M is for Monster!!

I have two little monsters, so this week's topic seemed appropriate. It also happens to be Halloween and my oldest, C, is dressing up like the cutest little monster I've ever seen, so it was even more perfect.








We have been doing our calendar (talking about the days of the week and months, looking at patterns, and guessing what the next day will be) since October, so how perfect that this week started a new MONTH. In fact, I have noticed when we are focused on a certain letter, planned activities just happen to begin with that letter, without me even trying.

This week one of my friends invited us to the local Children's Museum. They were having a Halloween party and the kids dressed up in costume (D was a cow!). There were special activities with a Halloween theme including a glow in the dark room with slime, bubbles and ooey gooey creepy crawlies. We probably should have waited to visit this room right before we went home, what a mess!




This month, at the museum there is a Lego Exhibit. Both boys really enjoyed building and destructing (hey they are boys!) things.












We also played in the dig pit, a huge room filled with "dirt", dump trucks, scales and shovels.



















I think both of my monsters liked the water room the best, however. We watched a Halloween puppet show before having lunch and heading home. Both boys fell asleep on the way home. That's how I know we've had a successful morning!

Of course we did our typical activities. C put marshmallows on a big M, did a scavenger hunt for M words as I wrote them down and practiced writing capital and lower case M's.


I found a super cute monster memory game online. There were cards with pictures of 1-10 monsters on them and then a card for each number 1-10. C enjoyed counting the monsters and trying to find the number that corresponded. We also cut it short and did cards 1-5 for the memory game part.

I found these adorable little yarn monsters. It was a little bit messy but C really enjoyed winding the gluey yarn around the yogurt dish and it sure turned out cute. Here is the link I used, I forgot to take some pictures!


I think the highlight of the week was the monster dough. Both boys spent over an hour making and remaking the perfect monsters out of dough. I made the dough using 1 cup oatmeal, 1-2 cups of flour and 1 cup of water. This was a child led activity. I placed a blob of dough in front of the kids as well as some resources (goggly eyes, straws, pieces of paper, pumpkin seeds and pipe cleaners ) and let their imagination do the rest. Our monsters sure turned out cute!

Things that start with M
Objects: moon, monsters, mud, magic, museum
Foods: macaroni and cheese, mustard, mozzarella, milk, marshmallows, mashed potatoes, mushrooms
Animals: moose, mouse, monkey