Happy Halloween!

The Junebug Weekly

October 25th and 27th

Happy Halloween!

The Creative Corner

Costumes, Treats, and Fun!

Tuesday-October 25th

Little Ghost Feet

Junebugs will turn their sweet littl efeet into sweet little ghosts with white paint and a few steps on some black paper.

Mummified!

Junebugs will love getting hands on and turning little stuffed animals into spooky mummies for Halloween.


Super Spooky Sensory Time
Junebugs will take turns playing with ghost slime (jello), spider webs (silly string) and eyeballs (beans).

Thursday-October 27th

Haunted House

Junebugs will make their very own haunted house using graham crackers, frosting and Halloween treats!  


What Can Be Seen At Halloween?
Junebugs will review all the things we have learned about this month from spiders to bats and then make their very own Halloween scene.


Super Spooky Sensory Time
  Junebugs will take turns playing with ghost slime (jello), spider webs (silly string) and eyeballs (beans).
  

Circle Time Routine

Educational. Social. Playful.

Greeting

Find and sit on your circle time mat.  Greet your friends with the song 'Hello Neighbor!'.  Read Fly High Little Bird.

Morning Stretch

"Point to your nose, reach down to your toes, wiggle your hips, and bend your elbows.  Reach up high to the sky,  reach down low to the floor, stretch to the window, and stretch to the door.  Whisper 'shhhhh' and sit quietly on the floor."

Morning Work

Calendar

Sing the "Seven Days In A Week".  Discuss today's theme and activities.

Weather

Observe the weather through the window and discuss proper clothing using flashcards.

Numbers

Count to 10 on your fingers.  Sing along with 'Ten Little Numbers'.

Letters

Sing the 'ABCs' with instruments.  Rap the 'ABC's' with Elmo.  Listen to 'Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom'.  Color the letter of the day (H is for Halloween!) and glue it into your notebook.

Morning Stories

Five Little Pumpkins

Five Little Ghosts
We're Going on a Halloween Hunt

Morning Songs

Disney Monster Mash

The Skeleton Dance
Knock, Knock Trick or Treat!

We've had such a fun month of learning and we can't wait to wrap it up with a week of Halloween fun!


Trick or treat!

Lindsay and Lindsay

We're Going Batty!

The Junebug Weekly

October 18th and 20th

We're Going Batty!

The Creative Corner

Nocturnal, Echolocation, Bats

Tuesday-October 18th

Hand Print Bats

After learning about nocturnal animals and some bat facts, Junebugs will use their little hands to make their very own bat paintings.

Sensory Shaving Cream Play

Junebugs will love getting hands on and messy as they enjoy the sensory shaving foam table, complete with nocturnal animals to play with.


Night and Day
Junebugs will learn all about opposites as they focus on the differences between night and day.  They will use their motor skills to cut and glue pictures to make a book of night and day.

Thursday-October 20th

Pumpkin Bats

Junebugs will get a lesson in disguise as they turn mini pumpkins into adorable bats!  


To The Bat Cave!
Junebugs will become cave explorers for the day! We will engage in dramatic play and enter a cave (tents and tunnels) in search of bats.


Bat Food
  After a mini lesson on the diet of a bat, Junebugs will enjoy fruit kebabs made from some of bats' favorite types of fruits!
  

Circle Time Routine

Educational. Social. Playful.

Greeting

Find and sit on your circle time mat.  Greet your friends with the song 'Hello Neighbor!'.  Read Fly High Little Bird.

Morning Stretch

"Point to your nose, reach down to your toes, wiggle your hips, and bend your elbows.  Reach up high to the sky,  reach down low to the floor, stretch to the window, and stretch to the door.  Whisper 'shhhhh' and sit quietly on the floor."

Morning Work

Calendar

Sing the "Seven Days In A Week".  Discuss today's theme and activities.

Weather

Observe the weather through the window and discuss proper clothing using flashcards.

Numbers

Count to 10 on your fingers.  Sing along with 'Ten Little Numbers'.

Letters

Sing the 'ABCs' with instruments.  Rap the 'ABC's' with Elmo.  Listen to 'Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom'.  Color the letter of the day (B is for bat) and glue it into your notebook.

Morning Stories

Stellaluna by Jannell Cannon

Bat Book from Enchanted Learning

Morning Songs
Bats Are Sleeping
(tune:  Frere Jacques)
Bats are sleeping.
Bats are sleeping.
Upside down.
Upside down.
Sleeping in the morning sun.
Waiting for the night to come.
Then they'll fly around.
Then they'll fly around.

We're fascinated by bats and we can't wait to share these lessons with your children!


Your teachers,

Lindsay and Lindsay

Some Very Busy Spiders

The Junebug Weekly

October 11th and 13th

Very Busy Spiders!

The Creative Corner

Creepy, Crawly, Spiders

Tuesday-October 11th

Sparkly Spiders

After learning about the parts of a spider (head, abdomen and 8 legs), Junebugs will use paper plates, paint, glitter and pipe cleaners to design unique spider decorations just in time for Halloween.

8 is Enough

Junebugs will practice counting to the number 8 by counting spider legs (pipe cleaners, black licorice, and pretzel sticks).

Thursday-October 13th

Spaghetti Spider Webs

Junebugs will love spinning spider webs out of cold spaghetti noodles!


Wacky Webs
Junebugs will cover marbles in paint and roll them all over a piece of construction paper.  They will be delighted to watch as the marbles leave paint trails that look just like a spider's webs.
  

Circle Time Routine

Educational. Social. Playful.

Greeting

Find and sit on your circle time mat.  Greet your friends with the song 'Hello Neighbor!'.  Read Fly High Little Bird.

Morning Stretch

"Point to your nose, reach down to your toes, wiggle your hips, and bend your elbows.  Reach up high to the sky,  reach down low to the floor, stretch to the window, and stretch to the door.  Whisper 'shhhhh' and sit quietly on the floor."

Morning Work

Calendar

Sing the "Seven Days In A Week".  Discuss today's theme and activities.

Weather

Observe the weather through the window and discuss proper clothing using flashcards.

Numbers

Count to 10 on your fingers.  Sing along with 'Ten Little Numbers'.

Letters

Sing the 'ABCs' with instruments.  Rap the 'ABC's' with Elmo.  Listen to 'Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom'.  Color the letter of the day (S is for spider) and glue it into your notebook.

Morning Stories

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Spider Book from Enchanted Learning

Morning Songs
The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Who's afraid of spiders?  Not us!


Your super spidey sense teachers,
Lindsay and Lindsay