WALTER MCKENZIE'S FALL THEMES
http://surfaquarium.com/NEWSLETTER/fall_themes.htm

PBS KIDS:  HALLOWEEN
Get ready for trick-or-treating with some of you favorite PBS shows and characters like Arthur or Cyberchase.
http://pbskids.org/halloween/

HERSHEY'S HALLOWEEN
Download spooky screen savers and wallpaper. Get pumpkin carving help, "Mummy's Favorite Recipes," safety tips, and more ideas for Halloween fun!
http://www.trickortreats.com

SCARY.COM
Dare to be scared? Venture into the Slapstick Swamp or Magigoria Mansion, and find Halloween songs, costumes, jokes, recipes and cartoons.
http://www.scary.com

ANIMATED HALLOWEEN
Find ideas for costumes, decorating, recipes, and party planning plus haunting jokes, games, coloring, music, and holiday history.
http://www.animatedhalloween.com/en/main

HAMMERED LEAF PRINTS:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/fallleaf.html
You will be hammering the color out of your collected
autumn leaves to create these beautiful prints on mus-
lin fabric. Let smaller children use wooden building
blocks to hammer with, and be sure to provide plenty
of newspaper padding. Find further instructions here.

FALL BOUQUET OF LEAVES:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/bouquet.html
Collect a wide variety of color, sizes, and types of
autumn leaves for this creative project, where you will
be attaching your dried leaves to popsicle sticks for
a vase display. You can collect recycled jars and paint
them for your vases.

PUMPKIN SEED MOSAICS:
http://www.kinderart.com/sculpture/pumpkin.shtml
You can create a wide variety of mosaics with pumpkin
seeds, particularly if you paint different batches in
different colors. Find instructions for a mosaic here.

FALL REFLECTIONS:
http://www.kinderart.com/printmaking/reflections.shtml
You will be using the monoprinting method to create
these dramatic fall leaf prints, where the principles
of line, foreground, background, and space are all
covered in one art lesson.

WHY DO LEAVES CHANGE COLOR?
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html
In this "Science Made Simple" lesson plan, students will
explore the reasons behind the season, in how and why
leaves change their color. A word scramble based on the
subject matter is included.

FALL LEAVES COUNTING BOOK:
http://www.cstone.net/%7Ebry-back/actpag106.html
Print out this mini counting book for your early elemen-
tary students, or create your own similar book, collect-
ing beautiful autumn leaves and preserving them in a
special class counting book. You can dry your leaves be-
tween pages of a heavy book, or iron them between pieces
of waxed paper for another preservation method.

AUTUMN LEAF ART:
http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/ArtsAndCrafts/Crafts/LeafArt.html
Collect and prepare your colorful autumn leaves, and then
try out some of these wonderful leaf art suggestions for
creating leaf booklets and pictures.

LEAF STENCILING:
http://www.fisher-price.com/US/crafts/more.asp?lookCat=crafts_nature&dataCats=crafts%5Fnature&id=114613
Create beautiful and colorful negative images of autumn
leaves in this simple stenciling exercise, suitable for
all elementary students.

LEAF PAGES:
http://www.fisher-price.com/US/crafts/more.asp?lookCat=crafts_nature&dataCats=crafts%5Fnature&id=114582
You will be using collected, assorted leaves, glitter,
glue, and sheets of waxed paper to create these beauti-
ful hangings for your fall classroom windows or bulletin
boards.

LEAF NOTE CARDS:
http://www.fisher-price.com/US/crafts/more.asp?lookCat=crafts_nature&dataCats=crafts%5Fnature&id=114620
Here is a great little art project to go along with a
letter writing unit for your elementary classes. Stu-
dents will paint leaves to create impressions on note-
cards; follow up with friendly letters on the notecards
when dried, a perfect fall project for penpals.

FALL LEAF ART:
http://www.preschoolexpress.com/art_station02/art_station_sep02.shtml
Find some wonderful ideas here to use fall leaves in your
art projects. Make some leaf people, try the crushed leaf
mosaic, or create your own leaf rubbings.

SORT THE PUMPKINS:
http://www.meddybemps.com/halloween/pumpkin03.html
How many ways can you find to organize and classify your
pumpkins? Use the pumpkins in this pumpkin patch to re-
arrange and sort them.

