Halloween Week was a blast here at preschool! We talked about all things spooky and ANYTHING that we could think of that began with our letter of the week, Hh! Of all the things that start with Hh though, Halloween might just be everyone's favorite. Here is a collage of all things Letter Hh. Let your child HELP you learn more about it!
Here is another FAVORITE thing at preschool that starts with Hh...
Speaking of Halle, she was one of our Halloween Puppet Theater Greats (a.k.a. one of the few who REALLY got into the performance)! We set up the puppet show outside on Tuesday. Some of those kids could have kept up the performing ALL day! Mostly the stick puppets were found hitting each other and giggling hysterically. We might need to work on that a bit!
We had a great Halloween "party" on Thursday! I put "party" in quotes because I have simplified it so much over the years, that really, it's just a regular preschool day with a few spooky touches! Believe it or not, this is JUST the way the kids prefer it. We keep the same routine and it is all extra special because we are in our costumes and our centers and activities are all Halloween based. Just simple and special. Low on bells and whistles but HIGH on fun and excitement!
For this age group, my main goal of the day is to help the kids overcome their "Halloween" fears and anxieties. Some kids are terrified of masks (even if they can see the person who is underneath) and some kids are afraid of speaking up when it is time to trick-or-treat! It makes sense to talk about these issues at school and try to help these preschoolers become more confident on the this spooky day.
One of our centers is to practice trick-or-treating. Each child takes a turn to go behind a door (and pretend it is their house) with the bag of candy they brought to school. All the other kids line up and take turns knocking on the door and saying, "Trick-or Treat!" It is amazing how hard it is for some kids to be able to do this. After all, we have taught our children to never speak to strangers, let alone ask them for candy! It helps a great deal to practice these skills before heading out on the big night.
We practice saying "Thank You" as well as each child receives their piece of candy. I think it is important for preschoolers to learn good trick-or-treating manners. Included in this discussion, we also talked about how important it is to never tell a person that we don't like a particular candy, we should just simply be happy for whatever our neighbors put into our bags. I talked to them about how they need to go home and go through the candy with their mom and dad. If they see a kind of candy they don't particularly like, they should give it to someone in their family who does like it. Most everyone agreed that this was a good idea!
Hopefully our discussion at school will help everyone have a happy and safe trick-or-treating experience! That is the goal anyway! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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