Each and every year, the children in School-age 3 continue to show an interest in the aspect of Halloween. In years past, they have engaged in haunted houses, games, and so much more. This year, during the beginning of October our School-age 3 has been working hard on making Halloween games and challenges in which their peers can participate in.
Collectively the group decided to scaffold on past years events by engaging and challenging each other to create games/activities with a different theme for game each. Wyatt, Arran, and Oliver came together and created a Star Wars game complete with various prizes, along with a grand prize for the game. The game consisted of different components which encompassed various battling and concentration skills. Using construction paper, cardboard, and a variety of loose part materials from our school age cart, they created their masterpiece. Austin and Ethan have worked very hard on their Plinko game. Austin started off by finding a long piece of cardboard that they could use for the Plinko base. They then gathered blue construction paper, and added popsicle sticks hot glued together and strategically staggered around the piece of cardboard. They made sure there was a good length between each popsicle stick, ensuring that it encompassed the concept of the original Plinko game. Their game encompassed the aspect of concentration, strategy and hand-eye coordination.
The final game that the group created was that of skeet - ball. Emily decided to use a variety of cardboard pieces to create her skeet-ball game. Emily commented, “I want to make something fun for all the groups to enjoy on Halloween, and skeet-ball is a fun game played at arcades.” She engaged her creative expression as she painted the cardboard with a Halloween theme. She then used small paper cups and glued them onto the cardboard for the skeet-ball to be thrown into just like the original game. She finished off her design by adding numbers, with the higher scored being the harder cups to get that ball into. This game requires the children to engage their concentration, hand eye coordination, and gross motor skills.
The group has continued to show pride and excitement in their creations, and cannot wait to display all of our games/challenges on October 31 after school for the other School-age 1 and 2 to come together and compete against one another. Stay tuned!
