Are vowels tricky for your students to learn? If so, you'll want to check out these spooky letter mazes! The alphabet is not always easy for kids to learn, especially when it comes to learning what vowels are and their sounds. I'm excited to share this 8-page printable activity pack to help with teaching children the 5 vowels. This pack comprises of two pages of reading and writing practice, three maze designs to encourage vowel recognition and three blank templates for parents, teachers, … [Read more...]
Tricky Letter Activities for Halloween
Learning the alphabet can be easy for some kids, but more challenging for others. The English alphabet comprises forty different shapes and that’s a lot for kids to learn! Some letters have multiple sounds, are harder to recognize or learn to write and need more time on it. Most kids can recognize O, B, X, and A, but when it comes to lowercase letters b and d, it’s more challenging. Today I'm sharing a resource for teaching tricky letters. It's also a fun activity for Halloween! This … [Read more...]
Homemade Halloween Treat Holders
Halloween is so soon! I've been sharing quite a few ideas for this holiday, but I just had to share one more! These homemade Halloween treat holders turned out so cute and they would be great for a fall party or just a fun craft at home! I'm going to share four treat holder ideas. They all look different, but they all use two of the same materials: paper plates and string. All of these were made by taking a paper plate and cutting them in half. Then I stapled the ends of the string to the … [Read more...]
Monster Eyes
Halloween is around the corner! Here's a fun monster activity that is not spooky, but rather great for math and sensory play! This monster eyes activity came to me while driving one day. In fact, many of my ideas come to me when I'm chauffeuring my kids around. :) This activity turned out so cute and I'm excited to share it with you! Materials for Monster Eyes: Monster Eyes printable gallon-sized Ziploc bag clear soap (about 1/4 cup) tape googly eyes To set up this … [Read more...]
Halloween Alphabet Puzzle
Halloween is around the corner and I have a fun activity to share with you! This Halloween alphabet puzzle is a great way to work on learning the alphabet order. Plus it's fun to do for Halloween! Alphabetizing is an essential skill that will help students in many day-to-day tasks both at home and at school. There are so many jobs and tasks in school that rely on the person's ability to alphabetize. That is why we practice it at an early age! And doing it in a fun way is a great … [Read more...]
Halloween Sensory Bottle
I have a fun Halloween sensory bottle to share with you today! This glow-in-the-dark bottle was a huge with my toddler and a fun decoration for Halloween! I was inspired to make this bottle after finding some glow-in-the-dark decorative fillers at Michaels. I used it with our writing tray, but it also makes a great filler for a sensory bottle! If you're new to sensory bottles, you may be wondering why I would make this. A sensory bottle is a tool for a child to engage the senses. In … [Read more...]
Halloween Themed Writing Tray
A few weeks ago I picked up some glow-in-the-dark decorative fillers because I thought it would be the perfect material for a Halloween writing tray. Today I'm excited to share with you how it turned out and free alphabet cards for you to use to make your own! This writing tray is great for preschoolers to work on beginning writing skills. In fact, I suggest doing this activity before using a paper and pencil for teaching writing. Your child can still practice forming letters and won't … [Read more...]
Halloween Sensory Bin
One of my favorite activities to put together for my kids is creating sensory bins for them to play with. This month, we created a Halloween sensory bin. My boys are loving it and play with it all the time! Here's what we used in our bin: large clear plastic bin dry black and white beans small Halloween-themed erasers (Target dollar section) glow-in-the-dark snakes and stretchy worms (Dollar Tree) Halloween vase with LED candle (Dollar Tree) balloon pumpkins (tutorial … [Read more...]
Silly Monsters Coloring Book {Free Printable}
My kiddos love silly monsters! We also love making Halloween a fun time of the year, with silly (not scary!) monsters. Today I'm sharing with you a cute little booklet with monsters to color! There are 11 adorable monsters to color in this book. My boys and I think these monsters are so cute! To download your free coloring book click HERE. Tips for the Printable: Make sure you have the latest version of Adobe to download the PDF. This printable only needs 3 sheets of paper (when … [Read more...]
10 Halloween Children’s Books
My boys and I visit the library once a week. They absolutely LOVE spending time there. We spend lots of time reading at home and I love that they enjoy reading books. Since Halloween is coming up at the end of this week, I thought I would share some of our favorite Halloween books! This post contains affiliate links. Do Not Build a Frankenstein! by Neil Numberman I love this book and so do my kids...we've read it at least twenty times since getting it from the library last … [Read more...]