Halloween

Final Unit Theme

Presentation
By Katy DeBroux

Table of Contents

Transition Activity
A fun way to transition to line up is to tape bigfoot footprints on the floor near
the door. Then sing this song:

(Tune: If Youre Happy And You Know It)

Its time for us to line up at the door.
Its time for us to line up at the door.
So stop what you are doing,
find the footprints on the floor
and line up at the door, at the door.
The footprints were made by printing footprints
and
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laminating

Fingerplay #1
Little Spider
See the little spider
climbing up the wall (crawl finger up arm)
See the little spider
stumble and fall (crawl fingers down arm)
See the little spider
tumble down the street (crawl finger down leg)
See the little spider
Stop down at your feet
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Fingerplay #2
Whisper
Listen, listen. (Hand behind ear)
Goblins are there. (Point to the door)
Hear them tiptoe to your chair?
Dont speak a word. (Finger to lips)
Dont go ah-choo! (Finger under nose)
Dont move about. (Sit very still with arms close to sides)
Or theyll get YOU!!! (Shout you and jump up with arms
extended).
(Say this fingerplay in a quiet spooky voice
and then end with a shout).
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Fingerplay #3
Five Little Bats
Five little bats flew out one night (hold up five fingers)
To have some fun in the bright moonlight (move your hand in a circle)
The first one said, You cant catch me! (Move your thumb away to the side)
The second one said, Look out for the tree! (Shake your first finger)
The third one said, I love to swoop! (Make middle finger do a dive)
The fourth one did a loop-the-loop. (Move ring finger in a circle)
The fifth one said, Lets catch some gnats. (Wiggle your little finger)
Isnt it fun being five little bats? (Wiggle all five fingers)

Fingerplay #4
One Little Ghost
One little ghost flew down the street.
(Wave hands through the air)
I wonder he said, What I will meet
(Finger to temple thinking)
One hairy spider,
(Hold up one finger then move hand like a spider)
Two black cats,
(Hold up two fingers then put fingers on top of head like ears)
Three wild witches with pointy hats
(Hold up three fingers then place finger tips of hands together to form a hat)
Four old owls in a hallow tree.
(Hold up four fingers then form an oval
with hands for eyes to look through)
And five brother bats to fly with me!
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(Hold up five fingers
then place thumbs together and flap hands to make bat wings)

Fingerplay #5
Five Little Pumpkins

kins sitting on a gate. (wiggle five fingers)

d, Oh my its getting late! (palms on chee
said, There are witches in the air. (point
id, But we dont care. (move index finger
aid, Lets run and run and run. (jog in pla
d, Im ready for some fun. (make fists and
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Book #1
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Author: Jeanne Titherington
ISBN: 0-688-05696-2
Jamie plants a pumpkin in the spring and after
watching it grow all summer, he carves it. But
the best thing about the pumpkin are the
seeds he saves to plant the next spring.
Biography:
Jeanne Titherington was raised in Maine and
still spends summers there. She currently
lives in Houston, Texas with her son and
daughter. Titherington never intended on
writing books, but wanted to be an artist. She
majored in painting and didnt become an
illustrator until later on. She was then
encouraged to write and illustrate.
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Book # 1
Alternative Storytelling
Another way to tell the Pumpkin, Pumpkin story is by
Showing it digitally..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=l1gs4yFfRyQ

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Book #1
Intro 1:

Children will be asked to join me at a table to explore the inside of

a pumpkin. After briefly looking at the inside, we will move to the
reading area for the story.
Conclusion 1: After finishing the book, the children will be allowed to go back to
the table and further investigate the pumpkin. We will pick
out seeds for an art project.
Intro 2:
Children will meet at the reading area to discuss what they know
how a pumpkin grows and if anyone has ever planted a pumpkin
seed.
They will be told they will get the opportunity to plant their
own pumpkin seed after a story.
Conclusion 2:
After the story the children will be invited to a table to plant
their own pumpkin seed.
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Book # 2
Room on the Broom
Author: Julia Donaldson ,Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
ISBN: 978-0333903384
The witch and her cat fly on a broomstick when wind
blows away her hat, bow and wand. Friendly animals
help her retrieve the items in exchange for a ride on
her broom. When disaster strikes, the witch is saved
from a dragon by her animal friends and in turn she
provides a bigger broom for them all to ride.
Biography:
Julia Donaldson grew up in London. She studied a
Drama and French. She work in publishing as a
teacher while writing and performing songs for street
theater with her husband Malcom. One of the songs
she wrote turned into a book and she has written
more than 100 books since then.
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Book #2
Intro1:
Children will be asked what costume they will be wearing for the
Halloween Party. We will talk about all the different costumes we
might
see. I will ask the children if they think witches are good or
bad. I will then
introduce the story about a kind witch.
Conclusion: After the story we will transition with riding on our pretend
broomsticks to the next activity.
Intro 2:
I will put on my witches hat and witches fingers and ask the
children to join me for a story. I will have a broom at my side.
Conclusion: After the story we will take turns riding on my witches broom
around the room.

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Alternative Storytelling
Book #2
Another way to tell the story, Room on the Broom is by showing
it digitally.

