Halloween Play Center Pack – Hands on Activities for Halloween
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Looking for fun and engaging Halloween activities? My Halloween Play Center Pack has 7 hands on Halloween themed activities that your students will love. They are educational and super easy to set up. These print and play activities include playdough mats, writing prompts, games and more!
Perfect for:
- Hands-on investigation areas
- Learning centers
- Small group lessons
- Busy bags
- Choice bins
- Early finishers
- Tabletop morning work
- Outdoor play
- Just for fun!
CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE ALL 7 ACTIVITIES AND THE BONUS PRINTABLES
THIS SET CONTAINS:
Learning Center Title Banner: Add this Halloween banner to any play center. It will set the stage for your Halloween activities and instantly transform your learning area.
2 Procedural Writing Activities: This Halloween Writing Activity is a fun way for your students to practice writing a procedure. It encourages them to use first, next, then, and finally language. Your students can write step-by-step directions on how to make their very own spooky recipe or potion.
Halloween Writing Prompt Vocab Cards: Spark imaginative storytelling with these illustrated vocabulary cards featuring Halloween-themed words and phrases. Use these Halloween vocabulary cards
- to create a word wall
- for explicit teaching of writing and spelling lessons
- in writing centers
- at free writing
- as part of a Halloween-themed investigation area
Writing Book Covers and Paper: Inspire your young writers with Halloween-themed book covers and writing paper templates. I have included 6 printable book covers you can use to make blank Halloween books for your students to write and draw in. There are also 3 printable Halloween writing pages to inspire some Halloween writing.
Halloween Pattern Blocks Activity: Foster spatial awareness and problem-solving skills with this fun hands-on activity. Children will also work on shapes, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills with this easy math learning provocation. Just supply a basket of pattern blocks and the printed task cards to set up an engaging math invitation.
Playdough Number Mats: Make math fun with my playdough number mats. Your students will work on representing numbers and fine motor skills with this simple math activity. All you need to do is print and laminate the mats and add playdough for an instant Halloween math activity.
Playdough Recipe: To complement the playdough mats, I have included my no-fail homemade playdough recipe. This playdough lasts for ages and is easy to make.
12 Math Tower Games: Keep your students engaged with this fun counting game. My kids love the challenge of building towers on these Halloween mats. This simple game teaches students to count collections with 1-to-1 correspondence, connect number names, numerals and quantities and solve simple addition problems. Instructions and game variations are included.
2 A5 Mindful Coloring Pages: With all the excitement Halloween brings, you might like a calming activity like mindful colouring. Just print and cut for little mindful colouring sheets with a Halloween twist.
6 A5 recording Sheets: You can use these Halloween-themed recording sheets at any play center. I always include recording sheets at every investigation area as they prompt students to record their thoughts. These sheets can be used as evidence of learning and can also help to prompt discussions at reflection time.
EXAMPLES ARE IN THE PREVIEW
Grab this pack and make Halloween in your classroom educational, exciting, and spooktacular!
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