Our Friday “Purple Day” Class started our Costume Days! Every year I remember how simply adding costumes and even the idea of candy or trick or treating ramps up the energy of the room. There were moments of calm focus which were most often around book reading…what a treat. Having more than 13 pumpkins in the room makes everything look festive. With the cold north wind and muddy playground, we opted to stay inside to protect the costumes.
Read on to find the answers to these questions:
- Who drew a picture of you today? (Hint: she wore a witch hat)
- In one of our books, who made the mess in the kitchen? (Hint: he swam in the jam)
- What color bells did Ms Kristin ring today? (Hint: fire colors)
- What did Ms Brenda have on her head? (Hint: it’s really yarn)
- What was the round thing Ms Kristin drew? (Hint: not a dog bum)
1. Who drew a picture of you today?
Ms Kristin!
These pictures will stay posted in the classroom and eventually end up in their journals. If someone did not want their picture drawn today, that was completely fine! I’ll be drawing for two more days!
Children love looking at the pictures of themselves and friends remembering the costumes they wore or told me about. Today we saw superheroes, dinosaurs, Woody, construction workers, fire fighters, a Ghostbuster, a ghost, a pirate, Rafael, a butterfly princess and Rubble (who stayed in character most of the day).
2. In one of our books, who made the mess in the kitchen?
The mouse!
In Mouse Mess, a mouse makes a big mess, then stands back and asks, “Who made this mess?” Silly mouse, it was you! We also read books about children going trick or treating and people playing dress up.
FUN FACT: An important part of our program is that messes are morally neutral which children and adults can be reminded of every time they fill their own water cup:
3. What color bells did Ms Kristin ring today? (Hint: fire colors)
Red, yellow and orange!
In the midst of our costume play and parade prep, we also did Fire projects and journal work (which included more costume family talk) and hung up the Fire F alphabet project!
4. What did Ms Brenda have on her head? (Hint: it’s really yarn)
Spaghetti and meatballs!
By now this is an iconic preschool costume that a couple of preschoolers remembered from last year. So fun! Ms Brenda told the story of her costume during Snack Time. We had a warm snack today that “smelled like lunch” and “smelled so good” in the oven: fish sticks and french fries! Thank you, Arthur and Julian! The Snack Store was BUSY:
5. What was the round thing Ms Kristin drew? (Hint: not a dog bum)
It was the running track in our room!
There were a lot of clever guesses what this blob shape could be which you can see in the corner (with dog bum gaining the most giggles). It was a drawing in anticipation of our Costume Parade!
At the end of the day we walked on the track a few times for our Costume Parade. There was waving, pumpkin carrying, candy tossing and quite a few Happy Halloweens!
Happy Friday, friends! Stay curious and kind!
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