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Have your child make up a pumpkin story to illustrate.
(Language Arts)
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Paint silly faces on small pumpkins.
4

Act out how to “Stop, drop and roll” in case of fire.
(Safety)
5

Have your child tell one thing she did well today.
(Self-esteem)
6

Serve alphabet cereal for breakfast.
(Letter recognition)
7

Make a sailboat to sail in the bathtub.
(Construction)
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Columbus Day
9

Play an age appropriate computer game with your child.
(Technology)
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Pretend to be a sneaky black cat.
(Movement)
12

Use pillows to create an obstacle course for crawling through.
(Coordination)
13

Show how to conserve electricity by turning off unneeded lights.
(Conservation)
14

Pretend to be popcorn kernels popping.
(Movement)
15

Paint with yellow and red to create the color orange.
(Art/Science)
16

Let your child place an item in the food-bank at your market.
(Responsibility)
17

Sit with your eyes closed.  How many sounds can you hear?
(Listening Skills)
18

Explore your neighborhood for spiders and their webs.
(Science)
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Teach your child the fingerplay, “Eensy, Weensy Spider”.
(Language)
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Make a pumpkin pie with your child.
(Cooking)
23

Ask; “What if a scarecrow’s hat got lost?”  What could he use instead?
(Problem Solving)
24

Let your child help you decorate your house for Halloween.
(Cooperation)
25

Read a Halloween story to your child.
(Literature)
26

Bake pumpkin seeds for a snack.
(Cooking)
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Sing “I’m a little Jack-o’-lantern, big and round.”
(Music)
29

Use black felt shapes to make faces on a felt pumpkin cutout.
(Shapes)
30

Let your child use newspaper and tape to create a funny costume.
(Creativity)
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