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Fun Halloween Games- Candy Corn Color Match

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We used the game mat from the Candy Corn Ring Toss to play Candy Corn Color Match. It is a lot like the game Pin the Tail on the Donkey. After looking over the Candy Corn Game to decide where each color area started and ended, we started. My son picked a square piece of color that matched the area he was going to try to match. Then I handed him Continue Reading

Backyard Carnival Games- Falling Leaves Cups

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Backyard Carnival Games- Falling Leaves Cups

There is just something about stacking cups up and knocking them. I think that is why it is one of those games that you find at festivals and parties.  I recently created a cup stacking game for my son and his friends to play in our backyard. It is called "Falling Leaves". Why did I call the game "Falling Leaves"? Well, I designed a set of Continue Reading

Halloween Games- Spider Web Frisbee Toss

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Halloween Games- Spider Web Frisbee Toss

Today I am going to share with you the second of four backyard fall festival  or Halloween games. Yesterday I shared with you a game that had a candy corn theme. Today’s game features spiders on a web. You start to put together this game by cutting holes into the side of large appliance box. Our box received three circular cut out. Feel free to Continue Reading

Five Little Pumpkins Lego Idea and Songs

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My son loved and still loves the Five Little Pumpkins. We read the book so often when he was little that we both memorized all of the words. Recently I was working with some of my students on a writing assignment using lines from the Five Little Pumpkins. I supplied the subject Five Little Pumpkins. They had to come up with a predicate for each Continue Reading

Halloween Games- Candy Corn Ring Toss

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We recently set up a backyard mini carnival in our backyard. It featured fun games that were similar to the ones we have played at my son’s school fairs and Halloween party games. They each featured a theme or symbol that represents fall. Today I am going to share the first of the three games we played. We called it Candy Corn Ring Toss. How to Continue Reading

Addition Worksheets- Roll and Cover Indian Corn

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Addition Worksheets- Roll and Cover Indian Corn : This is a fun way to review number facts.

Roll and cover addition worksheets are a great way to work on number facts.  Some sums can only made with specific numbers on dice. While there are some sums that can be made with several different number combinations.  These Roll and Cover Indian Corn will have your children thinking about addition facts in a big way. We used colorful buttons to Continue Reading

Fall Art Projects- Corn and Pumpkin Weaving

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  When people think about paper weaving, they think about children making plate mats for Thanksgiving. I think that paper weaving is a great fine motor craft activity for children to do all year long. These fall art projects feature themes that could be associated with Thanksgiving. They could also be done right now. Both of the fall Continue Reading

Star Wars Craft- Chewbacca Puppet

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  After making an owl puppet last week that featured fork painting, we decided to create another.  We used the same brown paper bag and brown paint to create a Star Wars craft. This time we pained vertical strokes to make Chewbacca’s fur. While the paint was drying, Chewbacca’s sash was created with black and white construction Continue Reading

Fall Crafts with Owls for Kids

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Fall Crafts with Owls for Kids

Who doesn’t like making fall crafts with owls! While we may have owls around our areas all year long , fall is the time of year we wait to do units and activities that focus on owls. I have previously shared two owl crafts. The first one featured an owl made of leaves. Second owl craft has an owl with cupcake liner eyes. Along sharing my fall Continue Reading

Owl Hand Puppets

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Owl Hand Puppet- Fun craft that would be great for retelling a book or poem with an owl theme.

  Every fall we try to do an owl craft at my house.  Owls just seem like a symbol of fall to me. In the past we have made a torn paper owl with cupcake liner eyes and one out of leaves. They both featured craft elements that made the owls look like they had textured feathers. This year's craft will allow kids to make hand puppets that have Continue Reading

Creative Writing Prompts- Fall Poem Printables

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I have been teaching children how to write three word poems for a long time. The poems are super short and such fun to write. They have only three sentences. Each of the three sentences contains a theme word supplied by a teacher, adult or another child. Let me walk you through how children create the poems.  I also want to share with your some Continue Reading

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