October Freebies
October freebies! Some are instant downloads, and some are free on Teachers Pay Teachers. Not for commercial use, not for use on other sites or blogs. Not for sharing sites. Please save only on your own computer for your class or homeschool.
Bunnicula and Homonyms Illustrated Free PDF – Bunnicula is full of homonyms which inspired this PDF.
Free instant download candy theme free skip counting puzzle for fall math centers or class parties.
Free printable: Fall and Harvest Bingo game with fourteen different game boards, draw cards, and acorn covers to print.
Gentle Halloween Bingo for Pre-K through Grade 1 — This post has a free Halloween bingo game with bingo boards, calling cards, and markers for children to play at school or home. 26 pages.
Halloween in a Tin Free Printable — make a Halloween scene in an empty Altoids tin for a miniature trick or treat activity for children.
Spiders are often included in October classroom studies and art projects. There is a free PDF download for Itsy Bitsy spider at the blog post.
Hocus Pocus 2 the movie free vocabulary word find and crossword puzzle instant download at the blog post.
Max the Dog Goes Out on Halloween Emergent Reader free printable for K-1 color and read activity with sight words
Halloween Quick Writes and Safety Story Freebie — a flash fiction safety story by Theodore Jerome Cohen for teachers and parents and PDF
The Mid-Autumn Festival free instant download PDF is an emergent reader and letter-sized classroom poster.
Montessori inspired October free printable and DIY activities for the very young through age 7
Changing Seasons Graphing Activities with Milk Caps Free PDF — four seasons of the year graphing activity printable.
Stellaluna free printable with reading comprehension pages, as well as Halloween coloring pages to print.
Science Free
This page has links to free science printable blog posts. The printables and resources are available at the blog post links. There are more, so please use the search bar in the top right of each page to search for other resources.
The bubbling snowman is simply a version of using baking soda and vinegar which children never seem to become tired of doing. When the bubbling begins, it looked like it is snowing. Please see the blog post here for more information and a short video.
Vertebrates/invertebrates sort, free PDF, instant download at the blog post.
Leaf-shaped 3-part cards printable — download at this blog post link.
Math and nature Fibonacci posters can be downloaded in the free eMember area.
Links to several science posts about bugs, insects, bees, butterflies, and plants
Sugar-water density experiment — very fun!
A free printable with matching cards for teaching about bogs is at this blog post. The suggested text is not required for using the cards in the PDF, but some source of information would be nice to have on hand.
Information about a free magnets printable is at this blog post. The printable will be found in our free eMembers area.
Free student interactive notebook printable for studying plants on the prairie at this blog post. What plants and animals live on the prairie? Find out in this printable.
Observe and journal about a tree for an outdoors science activity. Visit the same tree a each season of the year to notice what is happening. More information and a free PDF is available at the blog post.
Have you see the dancing dime experiment to demonstrate that warm air takes up more space than cold air? See the post at this link for more information as well as a very short video.
Solar Bead Necklaces are amazing for children but do not tell the secret while inside and working on the project. Let children discover for themselves how the sun causes these beads to reveal their colors. They will be happy to share the information with you! For information please see the blog post at this link.
Watch Me Grow, Rabbit is a nonfiction book for children with facts, information, and photos that show how rabbits grow and live. The free printable at the blog post has a worksheet and answer key to accompany the text.
Science experiments at home using test tubes, nature print paper activities, and breaking open geodes. See the information at this blog post.
Free activity: Traveling Water Experiment at this blog post
Build a solar oven and bake smores (free printable at the post)
STEM with recycled newspapers, old-fashioned fun
Grow crystals over night using tissue paper instead of coal, and a few household ingredients. See information and printable directions which open here.
