Additional Resources for Each Day of our October Read, Paint, Cook Activity Calendar from our Autumn and Halloween Learning Pack!
Every three days, you will find a new learning topic, with a read, paint and cook activity per day in our #readpaintcookactivitycalendar! Included below are the links to books, read aloud links, and recipe links for easy in action application with your kiddos! Please tag us on IG @build_your_masterpiece_class
Let’s get started! Pumpkins are first…
Pair up these next three days with our Thanksgiving Tea Time Guide with Poetry and Art Appreciation here. (It’s NEW!) Or our Pumpkin Tea Time Guide and Montessori Cards in our Vegetables in the Garden Learning Pack here.
October 1:
Read: Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White
October 2:
Paint: Pumpkin Art Appreciation + Still Life Pumpkin Painting
October 3:
Cook: Pumpkin Pie Pancakes
October 4:
Read: Under the Bed Fred by Linda Bailey - Book Review Video of this Book
October 5:
Paint/Make: Monster Eye Slime
October 6:
Cook: Monster Cookies
Optional Activity: Make a “Monster Play Dough Kit”!
October 7:
Read: Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies
Pair up these next three days with our Thanksgiving Tea Time Guide with Poetry and Art Appreciation here. (It’s NEW!) Or our Pumpkin Tea Time Guide and Montessori Cards in our Vegetables in the Garden Learning Pack here.
October 10:
Read:
From Dark to Light by Isabelle Murphy
October 11:
Paint: Carve a pumpkin + Paint the seeds to create abstract art plus color the pumpkin coloring page included.
October 12:
Cook: Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
Pair up these next few days with our Bears in the Mountains Learning Pack here.
October 13:
Read: We're Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger + Autumn Leaves by Ken Robbins
October 14:
Paint: Go on a Leaf Hunt + make leave rubbings with crayons on paper.
October 15:
Cook: Chocolate Covered Mint Leaves served on Icecream
Pair these next few days with our Spiders in the Garden Learning Pack here.
October 16:
Read: There Was an Old Mummy Who Swallowed a Spider by Jennifer Ward, and Are You a Spider? by Judy Allen (plus find more book titles in our learning pack!)
October 17:
Paint: Spider Web String Art
October 18:
Cook/Bake: Spider Web Cookies
Learn how to decorate your spider web cookies here.
October 19:
October 20:
Paint: X-Ray Skeleton Art with Q-Tips - On black paper trace the child's arm and hand with a white crayon.Use Q-tips on Elmer's glue for the bones. Another option, create the whole skeleton!
October 21:
Cook Pretzel Bones
Pair this week up with our Moon Day Learning Pack here.
October 22:
October 25:
Pair these next three days activities up with our Crab Apple Adventure!
October 28:
Read: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs plus try the activity of bobbing for apples without your mouth!
October 29:
Paint: Fizzing Apple Art. Watch how to make your own Baking Soda Paints here.
October 30:
Cook: Apple Shaped Rice Krispy Treats
I also found this interesting article about the history of apple bobbing, with fertility and more! - This article is more for the mamas curious about these sorts of things, like myself! :)
October 30:
Happy Halloween!!
Yay! We made it to Halloween!! Enjoy this special Halloween Tea Party Guide today while you enjoy dressing up!
Read:
The Dressing Up Box by Mairi Mackinnon
Happy Haunting Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish
Halloween Day by Anne Rockwell
Halloween Surprise by Corinne Demas
The Berenstain Bears Happy Halloween! by Stan Berenstain
Paint:
Decorate the house for Halloween with our Halloween Party Banner
Cook: