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PUMPKIN BUCKET
FUN
Toddlers need fun learning opportunities just as do preschoolers.
One of the familiar objects found around most homes this time of year
is a plastic trick-or-treat pumpkin. This bucket can be used for many
fun toddler learning games. (If you don't have a Halloween bucket,
any container will work)
IN AND OUT |
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Toddlers are just starting to understand
the basic concepts of putting things "in" and taking
things "out". |
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Give your child some small toys inside
the bucket. |
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Encourage her to dump them "out"
and then put them back "in".
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HIDE AND SEEK
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Cut several pumpkin shapes out of heavy orange paper. |
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Hide the pumpkins around the room. |
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Help your child look for them and place them in their bucket. |
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PUMKIN PUPPET
You can make a simple pumpkin puppet for your child.
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Cut a medium sized pumpkin shape from a heavy piece of orange
paper. |
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Cut out two eyes, a nose and a mouth on the pumpkin shape. |
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Glue or tape a large craft stick (or popscicle stick) to
the back side, of the pumpkin shape to create a puppet holder. |
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Use the puppet when you sing Halloween songs with your children
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Show your child how to play Peek-A-Boo by hiding behind the
mask, then popping out to say "Boo".
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REAL PUMPKINS
Whether at home or at the grocery store, you are bound to run
into a variety of pumpkins this time of year.
| BIG and SMALL - Have your child help you pick
out a "big" and a "small" pumpkin.
Be sure to emphasize these words several times so that
associations are made. |
| PUMPKINS FACES - Take a small to medium sized
pumpkin and draw or paint on a happy face. Ask your child
to show you where the pumpkins "eyes" are, etc. |
| MR. PUMPKIN HEAD - Set out a large pumpkin with
a face on it. Give your child a set of three or four different
hats. As you sing the following song, have your child
place the hats "on" and "off" the
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MR. PUMPKIN HEAD
Tune: "The Muffin Man"
Come and meet Mr. Pumpkin Head,
Mr. Pumpkin Head, Mr. Pumpkin Head,
Come and meet Mr. Pumpkin Head.
With a red hat (or whatever color it is) on his head.
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