Bring creativity, learning, and festive fun together with A Colorful Halloween Preschool Lesson Plan. This is an educational activity to help preschool kids explore colours while celebrating Halloween. Through songs, storytelling, crafts, and games, preschoolers can develop colour recognition, skills, and social interaction. All wrapped in a cheerful Halloween theme. This article is perfect for teachers and parents.
🍬 Lesson Overview
Theme: A Colourful Halloween
Age Group: Preschool (3–5 years)
Duration: 45–60 minutes
Learning Areas: Colours, Art, Language, Music, Social Skills
🧡 Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, children will:
- Identify and name basic colours.
- Understand Halloween-related vocabulary.
- Express creativity through crafts and music.
- Develop skills through colouring and cutting.
- Learn how to do the group activities.
🖍️ Materials Needed
- Paper (orange, black, green, purple)
- Crayons, markers, glue, scissors (safety scissors)
- Printable coloring sheets (pumpkins, bats, ghosts)
- Colour flashcards
- Halloween songs playlist
- Storybook: Room on the Broom or The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything
🕸️ Lesson Activities
1. Warm-Up Circle Time (10 minutes)
- Sing a Halloween song with children: “Five Little Pumpkins” 🎵
- Discuss what colours they see in Halloween decorations (orange, black, purple, green).
- Show flashcards of colours and match them with Halloween objects.
2. Story Time (10 minutes)
- Read a short Halloween story emphasizing colour words.
- Then, ask children to point out colours in the book illustrations to keep them engaged.
- Encourage discussion with questions like:
- “What color is the witch’s hat?”
- “Can you find something orange?”
3. Craft Activity – “Colourful Pumpkins” (15 minutes)
- Give each child a pumpkin template.
- Ask them to colour it using bright, nontraditional colours (pink, blue, yellow).
- Glue paper shapes (eyes, nose, mouth) to create a happy or silly pumpkin face.
4. Music & Movement – “Halloween Colour Dance” (10 minutes)
- Play fun Halloween-themed songs.
- Call out a colour (“Green!”), And kids holding that coloured paper dance around.
- Encourage creativity in movement — tiptoe like a ghost, stomp like a monster!
5. Wrap-Up & Reflection (10 minutes)
- Review what colours were used.
- Sing the “Rainbow Halloween” song (create lyrics mixing colours + Halloween items).
- Give out stickers or small paper bats as rewards.
🎨 Extension Ideas
Extra Fun for A Halloween Preschool Lesson Plan
- Create a classroom “Colourful Halloween Wall” with all the pumpkin crafts.
- Practice counting using coloured candies (M&Ms or paper cutouts).
- Finally, send a small note home encouraging parents to talk about colours during trick-or-treating.
🧠Assessment
- Observe participation and colour recognition.
- Ask simple recall questions:
- “What colour is a pumpkin?”
- “Can you name a spooky colour?”
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