Notice how back then I cleverly snuck in the kickoff of Becca and Aiden's book study of Lord of the Flies by William Golding as one of the activities!
That post actually has some great creepy ideas. I still have the eyeballs from the Eyeball Toss! And we will do the Mummy Race and Bobbing for Apples.
Here are some additional Spooky Fun thoughts for the upcoming month:
our new spider web tree swing!
Stories
The Witch Who Saved Halloween
by Marian T. Place (fantasy)
one of my favorite books as a kid!
The Trouble with Magic
by Ruth Chew (fantasy)
The Witches
by Roald Dahl (fantasy)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic
by Betty MacDonald (fantasy)
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
by E.L. Konigsburg (realistic fiction)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare (historical fiction)
The Little Witch and the Riddle
by Bruce Degen (I Can Read book)
Old Enough for Magic
by Anola Pickett (I Can Read book)
Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons and Other Creatures That Never Were
edited by Laura Whipple (poetry)
Spiders Spin Webs
by Yvonne Winer (poetry)
Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD)
"Knitted Things" by Karla Kuskin, p.26
Scary Creatures of the Deep
by Jim Pipe (nonfiction)
Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature's Undead
by Rebecca Johnson (nonfiction)
Poison: Deadly Deeds, Perilous Professions, and Murderous Medicines
Games
Ooey-Gooey Sensory Play
- Witch's Brew
I save the little vinegar bottles from Hello Fresh all year for this!
pumpkin guts sensory bin
cooked black spaghetti and pumpkin puree
Ghost Mud
we can just use our scraps from the Soap Sculpture Exploration
for Barbara Hepworth, week 4!
brilliant!!
Pumpkins!
- hammering golf tees into pumpkins
book character pumpkin decorating contest at the Public Library
Pumpkin Portraits
(here are last year's photos)
Academic Work
- Haunted House of Speech - Grammar
Ghostie Numbers - Algebra
Chocolate Fake Blood Recipe - Ratios
Blood Spatter Detectives Lab (FREE at TpT) - Measuring & Graphing
(and here is a good image for the Mystery Blood Spatter)
Right now, it looks like the Plastic Utensils are leaning toward two topics for their Projects of Personal Interest month in October. One group is interested in learning about Alchemy. Another group is interested in doing a Creative Writing block. Both of those lend themselves well to mysterious creepy fun!
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