Help-at-Home Activities

October

Have you child find orange and black things.

Go to the library and check out Halloween books.

Have your child find Halloween ads in the newspaper. Compare!

Ask your child make up a pumpkin poem.

Have your child write words from the letters HALLOWEEN.

Start a Halloween story-ask your child to finish it.

Ask your child to name or write words that rhyme with BAT.

Have your child finish the story:  It was a dark and spooky Halloween night when I saw.......

Say Halloween words to your child.  Ask your child to clap hands to tell how may syllables are in each word.

Let your child cover a pop with a tissue, tie and add eyes to make a ghost.

Look up five Halloween words in the dictionary with your child.

Discuss Columbus Day.  Ask your child to draw Columbus' three ships
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Use candy corn to make math problems for your child to solve.

Ask your child to name three words that  begin with each letter
  in O-C-T-O-B-E-R.

Count 1-50(or by 2s). Ask your child to say "Boo" when you omit a number.

Have your child draw a Halloween picture.  Cover with plastic wrap and use as a placemat.

Have your child draw a Halloween picture. Cut into puzzle pieces.Let your child put it together again.

Ask your child to write the Great Pumpkin a letter.

Ask your child to draw five pumpkins. Give each pumpkin a different expression:  happy,sad,etc.

Give your child a piece of newspaper. Draw a big ghost shape.
 
Have your child cut out the ghost and draw black eyes.

Help your child make Halloween cards using orange paper,crayons, and scissors.

Carve a jack-o-lantern with your child's help(Save the seeds and count them)

Have your child bake pumpkin seeds
1-Grease pan
2-Place seeds
3-Sprinkle salt
4-Bake 350 degrees until lightly brown. Good Snack!

Have your child name safety rules for trick-or-treating.

Shop with your child for a Halloween costume. Compare prices, sizes, styles, etc.

Ask your child to think of as many Halloween compound words as possible example:  broomstick.

Read a Halloween story to your child. Ask your child to tell you the story in his/her own words.

Ask you child to draw a map to follow for trick-or-treating.

Bake slice-and-bake cookies with your child. Use candy corn to make faces on cookies.

Use paper bag,glue,yarn,and crayons to help your child make a trick-or-treating bag.

Have each family member tell a "ghost" story before going trick-or treating.

HAVE A "SPOOKTACULAR" OCTOBER

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last modified:05/30/2014