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A quick, easy and fun way to help little ones understand number sense, is to have them practice 1-to-1 correspondence. The numbered apple cards, were such a huge success, I decided to make some with pumpkins. With the repetition, children feel empowered, as they know what to do; you don't have to spend time explaining directions, and because there's a new theme, students' interest is still high.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin lessons, alphabet activities,upper and lowercase letter matching activities, October alphabet cards, free alphabet cards, free ghost cards, ghost activities, halloween activities, halloween games, alphabet games, common core pumpkins, pumpkin math, pumpkin centers, counting activities, 1-to-1 correspondence activities, fall math centers, fall math activities, october math centers, october math activitiesI've included a set of 1-10 pumpkins in color, as well as a set in black and white. Print off, laminate and trim several sets of colored pumpkins.  Using small manipulatives such as mini-pom pom's, flat-backed jewels, or pony beads is great fine motor practice.You can run off the black line set and send home with students who need more help, or as a table top worksheet, have children draw X number of "seeds" to match the number on the pumpkin.

I've found that using a smaller card, instead of one with all 10 pumpkins on it, is less overwhelming for little ones, and keeps them from messing up their piles as they work. When a child completes a mat, they can get another one with higher numbers. You can also use a set of mats to review ordinal numbers.  Click on the link to view/download the 1-to-1 Correspondence Pumpkin cards.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin lessons, alphabet activities,upper and lowercase letter matching activities, October alphabet cards, free alphabet cards, free ghost cards, ghost activities, halloween activities, halloween games, alphabet games, common core pumpkins, pumpkin math, pumpkin centers, counting activities, 1-to-1 correspondence activities, fall math centers, fall math activities, october math centers, october math activitiesAnother quick and easy fall game, is Peek-A-Boo Pumpkins.  It took me an entire morning to design yesterday, but only half an hour to make the actual game, so little ones can play it.  You'll find it so worth your effort, as you can do lots of things with just the letter cards!  I've included a list of activities + Kaboom cards to play even more games. 

To make the pumpkin activities, pumpkin lessons, alphabet activities,upper and lowercase letter matching activities, October alphabet cards, free alphabet cards, free ghost cards, ghost activities, halloween activities, halloween games, alphabet games, common core pumpkins, pumpkin math, pumpkin centers, counting activities, 1-to-1 correspondence activities, fall math centers, fall math activities, october math centers, october math activitiesPeek-A-Boo alphabet game, simply trace the pumpkin template onto orange construction paper and cut 4-6 pumpkins at a time.  Fold the pumpkins in half, and glue just the edge, to the left side of your yellow-construction paper cards, so that the pumpkin will flip open on both sides of the card, revealing the little ghost.  You can write the letters by hand, or use an extra set of pumpkin tiles and glue them to the front of the pumpkin.  I colored mine to add a bit more pizzazz. 

Children choose a card, and look at the letter on the front of the pumpkin.  They place the matching lowercase letter tile on the card, that they think will match the ghost hiding under the pumpkin.  They flip up the pumpkin to see if they are correct.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin lessons, pumpkin mazes, pumpkin word finds, alphabet activities,upper and lowercase letter matching activities, October alphabet cards, free alphabet cards, free ghost cards, ghost activities, halloween activities, halloween games, alphabet games, common core pumpkins, pumpkin math, pumpkin centers, counting activities, 1-to-1 correspondence activities, fall math centers, fall math activities, october math centers, october math activitiesTo add math practice to the activity, have children keep track of how many answers they get right, by making tally marks on their "pumpkin pal". When children have done all of the uppercase pumpkins, they can flip the cards over and do the lowercase ones on another day.  Click on the link to view/download The Peek-A-Boo Alphabet Pumpkin Game.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin lessons, pumpkin mazes, pumpkin word finds, alphabet activities,upper and lowercase letter matching activities, October alphabet cards, free alphabet cards, free ghost cards, ghost activities, halloween activities, halloween games, alphabet games, common core pumpkins, pumpkin math, pumpkin centers, counting activities, 1-to-1 correspondence activities, fall math centers, fall math activities, october math centers, october math activitiesFor a Pumpkin Word Find, click on the link. There's an alphabetical list of wonderful pumpkin words to increase your students' vocabularies. 