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Book # 3
Wheres My Mummy?
Author: Carolyn Crimi Illustrator: John Manders
ISBN: 978-7636-43378
Little Baby Mummy wants one more game of hide-andshriek with Big Mama Mummy before bed. The night is
dark and full of friendly creatures that frighten baby
mummy. Big Mama Mummy comforts baby.
Carolyn Crimi is an author to numerous childrens books.
She was born and raised in Long Island, New York. She
currently lives in Evanston, Illinois with her husband Al
Segreti and dog Emerson.

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Book # 3
Intro 1:

Children will be introduced to my friend baby mummy

that I made with a popsicle stick and tissue paper. I will
let them know that after the story, we will be making our
own baby mummies.

Conclusion: We will transition to the art table by walking like mummies.

Intro 2:

Children will be shown how we can turn each other into mummies
using toilet paper. One child will be my volunteer. I will wrap up
one child and then begin the story.
Conclusion: Children will be given the chance to wrap each other up like
mummies before we transition to a music activity (the Monster

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Mash).

Book # 4
Go Away Big Green Monster!
Author: Ed Emberley
ISBN: 9780316236539
Children learn to chase away their night-time fears
when reading this book. As children turn the pages
they watch the monster grow with die pages.
Then they can chase him away while turning the
remaining pages and watching him disappear.
Ed Emberley studied painting and illustration at the
Massachusetts School of Art in Boston. Ed lives in
Ipswich, Massachusetts with his wife. He has two
grown children.

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Book # 4
Intro 1:

Children will be introduced to the story by using my monster

puppet. Roarrrrrrr! Are you afraid of monsters? While
dialog with the children, I will invite them to join me
for the story.

continuing

Intro 2:
Prior to reading, I would select a few students to help me tell
the story. Some children will help with the beginning and some
with the end.
Some children will be given parts of the monster's
face. For example, two yellow
eyes, sharp white teeth, scraggly
hair, etc. As I read the beginning of the story,
the children
holding the parts that I read about, will come up and place
them
on the monster's face. When the end of the story is being read,
the other students will help remove the face parts from the
monster.
Conclusion:
After the story we will discuss how the children feel about
monsters. If they have ever seen a real monster and the
difference
between real and pretend. I would then have the
children say goodbye to
the Big Green Monster puppet and put
him away.

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Book # 4
Materials
My Big Green Monster puppet and his face were made felt and Velcro strips.

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Alternative Storytelling
Book #4
Another way to tell the story, Go Away Big Green Monster is by
showingit digitally.

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Art Activity #1
Pumpkin Patch Collage

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Art Activity #1
Materials
Black and green construction paper
White colored pencil
Elmers glue

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Art Activity #1
Directions
1. Children will be given a sheet of black construction paper.
2. Children will draw 4-5 circles on their paper white
pencil or chalk.
3. Children will be given a glue bottle and taught how to bead a drop
of glue (not too little, not too much.
5. Children will place ripped orange pieces onto
glue drops.
6. Children will be given one long piece of green construction paper
to rip into as many pieces as they have pumpkins.
7. Children will place ripped stems onto pumpkins.

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Art Activity #2
Mummy

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Art Activity #2
Materials

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Art Activity #2
Directions
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Children are given one large craft stick.

Children are given a large white tissue paper strip.
Children are given Elmers glue.
Children are taught how to wrap tissue paper around
craft stick.
Children are taught to make a small drop of glue at the
end of the tissue paper strip to secure onto stick.
Children are taught to place two small dabs of glue onto
craft stick for eyes.
Children will place googlie eyes onto glue drops.
Children draw a mouth under eyes with red marker.

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Art Activity #3
Scary Play-dough Monsters

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Art Activity #3
Materials

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Activity #3
Directions
1. Children are given colored play-dough.
2. They are taught to make a flattened glob of playdough.
3. Children are then taught how they can place eyes,
straws, etc. into the play-dough to create their own
monsters. This is an open ended activity.

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Music Activity
Pass the Witchs Broomstick
Materials:
A child sized broom
A recording of Pass The Witchs
Broomstick, by Wade Denning & Kay
Lande available ata
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Pass+The
+Witch+s+Broomstick/2vjkie?src=5

Halloween:
Games, Songs and
Stories Album

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Music Activity
Directions
Children are asked to gather in a circle to
play a fun Halloween game. They listen to
the song, Pass the Witchs Broomstick
once. We will practice singing the chant
that is played in the song.
Children will stand in a circle.
As the music begins, children will pass a
broomstick around the circle.
Children will sing along with the music:
Pass the witchs broomstick round and round
the room.
While the musics playing quickly pass the
broom.
Anyone is out if the broomstick drops
Or the one who has it when the music stops.
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Music Activity
Directions (Continued)
When the music stops, the person
with the broomstick rides around the
circle while the children clap.

Once broomstick rider is finished,

they hand the broomstick to someone
else in the circle to begin the song again.
the broomstick rider sits down.

The game is over when everyone

has had a chance to ride the broomstick
and is sitting down.

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Resources
Pass The Witchs Broomstick, by Wade Denning & Kay Lande http
://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Pass+The+Witch+s+Broomstick/2vjkie?src=5
Fingerplays
http://www.preschooleducation.com/shalloween.shtml
Digital Stories
www.youtube.com
Images
http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
Book Biography Info
Jeanne Titherington
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/citrouille-ma-citrouille-jeanne-titherington/1005552243
Julia Donaldson
http://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/about.htm
Caroline Crimi
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/31259/Carolyn_Crimi/index.aspx
Ed Emberley
http://www.jacketflap.com/ed-emberley/42668
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