Preschool Activity: Halloween Night Creature's Festival

I had three special guests come to the house today.  

A cat,

a bat,

and an owl!

And a little sister, too...

We had Night Creature snacks

We talked about Night Creature facts

and played Night Creature games... 

like Mouse, mouse owl 

(a variation of duck, duck goose),

Pin the tail on the cat,

and outside bat chase...

(I had this cape I got off clearance last year.  

I cut it up to make little toddler bat wings ;))

We read a lot of books today.

I read excerpts about owls, bats and other night animals from this book:

Creatures of the Night

Peek a Who

In the Tall Tall Grass

Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin

Lesson Targets

Fine Motor Skills:  Mixing and shaping mouse cookies

Outdoor/gross motor skills:  Running and playing "bats".  Mouse, mouse, owl game.

New Concepts:  Explanation of "night creatures" and what they do

Art:  Preparing masks

Social:  Cooperating in turn-taking games

Science:  Mixing mouse cookies

Reading:  Learning about Rs.  R was our special letter of the day so I had the kids help me find the missing Rs in our menu and fact finding sheet!

If you'd like to do something like this yourself, you're welcome to use the pdf:

Night Creature Festival

print note: This fun preschool party can be helpful for kids learning about night creatures. The menu and fact sheet is missing a special letter. Can your preschooler fill it in? The face masks should be printed on black cardstock. Add a popsicle stick with tape so the kids can hold up their masks!

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For my SITS girls!