Classroom Dress-Up Drive

Here's the third thing. Costume parties are always a little shaky at this age. We go through the trouble of dressing up at home, often with the child getting very confused in the process, and then many of us get uncomfortable at school wearing a costume all day. ("Parties" themselves are often overwhelming experiences for these kids in the classroom setting- they always end in tears.) This is such a contradiction- since dress-up play is one of our all time favorite activities!

Here's our proposal: This Halloween, lets bring in dress-up clothes to share with the classroom and one another. We can have a whole week of new dress-up fun with multiple dress-up opportunities, and do it when the kids feel like participating, rather than for one single party event. This dress-up is not limited to traditional full costumes- simple items and props will do fine: this includes hats, scarves, masks, capes, crowns, coats, etc. The advantage of having Halloween around the corner is that after the holiday, all of those costumes will go on sale! Wouldn't this be a great time to stock up our dramatic play and dress-up area?

Officially, Dress-Up Week will be October 29th to November 2nd- but the dress-up fun will continue long after.