More Halloween

Book Ideas:

Harriet’s Halloween Candy by Nancy Carlson
"Harriet learns the hard way that sharing her Halloween candy makes her feel much better than eating it all herself. "

Popcorn by Frank Asch
"Sam the bear decides to throw a Halloween party, and he dresses up in a costume and invites all of his bear friends over. Each friend has individually come up with the idea to bring a package of popcorn, and after having some fun at the party, someone gets the idea to pop all of the popcorn together in a big black kettle. The popcorn soon fills the house, and the young bears spend the rest of the night eating popcorn in order to fix the problem."

The Thirteen Hours of Halloween by Dian Curtis Regan
"An adaptation to the traditional song, 'The Twelve Days of Christmas,' to accommodate a creepy collection of characters. On the first hour of Halloween, a little girl's best friend presents her with a grinning 'vulture in a dead tree.' This dubious gift is followed, on the hour, by 'two pumpkins carved, three fat bats, four witches' cats,' and so on."

Night before Halloween by Natasha Wing
"A story in the style of the familiar poem, 'The Night Before Christmas,' tells how a house full of monsters, goblins, witches and the like prepare for Halloween."

Goodnight Goon, by Michael Rex
"Goodnight monsters everywhere, in this parody romp with its own special twist!
'Goodnight tomb. Goodnight goon. Goodnight Martians taking over the moon.'
It's bedtime in the cold gray tomb with a black lagoon, and two slimy claws, and a couple of jaws, and a skull and a shoe and a pot full of goo. But as a little werewolf settles down, in comes the Goon determined at all costs to run amok and not let any monster have his rest."

Boo Who?, Lift-the-flap knock-knock Book series by Katie Hall
"Bat you'll shriek with laughter at this fang-tastic collection of Halloween knock-knock jokes designed to tickle the funny bone. Lift the flaps and follow two trick-or-treaters through a haunted house as they encounter giggling ghosts and goofy goblins. You'll be scared silly!
Knock, knock!Who's there?Ben!Ben who?Ben waiting for Halloween all year!"

Songs and Rhymes:

THE TWELVE DAYS OF HALLOWEEN
At the first house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... a large piece of chocolate taffy
At the second house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... two lollipops and a large piece of chocolate taffy
At the third house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... three pralines, two lollipops, and large piece of chocolate taffy
At the fourth house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... four peppermints, three pralines, two lollipops and large piece of chocolate taffy
At the fifth house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... FIVE POPCORN BALLS!!! Four peppermints, three pralines, two lollipops and a large piece of chocolate taffy
At the sixth house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... six peanut clusters, FIVE POPCORN BALLS!!! Four peppermints, three pralines, two lollipops and a large piece of chocolate taffy
At the seventh house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... seven candied apples, six peanut clusters, FIVE POPCORN BALLS!!! Four peppermints, three pralines, two lollipops and a large piece of chocolate taffy
At the eighth house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... eight chewy caramels, seven candied apples, six peanut clusters, FIVE POPCORN BALLS!!! Four peppermints, three pralines, two lollipops and a large piece of chocolate taffy
At the ninth house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... nine orange gumdrops, eight chewy caramels, seven candied apples, six peanut clusters, FIVE POPCORN BALLS!!! Four peppermints, three pralines, two lollipops and a large piece of chocolate taffy
At the tenth house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... ten shiny pennies, nine orange gumdrops, eight chewy caramels, seven candied apples, six peanut clusters, FIVE POPCORN BALLS!!! Four peppermints, three pralines, two lollipops and a large piece of chocolate taffy
At the eleventh house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me...
eleven creamy nougats, ten shiny pennies, nine orange gumdrops, eight chewy caramels, seven candied apples, six peanut clusters, FIVE POPCORN BALLS!!! Four peppermints, three pralines, two lollipops and a large piece of chocolate taffy
At the twelfth house on Halloween my neighbor gave to me... twelve cherry bonbons, eleven creamy nougats, ten shiny pennies, nine orange gumdrops, eight chewy caramels, seven candied apples, six peanut clusters, FIVE POPCORN BALLS!!! Four peppermints, three pralines, two lollipops and a large piece of chocolate taffy!

The Haunted House" (Tune of "Wheels on the Bus")
The ghost in the house goes "Boo! Boo! Boo!"

"Boo! Boo! Boo!, Boo! Boo! Boo!"

The ghost in the house goes "Boo! Boo! Boo!"

On Halloween.
The steps in the house goes "Creek, creek, creek..."

The cats in the house go "Meow, meow, meow..."

The mice in the house go "Squeak, squeak, squeak.."

The people in the house go "Eek, eek, eek...".

Sing A Song Of Halloween...
(Sing A Song Of Sixpence)
Sing a song of Halloween,
What a scary night,
Ghosts and bats and big black cats,
Give us all a fright.
Shining jolly Jack-O-Lanterns
Fill our hearts with fun,
But if the black witch comes along,
We'll all run!

Dress Up
A pretty princess wears a crown (form circle above head)

Bunny's ears flop up and down (place hands above head and move up & down)

A beautiful ballerina dances to and fro(dance)

A funny clown laughs "Ho, ho, ho".

2 green eyes shine from a cat(circle eyes)

A scary witch wears a pointy hat (form point with arms above head)

Jack-O-Lanterns shine so bright (form circle with arms)

Happy children on Halloween night!

Three Black Cats(sung to the tune of "three blind mice ")
Three black cats, three black cats,

In black hats, in black hats,

They all jumped into the Halloween brew.

They teased the ghosts & the goblins too!

Have you ever seen such a Hullabaloo??
On Halloween, On Halloween!

Activity Ideas:

Costume Sorting

Have your child cut out costumes out of the adds in the newspaper or in magazines. Then sort them into groups by similarities. (Examples could be: costumes that are scary/not scary, costumes for girls/boys or both, Superheroes/non superheroes, costumes with a hat/no hat, costumes with a mask/no mask etc...) You can sort them several times or just once and glue them on paper with a line down the middle to separate your groups.

Halloween Survey

Teach your child how to do a survey by asking family, friends, and neighbors which Halloween color they like best. (If you need to call grandma, or cousins to get enough people to survey). Teach them how to use tally marks or X's in each column to keep track of people's answers. Then count the tally marks or X's in each column and decide which has the most and which has the least.

Candy Sorting

After trick-or-treating have your child sort their candies into groups of candy with similarities. The similarities can be based on the color of the wrapping or chocolate or non chocolate, or hard candy vs. soft etc....Count which group has the most. It was fun to let my daughter group them first, without adding my input, because she grouped them differently than I would have; and so it gave me a chance to see her thinking and ask questions so she could explain her reasoning.