For 5 periods in a row, we took all the classes of students up to the 'party room' and entertained them with Halloween crafts, music, and fun instead of their normal class time. It was a great way to have fun with the kids, and plus- we got to dress up in costumes too!
Finding costumes here proved to be pretty tough, so Bryan and I stuck to our 'guns' and embraced our inner 'Cowboys'. Since we both came here with cowboots, flannels, and bandanas, it turned out to be the easiest/cheapest/quickest thing we could pull together. All of the kids got a kick out of it, and kept yelling "YEE-HAW" at us...which I adored.
Bryan started off each Halloween party with a brief history of Halloween, and we played a "Monster Mash" cd in the background during the whole thing. At the end of all of the activities, we had the children go line up in the hallway, and each of them was let back into the room after knocking and saying "trick or treat", and then they received a few goodies from us (mom- the pencils, erasers, and stickers were a HIT- thanks for sending them!!).
I had a blast doing this, and it reassured me that after this I want to look into to teaching at an elementary school. As yall know, Im a sucker for themes, crafts, and little kids...so this kind of thing was just up my alley :)
I hope everyone at home had a spooky and fun Halloween! I would love to hear what everyone dressed up as!! Loved yall!
xo,
Amy
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