ghost roll and remove activity for our math center. I printed the pattern on cardstock paper and cut out the ghost and glued it on to a black piece of cardstock paper. I put twenty purple pom poms (with self-adhesive magnets in on the back) on the ghost mat. Children rolled the dice and removed the same number of pom poms from the ghost mat. They continued until all pom poms had been removed. They also did this activity in reverse an rolled the dice and put the same number of pom poms on the ghost until all of the pom poms were placed on the ghost.

You can see a video of this activity by clicking below:

Ghost Roll and Remove Preschool and Kindergarten Math Acivity

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Target Find - October 4th

10/4/2014

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I found this cute halloween tic tac toe game at Target tonight. It's made out of stiff felt and for you crafters out there it would probably be pretty easy to make.

It's a really nice size so the game pieces are perfect for young children. The game sells for $5 and was found in the halloween decoration part of the store.

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Pumpkin Seed Counting Book

10/3/2014

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We made pumpkin seed counting books in our math center. The patterns come in both black and white as well as color. I printed the patterns on regular paper and assembled the books but you could also let the children cut the pages in half and put the book together.

The children glued the correct number of pumpkins seeds on each of the book pagers. This was also a great activity for fine motor development.

You can see a video of this activity by clicking below: