I Can Do All Things Homeschooling: Fun with Fire (safety) and Spelling Pumpkins

October is one of my favorite months. It brings cooler weather and it means Fall is here! I love pumpkin picking, pumpkin carving, homemade apple cider and homemade apple pie! I also love the changing colors of the leaves, but I do not like having to rake them.

In October, we learn all about fire safety. It's fun go to the fire station for a field trip and to also bring goodies for the fire fighters and thank them for keeping us safe. The kids really look forward to it every year.

During our quiet time, the kids have been doing some fun fire safety games. Some are simply for fun and others are more like learning games.

One activity that we do is a shadow matching game. The kids have to match the picture to the shadow. It's simple, but the kids like it, so it's something fun that we do!

Another fun little activity we do is putting the fire trucks in order from small to biggest. We then have to go biggest to smallest. The kids turn this into a race to see who can do it faster!

I also have a couple of puzzles that the kids work on. This too turns into a race to see who can complete the puzzles faster!

There is also an activity is matching the fire fighters to the shape that they are holding. It's just a fun little game.

This will probably be the last year we do them because they are more for preschool and kindergarten grades. But we're making it fun while we have them! If you love these adorable printables, you can get them here! Fire Fighters Printables

This morning, I saw this cute game and it was too cute to pass up! I love that I can use it when reviewing spelling words with the kids. Here it is!

It's called the Great Pumpkin Challenge and we LOVED playing it while doing our spelling. Here's what you do:

Go to The Great Pumpkin Challenge and print out the board game and cards.

Then pick something that you can use a game pieces for each player. We used our counting bears.

I wrote the kids spelling words on pieces of paper and then put them into pencil holders, making sure their words did not get mixed up. You can put the spelling words in a paper cup if you like. The kids then had to pick a word for the other child to spell correctly. If they spell it right, they roll the die and see how many spaces they can move. If their game piece lands on a pumpkin face, they have to pick a challenge card. The challenge card tells them a task they have to do on the next word. So they get to pick another word, and have to do the challenge. Example: for their challenge, they might have to yell out the spelling of a word while writing it in air. If they do the challenge correctly, they get to move that many spaces that is on the card. So much FUN!!!! The kids LOVED playing this and it really helped them practice their spelling words.