Something about fall gets
our creative juices flowing, and what a perfect time of year to
incorporate this whimsical holiday into your classroom. Whether it be
through parties, centers, or instruction there are tons of great ideas
brewing out there! We just love these monster cookies from Lil Luna. We created a math activity that incorporates this sweet treat. Combine this with the newly release movie Monsters University and you have an instant afternoon of Halloween fun for your students.
Monster Mash Cookies
- 1 White Cake Mix Box
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 8 oz. Cream Cheese Bar softened
- 1 egg
- Powdered Sugar
- Food Coloring
- Candy Eyeballs
Instructions
- Beat butter, vanilla, egg and cream cheese until fluffy.
- Mix in cake mix. Divide batter into bowls for the amount of colors you want.
- Add food coloring to each individual bowl and mix until all combined ( I used Wilton gel coloring).
- Chill for 1 hour
- Roll into balls and dip in a bowl of powdered sugar.
- Place on greased cookie sheet and pat down a bit.
- Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes
- After cooking, add candy eyeballs while cookies are still warm.
Take these yummy treats and turn them into an instant math lesson, review number words, color words and addition with our fun worksheet below. Just give students 4 cookies, have them draw their cookie then write down the color and number of eyes each one has. Using their cookies have them come up with 4 different addition problems and write them on their paper. When they are done have them create their own monster and then describe how many eyes it has as well as the color.
Your students will love this yummy math lesson.
Click HERE to get your Free Copy of this activity
Check out MONSTERS UNIVERSITY out now on DVD.
Have students watch closely and try to tally how many monsters they see that are blue, pink, green, yellow etc.
Have students tally the number of eyes they see throughout the movie
Have students pick one monster and record adjectives to describe that monster
Wishing everyone a Happy Halloween with tons of Monster fun!
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