pumpkin activities, pumpkin lessons, pumpkin mazes, pumpkin word finds, alphabet activities,upper and lowercase letter matching activities, October alphabet cards, free alphabet cards, free ghost cards, ghost activities, halloween activities, halloween games, alphabet games, common core pumpkins, pumpkin math, pumpkin centers, counting activities, 1-to-1 correspondence activities, fall math centers, fall math activities, october math centers, october math activitiesAs a little something for "early finishers" print off some easy-to-difficult pumpkin mazes, by clicking on the link:  "A-maze-ing" Pumpkins. I hope YOUR "little punkins" enjoy these fall activities with a pumpkin theme.

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1-2-3 Come Play Some Pumpkin Games With Me!


Games are a wonderful way for students to practice important life skills.  They are also a quick & easy way to grab and hold children's interest, while they review and reinforce a variety of standards.   One of my little ones summed it up: "We didn't even know we was learnin' cuz we was havin' so much fun!" 

pumpkin activities, pumpkin games, pumpkin math, math games, pumpkin centers, math centers, counting games, counting pumpkins, common core pumpkins, dice games, october games, halloween games, halloween activities, Because subitizing (being able to "know" how many there are, without counting) is extremely important; playing with dominoes and dice, are a great way to help students recognize these groupings at a glance.  Before too long, I could flash 6 dots (in the pattern on a dice/domino) and my students would call out the number 6, without having to stop and count the dots.

Keeping this in mind, I designed 6 pumpkin-themed dice games + a listening and following direction activity, that will help review ordinal numbers. They are all in one Pumpkin Games packet.  To view/download it, click on the link.  Because the rules are pretty much the same, students feel empowered, as they know what to do, and can get down to business, and you aren't using up valuable minutes explaining things for the umpteenth time.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin games, pumpkin math, math games, pumpkin centers, math centers, counting games, counting pumpkins, common core pumpkins, dice games, october games, halloween games, halloween activities, Because the apple basket counting game, was a popular download, I decided to revisit that concept using pumpkins.  Print off the farmer's wagon on brown construction paper, laminate and trim.  Do the same thing with the pumpkin tile master.  Have each child take 20 pumpkin tiles, (or to expedite things, have 20 pre-counted and put in Snack Baggies. After children have played the game, to make sure that they have 20 pumpkins, have students count them one at a time into their bag.) This is great counting practice for little ones, and also ensures that you don't have incomplete games, because pumpkins fell on the floor. 

Children choose a partner and share the wagon.  The object of the game is to get all of your pumpkins into the wagon, by taking turns rolling the dice.  Whatever number a child rolls, is how many pumpkins they pick up from their pile and place in the wagon.  You can make the game more difficult, by having students roll an exact number towards the end of the game.  i.e. if they have only 1 pumpkin left, they need to roll a one.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin games, pumpkin math, math games, pumpkin centers, math centers, counting games, counting pumpkins, common core pumpkins, dice games, october games, halloween games, halloween activities, In the game "Roll and Color," children roll a dice.  Whatever number they roll, is the matching numbered section on their pumpkin, that they color.  The first child with a completly colored-in pumpkin is the winner. 

pumpkin activities, pumpkin games, pumpkin math, math games, pumpkin centers, math centers, counting games, counting pumpkins, common core pumpkins, dice games, october games, halloween games, halloween activities, "Roll and Draw" works with the same rules, only children draw a shape on their pumpkin to make a Jack-O-Lantern.  This is a great opportunity to review a square, triangle, circle and rectangle, and possibly introduce the crescent shape as well.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin games, pumpkin math, math games, pumpkin centers, math centers, counting games, counting pumpkins, common core pumpkins, dice games, october games, halloween games, 5 little pumpkin activities, 5 little pumpkins game,halloween activities, Because 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting On a Gate, is such a popular rhyme/story in October, I thought it would be fun to follow it up with a game.  To conserve paper, you can print, laminate and trim the gates.  If copying is not an issue for your school, it's nice if each child can have their own "gate" so they can continue to practice at home.

