Updated: 2012
Now that my boys are older, I’ve been able to not only read, but also write with them! This year is the first year when we started writing Halloween stories! As always, I prepared story writing papers, and left them in our WRITING CENTER. I’m sharing the paper templates here:
These 3 elements are important in a scary story:
If your child is not quite ready to write yet, here are some really fun drawing activities you can do together with them!
Being part of a community of teachers has great perks, one main one being we can share our teaching ideas and resources. I am recently part of a Facebook group called “Kinder & 1st Grade Teaching ideas” and posted the following question: Any recommendations of must-read Halloween books?
(Scroll to the bottom for Simplified Chinese/ Traditional Chinese/ Japanese/English drawing prompts)
So below is a list of some teachers’ favourite Halloween stories with links to videos. You may watch the videos under each title and decide whether these books are some that you’d like to invest in to start your own family tradition for Halloween!
Stumpkin
Little Blue Truck Halloween
Snowmen at Halloween
There was an old lady who swallowed a bat
Spookley
Big Pumpkin
Stellaluna
Little Boo
Pumpkin Soup
Creep Pair of Underwear
Pumpkin Circle
Goergie and the Robbers
Pumpkin Jack
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
Boo!
The Witch who was Afraid of Witches
Piggie Pie
Too Many Pumpkins
The Hallo-Winner
Go away big, green monster
The Scarecrow (Beth Ferry)
The Halloweiner
Froggy’s Halloween
Spookly the Square Pumpkin
Big Pumpkin
Too Many Pumpkins
Where’s my mummy
It’s Pumpkin Day Mouse
Trick or Treat little critter
Clifford’s Halloween
A Dark Dark Tale
Arthur Halloween
Funnybones
Below are some drawing prompts for Halloween in different languages.
Ms Claudia Lee Kimura 