Story Time: Something NEW Just for YOU in October
Did you know Halloween can be turned into a spook-tacular literacy activity for you and your child? Read Halloween books to introduce new words and foster a love for reading. Try describing your favorite Halloween characters and put them into a play or story. Play rhyming games with Halloween words like… moon & broom, cat & hat. Or you can try some of the books and activities below. Happy Halloween!
Join us Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. in the Community Room or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Activity Room.
Ages 3-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Halloween is a fun time of year, filled with costumes, candy, and creativity. It’s also a fantastic opportunity to foster a love for literacy in children of all ages.
Activity
Try taking advantage of the season’s most iconic symbol, the pumpkin, to teach your little ones their ABCs. Write letters on small paper pumpkins or use alphabet stickers and hide them around your home or yard. Encourage your child to find and identify the letters, helping them associate each letter with its corresponding sound.
Books Presented
The Zombees by Justin Colón
Zooloween by Alan Katz
Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat by Julien Chung
It’s Halloween in this companion to the beloved and bestselling classic Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and there’s a spooky surprise in store for everyone’s favorite letters!
A told B,
and B told C,
“Let’s sneak to the top
of the creaky old tree.”
The classic alphabet chant gets a Halloween twist as the letters sneak their way up the tree, all donning their spiffiest costumes. But when a witch swoops in, and the letters come tumbling down, will that be the end of their Halloween fun…or just the beginning?
The Gingerbread Monster by Dan Gemeinhart
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Trick or Treaters, What do You See?
(tune: Twinkle, Twinkle)
Trick or treaters, trick or treaters, what do you see?
I see a Jack ‘O Lantern looking at me!
Slap, slap, clap clap, 1,2,3!
Jack ‘O Lantern, Jack ‘O Lantern, what do you see?
I see a Purple Bat looking at me!
Slap, slap, clap clap, 1,2,3!
Purple Bat, Purple Bat, what do you see?
I see a Black Cat looking at me!
Slap, slap, clap clap, 1,2,3!
Black Cat, Black Cat, what do you see?
I see a purple monster looking at me!
Slap, slap, clap clap, 1,2,3!
Purple Monster, purple monster, what do you see?
I see a skeleton looking at me!
Slap, slap, clap clap, 1,2,3!
Skeleton, skeleton, what do you see?
I see a white ghost looking at me!
Whoooooooo!
Adapted from Storytime Source Page
Here is the Beehive (ZomBEE style)
Here is the beehive
But where are all the bees?
Flying away to go trick or treat.
Will they go flying back to their hive?
One, two, three, four, five! Bzzzzz… BOO!
Here is the beehive
But where are all the bees?
Flying away to go trick or treat.
Will they go flying back to their hive?
One, two, three, four, five! Bzzzzz… BOO!
Buzz up high. Buzz down low.
Buzzing fast. Buzzing slow.
Buzz to the left. Buzz to the right.
Buzz all day and SCARE at night.
Here is the beehive
But where are all the bees?
Flying away to go trick or treat.
Will they go flying back to their hive?
One, two, three, four, five! Bzzzzz… BOO!
Adapted from Super Simple Songs
If You’re Happy & You Know It (Halloween Style)
If you’re a skeleton and you know it, rattle your bones
If you’re a skeleton and you know it, rattle your bones
If you’re a skeleton and you know it
Then your bones will surely show it
If you’re a skeleton and you know it, rattle your bones
Repeat with:
If you’re a cat and you know it, say “Meow…”
If you’re a bat and you know it, flap your wings…
If you’re a wolf and you know it, give a howl…
If you’re a ghost and you know it, just say, “BOO!”
Source: Storytime Source Page
Little Ghost, Little Ghost
(tune: I’m a Little Teapot)
Little ghost, little ghost.
We’re looking for you.
Are you in the _____ house?
Just say, “Booooo!”
Crafts and Activities
Happy Halloween Coloring Page
Witch's Broom Craft
Additional Books
I Got the Spooky Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison
Leonard Builds a Haunted House
Leonard the cheerful, can-do ghost is building his family members a new haunted house. It needs to be the scariest house EVER! Except the more Leonard builds, the less creepy their new home looks. From the un-scary cellar to the snug roof that doesn’t leak, it’s nothing like the house of horrors his family imagined … or is it?
Little Ghost Makes a Friend by Maggie Edkins Willis
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