It turns out that a candy maker named George Renninger likely invented these sweet little yellow, orange, and white treats in the 1880’s while working at Wunderle Candy Company in Philadelphia. At one point, they were named “chicken feed”. The same basic recipe is still used today. I also discovered these sugar-packed treats are fat-free.

National Candy Corn Day is celebrated on October 30th. Here are some math (and other) activities you can use to join in the celebration.

Candy Corn Collect and Sort, a free download, is a partner activity designed for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

For young learners, the focus can be on color matching/ identification and fine motor skills. Older preschoolers and kindergarteners can count; write and represent numbers; and graph and compare quantities.

You will need:

• Card stock or paper for printing selected pages, Candy Corn Collect & Sort
• Laminator, optional
• 25 one-half inch counters (pompoms, buttons, or M & M’s) in white, orange, and yellow for each pair of players

• Choose color or black/ white.
• Choose to use a spinner or a cube. Print and cut. Color the black and white, if using. The spinner can be made with purchased hands or a paperclip and pencil. Fold and glue the cube.
• Print one candy corn game mat for each pair of players.
• Print one sorting mat for each player (optional, 2 per page). Color code the black and white.
• Choose and print one or both optional recording sheets.

 

Indulge a little and play Candy Corn Collect and Sort to celebrate National Candy Corn Day!

You might also be interested in these candy corn themed math resources ($) available in my TpT Store. To help you celebrate, these will be marked down through Saturday, October 22nd.

• Candy Corn Counting Grids, perfect for preschool and kindergarten, uses dice and counters to focus on subtilizing, counting objects with a one-to-one correspondence to 20, 30, or 40, and comparing quantities.
• Candy Corn Critters Number Sense 1-10 is a resource for preschool and kindergarten that incorporates dice patterns and ten frames with counting, writing numerals, writing number words, one less, one more, and representing a given quantity by drawing, with tally marks, and on ten frames.
• Candy Corn Critters Number Sense 10-19 is an activity for kindergarteners and some first graders that incorporates base ten blocks or ten frames with writing numerals, writing number words, one less, one more, and representing a given quantity with tally marks, on ten frames, and by drawing base ten blocks.
• It’s in the Bag for Autumn- A Data Collection and Graphing Activity, ideal for first, second, and third graders, has an activity using the words candy corn.

Candy Corn Place Value
Candy Corn Counting Cards
Popsicle Stick Candy Corn
Candy Corn Painting
Candy Corn Play Dough Recipe
Candy Corn Challenge (Easy to adapt idea)

How do you plan to celebrate National Candy Corn Day?

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We live in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains, close enough that it is an easy day trip to the Shenandoah National Park. We enjoy going for the views, a stroll through the woods, and a picnic followed by blackberry cobbler at one of the lodges, several times a year. We were lucky enough in June to spot this one on a hillside along the Skyline Drive. I did not have my camera in hand but another family member was quick enough to snap this shot, which just in case you’re wondering was taken from within the safe confines of a car!

There’s just something alluring about bears… I collected stuffed bears and figurines for years (Somehow they’ve been replaced by flamingos!) so I couldn’t resist this set of adorable school bear clipart by Marie Cole Clipart. I have created several resources with this set including these free table signs, which can be downloaded from my TpT store.

Simply print, laminate, cut, hang, and enjoy!

These coordinating bold and simple School Bears Number Posters 0-20 keep the bear themed classroom decor going.

I love any activity which incorporates movement with learning. These Roam the Room number sense activities fit the bill and are perfect for Back to School or anytime.

School Bears Number Sense Activity 1-10
School Bears Number Sense Activity Teen Numbers 10-19

You might also enjoy these Table Signs for Learning.

And don’t forget to visit Big Meadows Lodge for their scrumptious blackberry cobbler. You can request it a la mode with blackberry ice cream!

Be sure to check out the Back to School ideas and resources on this Pinterest board!

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