In just a little over a week, children will be celebrating Halloween. They are already planning Halloween parties and costumes, and shops are filled with Halloween decorations and merchandise. If you choose to join in the fun in the classroom, I’m here to tell you that learning can be combined with that fun. All readilearn resources are designed to encourage learning. They are not just time-filling worksheets.
readilearn Halloween resources
All readilearn Halloween-themed resources can be found via the Halloween tab in the Cultural Studies collection. Here are some favourites:
Trick or Treat — a game for Halloween
Trick or Treat is a printable game for two or more players of all ages. It is suitable for use in maths and literacy groups, with buddies or in family groups. It combines reading, mathematics, activity, and loads of fun and laughter.
The zip folder contains everything needed to play the game (just add a dice) and includes follow-up activities that can be used to extend the learning.
Find out more about the game here.
How Many Treats? is an interactive Halloween-themed addition lesson for use on the interactive whiteboard. The lesson provides practice with numbers up to ten, and involves children in counting, adding and writing number sentences.
A follow-up worksheet for independent practice can be accessed from within the resource.
Who Has More? is an interactive Halloween-themed lesson in comparing numbers to ten.
The lesson provides practice in the following number concepts:
- estimation
- subitisation
- counting
- comparison
- using the terms ‘more’ and ‘less’
- addition
- subtraction
A follow-up worksheet for independent practice can be accessed from within the resource.
Continue reading: Halloween-themed Lessons for K–2 Classrooms – readilearn
Norah Colvin 