It' a Witchy Morning!

We had all sorts of  "different" characters attend Story Hour this morning, including:  princess, a mermaid, a pumpkin person, a policeman [with a whistle that got our attention!], a dog, a little fuzzy duck and a big witch! 

After putting away the toys and the usual sign-in we headed upstairs to see what the weather was like today. The children were very careful not to trip or step on someone's costume. It was quickly decided that although the sun seemed to be trying to peek through the sky was mostly cloudy with a slight wind.

Once we were back downstairs we settled in for our first book, Two Little Witches: A Halloween Counting Story by Harriet Ziefert. First we discussed what each of the children planned to be as they go trick-or-treating tomorrow evening. As we read the story we found lots of interesting things to notice in the pictures. Some of the children we unsure about the witches and whether or not they were "real", so we talked about "pretend" for a bit. The children soon picked up on the repetition of the story and also counted all the costumed characters with me on every page. At the end it was fun to see all the children home safe and looking out of their house windows. Someone also noticed that the last little witch left her broom outside.

At the craft table we had a very cutting and gluing intensive project that involved both adults and children, as we created our very own paper plate witches to take home. Everyone worked very hard and added their own special touch to their witch by putting the mouth, teeth, and eyes on differently and adding their own hand traces as hair.  

Look at all of us with our cute witches!

When our project was finished there was just enough time to hear a silly book titled Hubble Bubble, Granny Trouble by Tracey Corderoy. It was all about a little girl whose granny is really a silly witch. The girl tries to change her but then finds out she likes her better the way she was.

When we finished the book we took time to eat a yummy cookie that the Big Witch gave us and then Maddie gave each of the children a bag of treats to take home. The children also had a couple cute Halloween coloring sheets for "homework".

Please remember that next week Story Hour is cancelled. We will meet next on November 13 and hear about a cow that goes "oink".  Have a great Halloween!