CARVE A VIRTUAL PUMPKIN:
http://www.thepumpkinfarm.com/jack/jackboard.html
By selecting a button for eyes, nose, mouth, and eyebrows,
primary students will be able to carve their own virtual
pumpkins.

THE PUMPKIN PATCH WEBQUEST:
http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/pumpkin/pumpkin.htm
Discover the wonderful world of pumpkins with this student
webquest, beyond the usual jack-o-lantern.

INTERACTIVE PUMPKIN WORD SCRAMBLE:
http://www.eproximus.com/cgi-bin/spf2/quiz2.cgi
Have fun unscrambling all of these words associated with
pumpkins, submitting your results, and seeing if you got
the correct response.

TREE JOURNAL:
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/nature/tree.html
Here is an excellent exercise for exploring autumn themes
with primary students. Including a student handout, "Take
a Closer Look", your class will be honing their observation
skills as they adopt a tree and log its changes through the
season, recording their findings in simple journals they
create.

LEAF CAMOUFLAGE:
http://www.ducks.org/puddler/teachersguide/fall00activity/k3_fall00.html
Combining both science and art, early elementary students
will create their own leaf bugs in a classroom art project,
then scatter them among leaves outside to see how well they
blend in. Various camouflaging characteristics are covered
in the lesson plan.

STAINED GLASS FALL LEAVES:
http://members.aol.com/mrsspyboy/sleaf.htm
These "stained glass" leaves look great hanging in the
window, while providing a great way to creatively use up
old crayons as well.

AUTUMN NATURE COLLAGE:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/autumn%20crafts%20nature%20collage.htm
Print out the blackline masters at this site and discuss
the differences between different types of trees, es-
pecially different leaves and their functions. Students
will create their own tree with the corresponding leaves.
Have them color them in fall colors and then mount your
tree collages on the class bulletin board for a colorful
autumn display. You can also create a class graph of how
many of these different types of trees you find within the
school neighborhood, to incorporate math into this acti-
vity.

SEASONS SCAVENGER HUNT:
http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/23sep99/teach6.html
Using a four foot piece of string, a magnifying glass,
and a printable student worksheet, students will take
their investigations of autumn outside to find evidence
of the season in a microcosm of their larger world. Find
further instructions here.

FALL WORD WALL WORDS:
http://www.abcteach.com/sb/25.pdf
Print out these maple leaves, with an appropriate fall-
themed word on each leaf, to use for your September and
October word walls.

SIGNS OF FALL WORKSHEET:
http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/October/walk.htm
What are the signs that fall is well on its way? Take a
nature walk with your primary students, using this stu-
dent worksheet to list the things they see, hear, and
smell that all signify the coming of the autumn season.

PUMPKIN NUMBERS GAME:
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathPumpkinNumbersGameK1.htm
Recommended for Grades K-1
There are various ways to use Halloween candies with math
exercises. Try spilling out your cup of candy corns and
counting by two's--the quickest one to tally wins.

HALLOWEEN DECIMAL MULTIPLICATION:
http://www.kidzone.ws/math/halloween/t_math.asp?multiplication5.html
Print out a student math worksheet with a Halloween
theme. In this case, you will find multiplication by
decimals for fifth grade.

PUMPKIN MATH:
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathEstimationPumpkin.htm
Practice estimation skills with your students by having
them take a look at fractions of pumpkin pulp, counting
seeds for one section only, and then estimating how many
they will find in the whole pumpkin. A student worksheet
is included for pumpkin seed estimation here.

HALLOWEEN COORDINATE GRAPHING:
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/halloween/graphing.htm
Students must plot coordinates on a graph--all the num-
ber pairs are given here--to see what image they end up
with.

HALLOWEEN WRITING WEB:
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/halloween/writingweb.htm
Here is a terrific idea to create in your own classroom
this month. You will construct a spider web with yarn on
your bulletin board, complete with story prompts tucked
in. Several suggestions for themed prompts are included.

CARDBOARD BOX COSTUMES:
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/cardboardcostumes.shtml

HALLOWEEN POETRY FORM:
http://abcteach.com/Halloween/poemform.htm

PAPER JACK-O-LANTERN CRAFT:
Recommended for ages 4-8
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/jackolantern.shtml

SCARY STORY STARTERS:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/starters.htm

SPIDERY FINGER PRINTS:
Simple art activity for all ages
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/spidery_finger_prints.htm

HAUNTED HOUSE WRITING CENTER (Story Starters):
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/halloween/hhouse.htm

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