crawlers, eyeballs, spider webs, bats, and skulls placed in a tinker tray to invite a child to create a spooky house with Halloween just around the corner.

We invited the children to dive into some spooky, squishy fun with a classic sensory favorite — oobleck

stories, characters, and more come to life through imaginative play, sensory exploration, STEM & a little spooky From friendly ghosts & mischievous monsters to haunted houses, magical witches & miniature Halloween the Ghost The Nightmare Before Christmas Small World Play Gilbert the Ghost: STEM & Small World Play Spooky House The beauty of small world & bookish play is that the story doesn't have to end when the last page Halloween book to life, building a miniature haunted world or inviting children to create their own spooky

centers are excited for Halloween we decided to honor their current interests and assemble a "Haunted House inspired so much excitement and engagement as the children transformed and reinvented these boxes into a spooky house!

inspired so much excitement and engagement as the children transformed and reinvented these boxes into a spooky house!

To set this invitation in tuff tray, Haunted Houses Excellerations® Building Brilliance® Magnetic Clear other similar Halloween Invitations: Gilbert the Ghost STEM + Small World Play , Invitation to Create a Spooky House

Last year we created a cardboard haunted house , this year we decided to create a Cardboard Haunted Mansion inspired so much excitement and engagement as the children transformed and reinvented these boxes into a spooky house!

Christmas we decided to honor their current interests & invite them to decorate a cardboard gingerbread house

The book Gilbert the Ghost by Guido Van Genechten has become a staple in our house. After reading this story almost every night, we created last years Spooky House STEM Invitation to inspire

Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh is perfect for extending literacy through play. After reading the story together, I created three simple Mouse Count invitations to bring the book beyond Retell, Sequence & Count the Mice: I brought Mouse Count to life using a plush snake & mice, a clear As each mouse was added to the jar, the children counted along & found the sensory number that matched : I created a loose-parts counting invitation in our tuff tray inspired by the colorful snake in Mouse

Halloween is the perfect time to mix a little spooky magic with hands-on discovery! Here are some of my favorite Halloween science, sensory & hands-on invitations to inspire your next spooky Light Table Another variation: Invitation to Explore Skeletons, Bones & X-Rays Ghost Goo Oobleck: A Spooky So gather your cauldrons, prepare your sensory trays & let the spooky discoveries begin!

Halloween is the perfect time to bring a little spooky magic into the art experience! collaborative art experience encourages children to paint, design and transform everyday materials into a spooky investigate lines, patterns, textures and different artistic techniques while creating their own wonderfully spooky Each portrait was as unique (and spooky!) as its creator! Here's to a season filled with spooky creations, colorful discoveries and plenty of Halloween magic!