Our book today, Brooms are for Flying! by Micheal Rex, was full of action words. We got to practice putting -ing on the ends of words in simple sentences.  More fun was when we practiced the actions from the book about Halloween characters getting ready for the holiday!  There were bats flying, brooms flying, mummies reaching, and feet stomping!  We made a lot of noise out in the hall laughing and being silly!  We even practiced saying "trick or treat" loud enough for people to hear!

We made sock bats for art.  The kids used some fine motor skills to stuff the socks with paper towels to make the bat body.  We added eyes, a mouth, wings, and some scary teeth.....well, kinda scary! The kids had great fun flying their bats around the classroom.  Ms. Tiffany and I were holding our breath that they made it home in one piece!

Ms. Angela came today and we continued practicing kicking and trapping soccer balls.  We did finally get to go outside, which is SO much better for kicking, but it sure was muddy out there!  That added a whole new element to running around chasing soccer balls!  We worked a lot in partners today, and even though it's hard when we don't get the partner that we want, working together is a good part of being a team!  I think that everyone's favorite activity of the day was kicking into the goals!  As always, Ms. Angela is a really bit hit!

In calendar and centers, we continue to work on basic counting skills, learning the days of the week, and letter recognition and identification. The kids are getting the hang of the question and answer schema, and are becoming more independent every day! 

The kids all got a special treat from Mr. Gary, who works at the church.  His wife made Halloween pins for our preschool and, at the end of the day, each child got to pick the one that they wanted. There were ghosts, and witches, and jack-o-lanterns.  It was a nice way to end a very fun day!