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Stumpkin Craft

Allison McDonald — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:37:35 +0000

Have you read the sweet Halloween book Stumpkin? I love this book because it talks about something we often have to address in our classrooms, feeling left out. I knew I wanted to use this book to talk about these feelings, and I wanted a hands-on activity to go along with the read-aloud. This Stumpkin […]

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Q-Tip Painted Pumpkin Craft

Allison McDonald — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 23:44:37 +0000

I am always looking for simple art projects that I can have ready for my PreK students during free choice. Even better is when those simple art projects also work on essential skills like fine motor skills. In PreK, one of the skills we hope our students have by the end of the school year […]

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Pretend Play Pumpkin Patch with Free Printables

Allison McDonald — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:04:16 +0000

Pretend play is not valued as it should be, research about early childhood classrooms tells us that pretend play has all but evaporated from kindergarten classes and is less frequent than it used to be in preschool as well. The thing is is that this is when kids learn when they are pretending they are […]

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Pumpkin Crafts and Activities For 3 year olds

Allison McDonald — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:11:47 +0000

At school, we talk a little about Halloween, but 3-year-olds don’t have a huge amount of life experience to fall back on with this celebration. In my classroom, the children love the Halloween books, so I try to pull themes from there and create a few fun crafts to help decorate our classroom before our […]

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Puffy Paint Pumpkin Craft

Allison McDonald — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:24:00 +0000

Crafts that focus on the process are my kind of crafts, I don’t mind making end products as long as the process is worthwhile and engaging for the children. This puffy paint pumpkin craft fits the bill perfectly. The children ( my daughter and a friend) helped me make the puffy paint, fine-tuned the color […]

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