In Western countries, on October 31st every year, there is a "Halloween" and the dictionary is interpreted as "The eve of All Saints'Day", which is translated in Chinese as "Halloween Night". Halloween is a traditional festival in Western countries. This night is the most "haunted" night of the year, so it is also called "Ghost Festival". Halloween has become a favorite festival for children today, and it has completely lost its religious superstition. This festival has many interesting activities and strange costumes, full of mystery. In order to let the children feel this unique festive atmosphere, and discuss the controversial "ghosts" together.
Activity purpose:
1. Enrich children's lives through activities, let children understand the origin of the traditional Western festival "Halloween", feel Western culture, and let children know the international cultural colors and experience the customs and festivals of foreign countries.
2. Through acting, further feel the atmosphere of Halloween, experience the joy of the festival, and exercise children's courage and discernment ability.
3. Create a good and diversified humanistic environment for young children, provide a good English learning atmosphere, and allow children to learn and speak English happily in the game.
4. Provide opportunities for home interaction and enhance parent-child communication.
Halloween activity form
This Halloween activity is based on the class, and each of them carries out related Halloween activities in combination with the courses, and wait for Halloween to gather together on Halloween games organized by the teacher. The kindergarten class will invite parents and children to come to the kindergarten to participate in Halloween activities in combination with the report at the end of this month.
Halloween course recommendation
high and young group:
"Halloween Activities I Know" (Comprehensive)
Activity Target:
1. Through some picture introductions and recalling past experiences of Halloween, we will further consolidate our understanding of Halloween customs.
2. Actively participate in Halloween games and be able to abide by the rules of the game to play.
"Bats on Halloween" (Art)
Activity target:
1. Further understand the bats on Halloween and understand the bat shapes in various forms.
2. Choose the way you like, and paint, clipping, rubbing, etc. to express the bat shape.
middle and young group
"Halloween Imper is here to visit" (comprehensive)
activity goals:
1. Through acting, further feel the atmosphere of Halloween and experience the joy of the festival.
2. Exercise children's courage and discernment ability.
"Halloween Pumpkin Lantern" (Art)
Activity Target:
1. Further understand the pumpkins in Halloween and understand the pumpkin shapes expressed in various forms.
2. Choose the way you like, and paint, clipping, rubbing and other ways to express the pumpkin shape.
low-grade group
"Funny Halloween"
Activity target:
Through various Halloween games, let children perceive Halloween and further experience the fun of Halloween.
Recommended Games:
1. Pumpkin Doll is so cute
Ingredients: 1 pumpkin headdress, one box of oil paint sticks, big round paper
Activity Tips: Make pumpkin headdress
●The teacher shows the pumpkin headdress that has been lined and colored for children.
●Children's paintings, teachers will guide on tours, helping children with weak abilities to paint boldly, and children with strong abilities to apply more headdresses.
2. Where is the pumpkin doll
Material: 6 pictures drawn by the teacher in advance, and the pumpkin dolls inside are hidden in various places in the picture.
activity tips:
●Today's pumpkin doll will play hide-and-seek with us.
●Look for pumpkin dolls separately, and after finding them, you should tell others where to find the pumpkin dolls.
●The pumpkin dolls found by the children.
●Tibetan pumpkin doll, let others come to find it next time.
Halloween Day Activities
-- Middle and senior high school children, children in each class wear their Halloween costumes, visit the garden to the class to have sugar-seeking games and pumpkin games, so that children can experience the joy of Halloween through interactions with their peers and teachers.
——Small classes, parent-child activities are carried out according to the Halloween and end-of-month reporting time of each class. Experience the joy of spending holidays with your companions and family.
Activity process:
1. Wonderful English Show (15:30-16:00)
Each class will report and display English in the class. The middle form can be slightly adjusted, interspersed with some Halloween English games and interactive games. Children can feel the joy of the holiday while simply dressing up, and can boldly and confidently show their English.
2. Parent-child makeup show (16:10-16:40)
Class activities: Each class asks parents to prepare various Halloween dresses for their children in advance, and can dress up as little angels, little witches, little magicians and various small cartoon images. Parents on the scene can first wear clothes with their children and then put on makeup for the children. At the same time, the children must learn to put on makeup for their mothers.
3. Garden Dance Family Show (16:40-17:40)
Host: Class Teacher
Group Activities:
After the decoration of their respective families, the collective gathers in the form of a square array to form a horseshoe shape. The host leads everyone to organize the family model show, interactive games, collective rhythm, garden games and other links, and feel the joy of the festival in the activities of the common game.
Activity 1: Fighting monsters (5-6 years old)
Target: Training children's hand-eye coordination ability and improving children's competitive awareness
Preparation: Several balls, two large baskets
How to play: The teacher can prepare two baskets in advance, paste the monsters respectively, and conduct them in groups. Please throw the ball at the monsters and fight the monsters. Finally, see which group of children throws the most table tennis balls.
Activity 2: bite apple (4-5 years old)
Preparation: Several apples, face plate
How to play: During the game, people let the apple float in a basin filled with water, and then (group) let the children bite the apple with their mouths without using their hands. Whoever bites first is the winner.
Activity 3: Blowing flour (3-4 years old)
Preparation: flour, 10 small bowls, table tennis, transparent eye mask
How to play: Fill the small bowl in advance, put the balls in the first bowl, and divide them into two groups. Ask the children to blow flour game.
4. "trick or treat" to ask for sugar (17:40-18:00)
ask for sugar: After the show, parents and friends took their children to the playground to ask for sugar from each other.
Event related preparations:
(I) Classrooms and public areas of each class:
(Halloween is here: October 23-31)
1. The halls, walkways and classes are decorating Halloween environment to set off the festive atmosphere. For manual classes before the event, teachers can be arranged to lead children to make Halloween masks, spiders, parent-child pumpkin lanterns, etc., and use these handicrafts to decorate the indoor and outdoor class and item cabinets;
2. Before the event, use websites, exhibition boards, home columns, etc. to promote the origin of Halloween, and the kindergarten class sends holiday invitations to parents.
3. Create Halloween situations and play related music in time in daily life. It is recommended that you choose cheerful and easy-to-learn Halloween English songs for music.
4. Post banners outside the gate on the festival day - Halloween Amusement Park.
(II) Class:
(Halloween Knowledge Permeation: October 23-31)
1. Use some interesting children's books, pictures or website information related to Halloween to attract children's interest in Halloween. And you can use this learning opportunity to let children express some feelings and ideas about horrible things, and thus build the courage to try new things.
2. After letting children understand the Halloween activities, they will produce related art and labor works with their children, and finally arrange the classroom with their children to create a lively Halloween atmosphere.
3. Co-create various props, such as strange costumes, ghost faces, devil necklaces, various facial makeup, pumpkin lanterns, witch cloaks, etc. It can also be extended to the production or tasting of some related Halloween foods, such as: pumpkin pie, pumpkin cake, pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie, etc.
4. Each class uses poster board to perform "creative dressing" shows based on class units, collect and arrange them, and display and share them in public areas in advance on the day of the event.
5. The young and old group sends invitation letters and invites parents to participate in the event. The game content that requires parents' cooperation can be communicated with parents in advance, such as preparing clothes and candy so that the event will be smoothly carried out on the day.
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