Preschool Lesson Plan: Imagination

I taught about Imagination on Halloween day. The Moms didn't want the focus to be on scary things so we opted to focus on imagination for the day. The kids came dressed in their costumes and the lesson went something like this:

Schedule:
9:30-9:45
Opening/Carpet Time:
-Welcome Song
-Prayer
-Pledge
-Music/Singing Time
-Rhymes
-Calendar
-Show & Tell


9:45-10:15 
Read: Where The Wild Things Are
Let the children act out what it would be like to be a wild thing. Have them imagine they are in the jungle of The Wild Things.


Music Exploration: Imagine we are in a parade showing off our costumes to people watching all around. March all around waving and dancing for the people watching as The Monster Mash song is playing in the background.


10:15-10:30
Play Time


10:30-10:45
Art: I got these foam stickers of faces (lips, eyes, noses, etc) from Oriental Trading Company and the children each got to decorate a gord using the stickers.

10:45-11:00
Activity: I had each child decorate a trick-or-treat bag. I bought canvas bags from Oriental Trading Company and the kids decorated them with Sharpies. 

The children then took their trick-or-treat bags into the hallway. Each child got to take a turn being in a bedroom and imagining it was their home while the rest of the kids came up to the "house" and knocked on the door to imagine they were trick-or-treating there. I had small toys/bracelets for the child at the door to give to their "trick-or-treaters". 


Service: Students were challenged to take one thing from their trick-or-treat bag and share it with one of their siblings.