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25+ Ways to Learn with Candy

By thisreadingmama 10 Comments

Got candy? I know we do! Here are some ideas and ways kids can learn with candy!

25+ Ways to Learn with Candy - This Reading Mama

 

Here are some activities our homeschool group recently did with candy…AND a round-up of more FABULOUS ways to learn with candy.

Harriets Halloween Candy read aloud
After decorating paper bags (to store all their candy), we read Harriet’s Halloween Candy, a book that has some fabulous opportunities for making predictions and inferences…and a great lesson for what will happen if you eat too much candy.

 

Then the games began!

25+ Ways to Learn with Candy

1. Candy Corn Number Math {FREE PRINTABLE! from This Reading Mama}

2. Boo Bump (3 dice addition game)

3. Sink or Float with Candy-a lesson on surface tension

4. Skittle Color Sorting  – I used markers to color in each circle so MBug (currently 2 years old) would know where to put each color

5. Skittle Graphing

6. The floating M- we focused on making predictions…what will happen if we put our M&M’s in water?

7. M&M Color Mixing- we mixed the primary colors to create the secondary colors

More Ways to Learn with Candy!

8. Candy Corn Printables & Activities

9. m&m Christmas Trees

10. m&m graphing

11. Painting with Jelly Beans

12. Candy Crafts

13. Tootsie Roll Pops: Making Math and Science Yummy

14. Candy Patterns

15. Gummy Bear Math

16. Don’t Eat Jack

17. Candy Experiments

18. Candy Sequencing

19. Candy Corn Reading Activities

20. Melting and Dissolving with Candy

21. Halloween Candy Sorting

22. Halloween Tonging and Sorting

23. Playing with Candy

24. m&m Corn Roll

25. Gumdrop Sculptures

26. Candy Experiments

27. m&m Games to Pass the Time

28. More Candy Experiments

29. Candy Experiments, Learning, Activities, Crafts, Recipes & More!



25+ Ways to Learn with Candy square- This Reading Mama
 
 

Enjoy teaching {with candy},
~Becky

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Comments

  1. mrcraycroft says

    November 4, 2012 at 9:44 am

    What a great post! Thanks for the link!

    Reply
  2. Jill @ A Mom With A Lesson Plan says

    November 4, 2012 at 10:26 am

    How fun!! Thanks for including my Tootsie Pop post.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      November 4, 2012 at 4:43 pm

      You’re welcome, Jill!

      Reply
  3. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    November 4, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    We need to do that floating m experiment! Thanks for featuring our candy experiments 🙂

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      November 4, 2012 at 4:41 pm

      Yes, that was a super cool experiment!

      Reply
  4. jaime says

    November 6, 2012 at 11:25 am

    great ideas!

    Reply
  5. Anna@The Measured Mom says

    October 7, 2013 at 6:19 am

    Thanks for sharing this, Becky! It’s part of my Halloween roundup today.

    Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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