Help your kids connect their play to a beloved fall tradition—Halloween. You’ll activate imaginations as you turn water and nature treasures into your very own Halloween Brew. What to put in and what spells come out will be entirely up to you and your explorers. Introduce a few special ingredients, and you can make both the brew and the pretending even more spooky.
Stirring our Brew
Stirring and stirring and stirring our brew. (motion as if to stir)
Ooooo-oooo. Ooooo-oooo. (cup hands around your mouth as you howl)
Stirring and stirring and stirring our brew.
Tiptoe. Tiptoe. Tiptoe... (tip toe)
BOO! (jump and yell, Boo!)
Teaming up to make witch's "brew" supports children on many levels. First, the very act of transforming water into "brew" by adding, mixing and mashing different materials supports children with the transforming schema. Further, gathering ingredients fuels the transporting schema. Both schema are part of a series of brain-boosting behavior patterns in which young children engage worldwide. Children also use their senses to discover and explore various "ingredients" as they concoct their brew. Finally, children of all ages exercise their imaginations as they pretend. Even your youngest explorer can pretend to cook—a most accessible play scenario. Your older and more advanced explorers model for the younger by pretending to be witches, cast spells and indulge in the spookier side of this wonderful season.
We think all families should be learning outside. Try this activity with your child and begin to see the power in outdoor, play-based learning. Have fun!Email it to me