Tot School – Halloween Week!

- Adam is 35 months old -

Last week was our Halloween/Pumpkin theme week and it was fun. I especially liked the art projects we did. Again, I got lots of ideas from the Fall Fun webpage from 1+1+1=1.

We sang songs including “Ring Around the Pumpkin” and read lots of Halloween books from the library.

I found some great pumpkin math activities from a fellow Tot School Mom’s blog, Life With My Giggly Girls. And I just realized I don’t even know her name even though we comment on each other’s posts almost every week!
Thanks Kayleigh’s Mom! :)

Pumpkin Size Sorting

Candy Corn Patterns
Patterns are hard for Adam. Something to work on in the future!

Candy Corn Patterns

Of course the candy was a hit….kind of hard to keep him focused on counting or sorting, but oh well!
Counting candy into his pumpkin

I made this Jack-O-Lantern Math Mat. The eyes and nose are glued on (and the whole thing is laminated) and then the black squares are loose so Adam placed as many squares as the number at the top in order to make the mouth. He lasted all of 2 minutes doing this.

Pumpkin Patterns….can’t remember where I got this

Glow in the dark Halloween stickers from the Target dollar section

Halloween coloring book for .97 at Wal-MartNotice how the plastic pumpkin is never far away….I’m not sure when I’ll be able to discreetly get rid of it!


We did two art projects this week. The first was making ghosts with hand and foot prints. I think they turned out so cute!

The second project was making a Jack-0-Lantern out of a paper plate

Of course we also carved pumpkins as a family
And for lunch one day we made Jack-O-Lantern pizzas

And throw in some ABC matching using Leap Frog magnet letters and a printable from Confessions of a Homeschooler for good measure
It was a fun week!
Here’s my little Buzz Lightyear!