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31 Days of Spooktacular October Activities for Kids

31 Days of Spooktacular October Activities for Kids

Let's kick off October with 31 days of October Activities for Kids! These kid-friendly spooktacular activities bring Halloween fun with pumpkins, spiders, bats, witches, and even a ghost or two. Are you ready to countdown to Halloween together? October Activities for Kids A little confession, October is one of my favorite months as a parent. It might be because it's my birthday month but honestly, it's just a super fun month for hands-on fun with kids as a parent or teacher. ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: After School Activities for Kids, Fall, grade school, Halloween, Monthly Planner, October, Preschool, Pumpkins

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20 Spooky Fun Monster Activities for Kids

20 Monster Activities for Kids

Are you ready for some spooky slimy monster fun this Halloween with your child? Here are 20 Monster Activities for Kids! A creative inspiration to go along with your favorite monster themed books like Go Away Big Green Monster or Monster Trouble! Which monster craft idea will you choose first spooky, slimy or silly fun? Monster Activities for Kids One of childhood fears is monsters. Tackle this fear with these adorable monster themed activities for your child. Featured in the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Kids Activities Tagged With: Fall, grade school, Halloween, Monsters, Preschool

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Monster Cookie Dough Dip Recipe

Monster Cookie Dough Dip Recipe

YUM! This monster cookie dough dip recipe is quick and easy and always a crowd-pleaser! This a perfect recipe to get your kids in the kitchen learning to measure and mix and create a delicious treat! Here's how to make this monster treat... Monster Cookie Dough Dip Recipe We've having a few friends over for movie night and the kids wanted to make a special treat. This monster cookie dough dip recipe was the perfect treat for this event. We added chocolate chips and M&Ms to ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Cooking with Kids, Fall, grade school, Halloween, Monsters, Preschool, Recipes

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Monster Themed Name Necklace Craft for Preschoolers

Monster Alphabet Activity for Preschoolers

Create a monster themed name necklace with your child for Halloween this year using a few items from around the house. A playful way to learn to spell your name and the letters of the alphabet for your child. Here's how to make.   Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to amazon  For the Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids theme we're featuring monsters.  To go along with our monster theme we're making monster necklaces packed full of creativity and fine ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, Halloween, Monsters, Preschool, Toddler, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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Monster Books For Kids

The ultimate collection of Monster Books for Kids

The ultimate collection of Monster Books for Kids! We've handpicked the best picture books about monsters that are loving, caring, and packed full of imagination for your child. Let's get started with over 60 Monster Themed Children's Books to read all year long! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. Monster Books for Kids One popular topic to read with kids is MONSTERS. It invites their imagination to create pretend worlds and tackle some of their own fears. These ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: Book List, Fall, grade school, Halloween, Monsters, Preschool, toddlers

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Ghost Themed Sensory Bottle Sight Word Game for Beginning Readers

Ghost Themed Sight Word Game for Kindergarten

Create some Halloween fun with Ghosts for beginning readers. Create flying ghosts in this colorful Ghost Themed Sensory Bottle Sight Word Game.   Most children show a high interest in sensory bottles, now you can encourage them to read and write their sight words too.  Here's how... This post contains affiliate links Ghost Themed Sensory Bottle Sight Word Game To create your own Sensory Bottle for Halloween you just need a few fun things ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Ghosts, grade school, Halloween, Preschool, School Ages, sensory jar, Sight Words

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Witch Themed Alphabet Hide and Seek Game

Witch Themed Alphabet Game inspired by Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

Create an invitation to learn your ABC's this Halloween with this witch themed alphabet game of hide and seek. With a a playful witches hat, cauldron and magnetic letters you can bring to life this magical alphabet spell with your preschooler. Disclosure this post contains affiliate links to amazon. Witches clipart is from MyCuteGraphics.com Room on the Broom Activities for Kids As Halloween approached we thought it might be fun to add a little witch and potions fun to our ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, Fall, Halloween, Preschool, Virtual Book Club for Kids, Witch, witches

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Bat Themed Sensory Bottle Sight Word Game for Beginning Readers

Bat Themed Sensory Bottle with Sight Words

Learn to read high frequency words with flying bats in this fun Bat Themed Sensory Bottle Sight Word Game. Children are naturally drawn to sensory bottles, and with the interest you can encourage them to read and write their sight words too. Here's how...  This post contains affiliate links.  Importance of Sight Words Studies have shown that the quicker a child can read their sight words the better than can become at reading as a beginning reader. You probably ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: bats, Fall, grade school, Halloween, Preschool, School Ages, Sight Words

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The Best Witch Books for Kids this Halloween

The Best Witch Books for Kids for Halloween

This is the ultimate collection of the best children's books about witches for your Halloween fun! Hand-picked for a little spooky fun for even the littlest witches and wizards. Add these to your collection of best children's Halloween books. Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. All opinions expressed are my own. Children's Books about Witches There's something quite magical about reading about witches with kids. As a reader and storyteller you are completely ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Book List, Fall, Halloween, Virtual Book Club for Kids, Witch, witches

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Pumpkin STEM Activity Inspired by Five Little Pumpkins

Pumpkin STEM Activity inspired by Five Little Pumpkins for Preschoolers

How many pumpkins can you sit on the gate? This Pumpkin STEM Activity will challenge your child's skills of building and engineering this Halloween with just a few materials inspired by Five Little Pumpkins. Here's how to play this fall STEM Challenge with Pumpkins...  Disclosure this post contains affiliate links to amazon.   Our Stacking Pumpkins STEM Activity  was so much fun we continued on with an activity inspired by the book Five Little Pumpkins ... Read more...

Filed Under: STEM Tagged With: Book Activity, Fall, Halloween, Pumpkins, STEM, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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