Jumping Jack-O-Lanterns

Preschool was all about the letter J. Like, J is for Jack. We reviewed and did calendar. We read My J Box and discovered lots of things that begin with J. 

Then we used finger paint to practice writing all the letters and numbers we know, and the letters and numbers we learned today. 

After reading It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse by Laura Numeroff and discussing different facial expressions, they drew faces on jack o lanterns. 

Then arranged them into J and j. 

We also played a J Jumping game where they drew color cards with either capital or lower case J and had to jump to the matching letter. They loved that it weaved through rooms in the house. 

And led to jack-o-lantern cookies. 

We read Five Little Monkeys Trick or Treat and then worked in workbooks on bigger/smaller and writing the number 9. They worked off their cookies by doing jumping Jack's. 

Then we read Five Little Pumpkins. I had typed up a book Ten Little Jack-O-Lanterns. After each page, 1 jack-o-lantern would roll away. They had to write how many were left on each page and draw the pumpkins in. 

And they loved that I told them to finish it for homework and sent a tracing page too. They love homework!