Nana's House

Dr.Seuss week!!!
We have played What’s in the Cat’s Hat?
Dr. Seuss silly sock day
One Fish ,Two fish art

Pumpkins

Books: THE LEGEND OF SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPKIN
Activity: How can you design and build a square pumpkin-like Spookley? Using different types of materials. Play doh, felt, legos and any other that the kids can use safely.

HOW MANY SEEDS IN A PUMPKIN?
Activity: Clean out two different size pumpkins and see if they have more or fewer seeds. Do different pumpkin varieties have different amounts of seeds?

HOW BIG COULD YOUR PUMPKIN GROW?

Activity:Measure pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. Bring a soft tape measure or a piece of string and a regular tape measure to measure the diameter of different size pumpkins. Learn a little bit about diameter and radius too!

Letter P

Hand Pumpkins

Materials Needed: Brown construction paper, orange and green paint.

The children make a fist shape with their hand. Dip their knuckles into the orange paint and then print knuckles onto paper (it makes a pumpkin).

The children use their thumb to make a thumbprint on top of their pumpkin (it makes the leaf).

5 Little Pumpkins Fingerplay

5 Little pumpkins sitting on a gate (hold up 5 fingers). The 1st one said "Oh my! It's getting late!" (Hold up 1 finger. Then pretend to look at their watches)

The 2nd one said "It's very windy out here!" (Hold up 2 fingers. Then move hands in air like the wind)

The 3rd one said "But we don't care!" (Hold up 3 fingers. Then hold hands up as you do when saying I don't know)

The 4th one said "Let's run and run and run." (Hold up 4 fingers. Then place fingers on floor and have them move as if they are running).

The 5th one said "Let's have some fun." (Hold up 5 fingers. Then wave hands and arms in air as though dancing!)

WOOOOOSH went the wind. (Make a loud woosh sound with the kids!)

OUT went the lights. (Clap hand very loudly when you say OUT loudly---if your children can handle it, have someone shut out the lights!)

5 little pumpkins rolled out of sight. (Make a rolling motion with your hands).

Pass the Pumpkin

Bring a pumpkin to circle time. Pass it from child to child. Ask each child to say one word that describes the pumpkin and write them all down! (orange, heavy, dirty, smelly, etc.!)

Community Helpers
Letter H

“Play and learn about the people in our neighborhoods and the jobs they do to improve our society.”

Dramatic play area

Firefighter, mail carrier, doctor, and police officer

Books: • Whose Hat is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper
• Biscuit Visits the Doctor by Alyssa Capucilli
• Career Day by Anne Rockwell
• Curious George and the Firefighters by H.A. Rey
• Delivering your Mail by Ann Owen

Envelope and Stamp Letter Match

Bandaid Math

COMMUNITY HELPER PUZZLE