Scarecrows

After a fun day yesterday of going to the Coon Valley Library for a Halloween story, craft, game, and snack we started a unit on scarecrows today. We did a scarecrow rhyme where I could watch the preschoolers to see if they were being good listeners (they were!). We read a story called "The little old lady who was not afraid of anything". Before we read it we had a discussion about things we are scared of. The book was fun to read because there were parts that the preschoolers could help me with. They are great at sound effects! After our story we sang a song about how scarecrows might scare the crows away. The preschoolers each got to come up with their own ideas. They all made scarecrows at the art table and we hung them on the bulletin board. As you can see in the picture they are working because there is not a crow in sight! The preschoolers were also busy filling our sensory table with corn they were taking off the cobs.