Preschool Scarecrows Crows and Corn Theme Activities
Below you can find tons of fun and engaging Preschool scarecrows crows and corn activities!
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Add small twigs, hay and Fabric scraps to your art area this week. Kiddos can create play dough scarecrows or glue to create their own designs. Make "black" play dough or buy it here, and add black feathers to your Open Art Area to allow the Children to create crows.
Scarecrow Paper Plate CraftCommunity Member Lori C. invited her preschoolers to create scarecrows from paper plates. She supplied googly eyes, paper hat cutouts, and a variety of paper scraps and markers for her preschoolers.
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*Paint with Corn Cobs
This week try painting with corn! This exploration is simple to set up, consider using decorative corn or corn that the children husk themselves.
Set out an invitation to build a Scarecrow
Set out fabric cut like shirts, pants, hats, patches, lunch sized paper bags, paper for stuffing, glue
and markers for drawing faces on the scarecrows
and markers for drawing faces on the scarecrows
5 Crows Song
Invite the preschooler to sing this fun song. 5 crows all shiny black, Sat on a scarecrow’s back, Eating some most delicious corn… yum, yum! The Scarecrow winked and shouted “Boo!” Scared one crow and away he flew. Now there are 4 black shiny crows, caw, caw! Repeat until there are no crows left. Print out pictures of crows to add to popsicle sticks to add props.
Paper Bag Scarecrow
Invite the child to create their own paper bag scarecrow with a brown paper bag, buttons, cut outs of nose, hat, and mouth, use hay for the hair. They will have so much fun building their own scarecrow.
More Art & Creativity Ideas
*Build a ScarecrowBuild a Scarecrow in your Dramatic Play Space this week. Add Scarecrow dress-up items to your space (Overalls, Straw Hats, White gloves, Button Up Shirts,etc), and Newspaper.
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Photo Credit: Community Member Jenna F.
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Build a Farm in Dramatic Play
To enhance your dramatic play unit, you can turn it into a farm and include the scarecrow to protect the crops from crows.
Add Crows, Scarecrows, and Small Corn to your Building Space this week.
Small World FarmCreate a small world farm this week, be sure to add some miniature scarecrows!
See this full invitation on my blog post Small World Farm Chores Story Table |
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More Building & Small World Play Ideas
Scarecrow pattern block printable from Jessica's Corner of Cyberspace.
*Sorting Crows by SizePractice size classification and sorting skills with this Sort Crows by Size activity from the Scarecrows, Crows, & Corn activity pack.
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Practice Patterning SkillsPractice Patterning Skills with this set of patterning activities inside the Scarecrows, Crows, & Corn activity pack
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Graphing and ComparingPractice graphing and comparing fall objects, including crows, inside the Fall Graphing and Comparing Numbers set
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Fall PatterningPractice patterning with this fun set that will be great all season long. Fall Patterning Activity Pack
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*Uppercase Lowercase Letter PuzzlesAdd these Crow and Corn uppercase to lowercase matching puzzles to your language and literacy center this week!
You can find these cards in the Scarecrows, Crows, and Corn activity pack. |
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Free Storytime ActivityPair this free set of Crow Color Clip Cards with a fun book like Rainbow Crow by Nancy Van Laan
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Fall Word Wall ActivitiesWork on syllable recognition with this activity from the Fall Word Wall Activity Pack.
You'll also find a variety of word wall cards perfect for creating gross motor and literacy games all season long. |
Scarecrow Rebus Story and Sequencing |
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Name Building CrownCustomize this cute little scarecrow with your preschoolers name, then invite then to build their name on the band for some name building fun!
Included in the Editable Name Activities Pack. |
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The Little Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Wise Brown
Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant and Lauren Stringer
*Six Crows by Leo Lionni
Corn by Gail Gibbons
Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt and Rob Dunlavey
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*Investigate Corn: Purchase different types of corn for children to explore with magnifying glasses. Add corn to the sensory table and practice "shucking". Use a corn base for your sensory table: Kernels, Popcorn, or Corn Meal
Explore crows: Since it's close to Halloween it's a great time to find pretend crows (Check out the Dollar Tree or your local craft store). Make sure to add books about crows to your science area as well.
Explore Scarecrows: Add Hay, Scraps of fabric and burlap to your Sensory Table.
Explore crows: Since it's close to Halloween it's a great time to find pretend crows (Check out the Dollar Tree or your local craft store). Make sure to add books about crows to your science area as well.
Explore Scarecrows: Add Hay, Scraps of fabric and burlap to your Sensory Table.
Scarecrow Sensory Bin
Our reader Erica created this adorable scarecrow sensory bin. She added a variety of straw hats, black pom pom crows, raffia/hay, buttons, and plaid fabric scraps.
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Photo Credit: Community member Erica P. of Erica's Educare Learning Center
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Dancing Kernels Science ExperimentThis science exploration is perfect for this week! See more on my blog post for Dancing Kernels Science Experiment
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Sprouting CornCommunity Member Lori C. shared these photos of the Sprouting Corn observation she did with her group!
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Crow Themed Sensory Bin
Create a themed sensory bin including hay, or kernels with different items in there use black beans to represent the crows, include pumpkin erasers or candy and any other fall themed item you might have. Encourage the child go on a sensory bin hunt to find the crows.
More Science and Discovery Ideas
Corn Exploration from Mom to 2 Posh Divas
Scarecrow Sensory Play from Fun-A-Day
Spin a Scarecrow from MPM Ideas
Indian Corn Patterns on the Light Table from Still Playing School
Scarecrow Sensory Play from Fun-A-Day
Spin a Scarecrow from MPM Ideas
Indian Corn Patterns on the Light Table from Still Playing School
Scarecrow Turn Around Action Rhyme
*Free Scarecrow Turn Around Rhyme from Pre-K Printable Fun
Scarecrow Hunt
Do you ever see scarecrows in your neighborhood? Go on a walk and see if you can spot some.
*Corn Kernel Sensory Bin
You will need kid tweezers and corn kernels for this invitation. You can provide them with a little cup to place the corn kernels in, demonstrate how to use the tweezers to pick upthe kernels. It may be difficult at first but this is excellent for building those fine motor muscles.
More from Around the Web
Corn Shucking from The Jenny Evolution
Flint Corn Tweezing Skills from Teaching 2 & 3 Year Olds
*Scarecrow tag from Childhood 101
Scarecrow Emotions Build a FaceUse this fun scarecrow activity to support emotional development.
To Play: Place emotion cards in a pile and spread out the face pieces on the table or floor. Have your preschooler try to locate the matching face piece and place it on the scarecrow emotion mat. Play continues until all emotions have been created. See more about the Scarecrow Emotions Build a Face Activity |
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Pumpkin Patch or Farm Trip
Taking a field trip is the perfect opportunity to learn more about a scarecrow's big job on the farm.
Create a Big Scarecrow
Build or draw your own scarecrow. Talk about the different parts and work together to label the different parts of the scarecrow.
Crow Walk
Take a walk around the neighborhood to look for crows, see how many you can spot and observe the type of places they tend to hang around.
Scarecrow Circle Time Rhyme
Print out the Scarecrow rhyme and pieces from the Fall Rhymes & Fingerplay set to engage in with your preschoolers.
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