Thanksgiving Bulletin Board

Students told me what they were thankful for to make this paper quilt. Then we added the paper bag turkeys with pattern leaves.

Scarecrow Counting Center

There are twenty numbered hats. Students put a hat on the scarecrow and then add that many fabric patches on the scarecrow.

Christmas Tree Counting Center

There are twenty four trees with numbers on the stars. Students choose a tree and count out the correct number of presents to put on the tree.

Domino Counting Pumpkins

Students order the pumpkins from 1 to 16.

Halloween Counting Center

Students match the number of pompoms to the Trick or Treat bag.

Bat More/Less Center

Students spin the spinner from the Dollar Store and count out that many bats on the cave. The second student does the same. Determine who has more bats in the cave and who has less.

Halloween Lowercase to Uppercase Match Center

Students match the ghost with the lowercase letter to the tree with the uppercase letter.

Leaf Initial Sound Center

Lowercase letters are written on half the leaves. Picures are stamped on the other half of the leaves. Students must match the picture to the initial letter.

Popcorn Word Cookie Jar

Students choose a cookie to read and then put it in the cookie jar. The cookie jar is made from Paper Doll Dress Up. The cookies are made from Plantin Schoolbook.

The Scarecrow's Hat

The animals to go along with this story are from Animal Kingdom. I slimmed down the skunk to make the badger. The props are mostly things I found around the classroom. I bought the hat and sunglasses from the doll section of Michaels.

Halloween Rhyming Activities

The top activity comes from a Mailbox game. I used the cricut to cut the orange and purple circles. Students play as a memory game and match a purple picture to an orange picture to make a rhyming match.

In the bottom activity, each bat has a picture on the left wing. The students find the matching word card to put on the right wing.

McDonald's Muffets

After reading "Little Miss Muffet" many times, the children each got a chance to act out the poem. We took photos and then they added their names to the poems.

Batty About School

We worked on bats a lot in October. We read Stellaluna and other nonfiction books about bats. We used the numbered bats to practice number sequencing.

Too Cute Too Spook Bulletin Board

This bulletin board has mosaic pumpkins with the student's photographs. The bats are made from handprints, pompoms, and googly eyes.

Pizza ABC Center

Students get a plain cheese pizza with the lower case letters stamped on them. The pepperonis are stamped with pictures. Students must match the initial sound of the picture to the lowercase letter to fill their pizzas.

Apple Centers

The top center is made from apples using Doodlecharms. I simply cut them each in half and wrote a capital letter on one side and a lower case letter on the other side. The bottom center was made using My Community. I cut the tree (four to a page) in green and then the trunk in brown. I drew apples on the tree, put numbers on the trunks, laminated them and attached velcro dots to the back.

Mrs. McDonald's Dumpties

We read the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. One day we substitued Humpty for each child's name. That child acted out the rhyme while we read it out loud. Then students wrote their name in the rhyme, glued a picture of their head in the egg, and added detail. They came out so cute!

Chicka Chicka Matching Game

The top coconut tree is from Lakeshore. It came with foam letters, but the velcro peeled off and didn't last long. I remade the letters with Mickey Font and laminated them. I laminated them and used velcro on the back. The students can read the story and add or take away the letters to act it out.

The bottom coconut tree was made with Doodlecharms and the fit to page feature. I shadowed it as well. Then I made the lower case letters go around the tree. I wrote uppercase letters on the clothespins. Students reach in to get a clothespin and attach it to the coconut tree on the lowercase letter.

Brown Bear

I made each character from the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin. I used Animal Kingdom for all the animals. I used Paper Dolls for the Teacher. I outlined each animal with marker and then laminated them.

Twinchies

This was our second swap. We decided to do Twinchies after seeing so many cute ones on the web. I asked Nikki to do blues and browns. She asked for turquoise. Our swaps are great because we try to use supplies on hand. We also try things we may not have otherwise done.