Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Halloween Activities

Sifting Spiders (Photo from Counting Coconuts)

With preschoolers, I always liked to have Montessori-inspired Halloween activity trays available on the shelves for a couple of weeks before Halloween. Both as a Montessori teacher and homeschool mom, I made sure the activities were fun, non-scary, and included activities in a number of curriculum areas.

A lot of bloggers today have the same idea. There are some wonderful resources around the blogosphere!

Montessori-Inspired Halloween Activities

Be sure to check out the links to pumpkin and jack-o’-lantern activities in my Montessori-Inspired Pumpkin Unit from this year and Montessori-Inspired Pumpkin Activities from last year.

Counting Coconuts has a number of Halloween posts and many Halloween activities (photo at top of this post from On Our Shelves – Halloween)

Halloween Sensory Box (Photo from Pink and Green Mama)

Pink and Green Mama has a Halloween sensory box and post with sensory box tips and inspiration.

Halloween Colored Noodle Lacing (Photo from Jada Roo Can Do)

Jada Roo Can Do has a number of Halloween posts and activities, including Halloween Colored Noodle Lacing

Spider Sorting (Photo from Growing a Godly Girl)

Growing a Godly Girl has some Montessori-inspired Halloween trays.

Tweezing Spiders (Photo from Leptir)

Leptir has Halloween activities in many curriculum areas from 2009 (photo) and 2010.

Tweezing Spiders Activity (Photo by Julie at The Adventures of Bear)

The Adventures of Bear has another variation on tweezing spiders.

Putting Spiders on Spider Web Activity (Photo from Barefoot in Suburbia)

Barefoot in Suburbia has a number of pumpkin and spider activities, including putting spider rings on a pipe cleaner web.

Lesson Plans to Pots and Pans also has a number of pumpkin and spider activities, including a jack-o’-lantern buttoning activity and making pumpkin life cycle bracelets.

Skull Threading (Photo from Montessori MOMents)

Montessori MOMents has skull threading.

North American Montessori Center has a post on Montessori-Style Halloween.

My Montessori Journey has New Activities for October,  Halloween Bead Activities, Halloween Practical Life, Halloween Water Transfer, Spider Sifting, Spider Web Paintings, and Halloween Wreath.

Sunrise Learning Lab has a number of Halloween posts, including a post with Halloween math fun for ages 6-9.

Carrots Are Orange has Montessori-inspired Halloween posts.

Candy Corn Math Work (Photo from Chasing Cheerios)

Chasing Cheerios has Candy Corn Math Work (photo) and Halloween Spooning Work using white bean ghosts.

Counting by 5s with Pumpkin Picks (Photo from Kingdom of the Pink Princesses)

Kingdom of the Pink Princesses has Halloween activity trays, including a skeleton puzzle tray to go with vertebrate work and counting by 5′s using pumpkin picks.

If you’d like to see more about how we celebrated Halloween at our home, I have a post on Homeschool Halloween.

Halloween Activities on Pinterest

I also have a Kids’ Halloween Activities Pinterest board that I’ll be adding to throughout the next two weeks.

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