Our Annual Fall Fiesta is a special event in preschool. We had so much fun with all kinds of fall activities. Thanks to all of the parent help, our day was super successful! We scooped our pumpkins to see and feel all of the pumpkin pulp. We talked about the inside and outside of a pumpkin, how slippery everything felt, and so on. After the gooey part, the kids got to vote which Jack 'o Lantern face they liked the best (happy, sad, scary). We made fall hats that will come home this week as we did not get time to measure all of their little heads! We stamped out trees, leaves, and apples and did leaf rubbings with a crayon. Our "drip, drop leaves" are so beautiful! We use special diffuser paper that the kids color with watercolor markers and then spray with water. The colors all blend and mix with the water. We also make apple cereal necklaces that were so tempting to eat at school! Of course the favorite activity is always the pumpkin bowling. We use small round pumpkins instead of bowling balls to knock down the pins!
One of Mrs. D's favorite stories is "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything". Below is a link to the story read aloud. It is not as exciting as our version, as Mrs. D adds the motions to each of the clothing parts and uses a little old lady voice to jazz it up a bit and to make the story more interactive.
