Orange is the focus color for the month of October! So many fun purposeful play experiences to immerse the toddlers in all things orange. Pumpkins, paint, playdough, discovery bins, fine motor skills, large motor skills, new vocabulary, songs, games, and more have kept our class busy learning through play.
The fun month of October has been filled with lots of orange, pumpkins, and Halloween celebrations.
The toddlers enjoyed several sensory experiences.
We also practiced several fine motor activities.
Five Little Pumpkins has been a favorite song this month. We sang it several times using different props and media.
We finished October out with fun Halloween games, activities, and snacks.
Baking in the toddler classroom is a fun way to learn through our senses. We made simple pumpkin muffins with mini chocolate chips. The toddlers used their eyes and noses to experience the orange pumpkin that we added to our batter. We put together all the ingredients to a big plastic bag and took turns “mixing”. Each child took a turn scooping a teaspoon of mini chocolate chips. The result: yummy pumpkin muffins for snack!
Orange discovery bins have been a big hit this month. The toddlers practiced fine motor skills, counting and sorting while finding Halloween cats in the orange lentils. We also painted hands orange to make a page for our color book. A wall mural, orange playdough, and painting with orange have all been fun and engaging activities to celebrate the color orange.
The month of October presents itself with many opportunities to explore pumpkins. We opened a pumpkin and used our senses to feel, smell, and observe the pumpkin. The toddlers also did a 5 Little Pumpkins craft and acted out the fingerplay in front of the class! We decorated pumpkins using washi tape and plan to bathe them next week!
Today we read “Autumn Orange” and found lots of orange items inside.
Later we explored the color orange in our discovery tubs.
We also combined last month’s color (yellow) with this month’s color (orange).
This month we are focusing on learning the color orange. Today at the morning table we set out orange play dough. To add some fun to this activity, we added a few special drops of orange extract to our play dough to make it smell like oranges! The kids loved to use the eye dropper and were amazed by the smell of their play dough!
olfactory cues and the smell of oranges
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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