The Halloween Door

Does that title make anyone else think of the theme song to the old PBS show, The Polka Dot Door, or is it just me? Just me ... okay.

We have sure enjoyed the many crafts and projects Eliot brings home from preschool. His teacher is so creative and does so many things to make developing those fine motor skills actually fun! Eliot has become quite the expert scissors wielder, and now "pinches" his crayons and pencils correctly and (even more miraculously!) without complaint! His coloring and painting skills are getting better and better, too (meaning, he's starting to venture from his monochromatic style into a newer, more colorful pallet). Here are the fun creations he came home with in October:

They made Frankenstein while learning about the letter F, Ghosts for letter G, Haunted Houses (one of my personal favorites ... love the shapes collage!) for letter H, and an "Icky" spider for letter I. If you were to ask Eliot which is his favorite, he would undoubtedly tell you the witch with the "bubble" (balloon) nose. A close second for Eliot would be the painted tree, because "it looks like it's on fire!" (which must be what his teacher told him). My second favorite is the "belfry bat" (and I love that Eliot knows that term now) made out of his hand prints. In true Dickinson fashion, Eliot is now obsessed with Halloween (much to the chagrin of his resistant mother, I'm afraid ... Halloween just isn't my thing, but I'm glad he's not spooked by it any more). But how could he not like it, with all the fun things he got to do at preschool this month?!