These are two of our wonderful shape monsters. The students got to use their creativity in order to make their imagination come alive. I put random shapes of different sizes and colors on each table. I gave the students no directions or rules. It was so interesting to watch their thought process when creating their monsters. Each one was so different and had its own story.
This is a different kind of monster the students made. I gave each child apre drawn monster, paint, and q-tips. They had to pinch the q-tips and cover the entire page. This was a great project to work on their fine motor skills and build up their finger strength.
One of my favorite projects was our character pumpkins. This was a at home project for the students to create with their parents. Each child had to choose a character from their favorite book and then decorate a pumpkin to look like that character. The students did such a great job on the project. They were so proud of these pumpkins and loved sharing with the class.
This was a fun one also. I bought these sticker scenes from Oriental Trading. I use these to teach prepositions to the students. I would ask them to put a ghost on the tree or a bat under the moon. They loved using the little stickers and had no idea they were learning.
This is our classroom tree for the month of October. On the bottom the students each created jack-o-lanterns made with paint and paper scrapes. There are also bats that have the number 4 painted on them. We also did a marble painting activity for the leaves that cover the tree.
There were so many more cute projects and activities we did this past week. I wish I took pictures of everything.