Run off the pumpkin master.  Students color and cut out their pumpkins and place them on the gate.  When you are explaining the game, you have a great opportunity to review ordinal numbers as well.  Children take turns rolling a dice with their partner.  Whatever number they roll, they take the matching numbered pumpkin off the gate and have it go "rolling into the night..."  The first child who gets all of their pumpkins off the gate is the winner.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin games, pumpkin math, math games, pumpkin centers, math centers, counting games, counting pumpkins, common core pumpkins, dice games, october games, halloween games, halloween activities, Pumpkins in a Row on a Roll is similar.  Children color the numbered pumpkin that matches the number that they roll.  I also made an ordinal number activity with this same template.  This is wonderful practice for listening and following directions too, as the teacher reads what (s)he wants students to do.

pumpkin activities, pumpkin games, pumpkin math, math games, pumpkin centers, math centers, counting games, counting pumpkins, common core pumpkins, dice games, october games, halloween games, halloween activities, Finally, children trace the numbers and color their pumpkins as they take turns rolling the dice in Pumpkins On A Roll . Simply run off the template, trim and give each student a strip of pumpkins.  Click on the link to view/download the Pumpkin Games packet.

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Getting To The Core Is A Real Treat And Not All That Tricky With This Cute October Booklet

My Trick Or Treat easy reader, is a fun way to reinforce the Common Core Standards: RF.K1a (Following words from left to right, top to bottom and page by page.) RF.K1c (Understanding that words are separated by spaces in print.) L.K2a (Capitalizing the pronoun I and the 1st word in each sentence.) and L.K2b (Being able to recognize and include ending punctuation.)

Simply review these standards with your students and point them out as you explain the booklet.

Students read, trace and write the sentence.  On the first page they illustrate what they will be for Halloween.

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This “cut and glue” aspect of the booklet is a terrific activity for word work for Daily 5.

If you want to expedite things, skip cutting and gluing the booklet together.

easy reader booklets, daily 5 activities, daily 5 lessons, word work activities, common core lessons for kindergarten, common core lessons for 1st, halloween activities, Dolch word activities Dolch word lessons, Instead, simply have your students write the letters in the boxes and use the cut and glue pages as worksheets for Table Top, or Daily 5 at a later date.

When choosing sight words, I incorporated many words from the Dolch word lists when I wrote this easy reader booklet. This covers the Common Core State Standard: RF. K3c

I've also included a page of manipulatives for you to laminate and use Velcro or magnet strip so that the booklet can become an interactive read aloud that you can later sequence with your students.

To incorporate math, tally your students' favorite Halloween candy and graph the results on the bar graph provided.

Traceable flashcards are also included + a certificate of praise when children can read the booklet independently.

Click on the link to view/download My Trick or Treat Easy Reader Booklet.

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Halloween Triangles

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They often enjoyed playing “I Spy” and trying to find a shape in the real world, so I decided to think of some fun triangle shapes that they might see on Halloween, and the booklet,  Halloween Triangles was born.

I introduced the easy reader ike this:

“Uh Oh! It's Halloween and these spooky triangles can be seen! Count them if you dare!”

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They’ll have fun during "Tally Time" and then afterwards, graph childrens opinions of what triangle character was their favorite.

I’ve also included 10 traceable word flashcards for students to practice or cut out and use with other sets, to make new sentences.

Great for "word work" during Daily 5 activities.

This is a cute rhyming booklet, (rhyming is a Common Core Standard) that packs in a lot of skills, as it incorporates math with reading in a fun way.

Click on the link to view/download Halloween Triangles.

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