I hope your pumpkin has been doing its exercises. It needs to be in good shape for tomorrow night. When you carve your jack-o-lantern at your house or care center, discuss the shapes you will use. While squares, rectangles, triangles, and circles are the basic ones, you may be able to talk about the less common ones like diamonds or ovals, too.
The trick with kindergarten readiness is to piggy-back learning onto something that you are already doing. Making jack-o-lanterns is a perfect way to talk about shapes. You can also show your child how pictures are made from the cut-out part, or the negative space. What part of the pumpkin makes the smile, and the nose and the eyes? The hole part does.
Here’s hoping your Halloween is only positive and that these Halloween learning ideas and activities have been treats for you. Which one did you and your child enjoy the most?
Q. What did one pumpkin say to the other one? A. Cut it out! Happy Halloween!