Resource sites:
Origins
of Halloween
Halloween
Symbols
of Halloween
Health
and Safety tips for Halloween
Spiders
*older kids
Learn
all about bats
Pumpkins
and more
Activities:
1. Vocabulary *language arts
2. Origins of Halloween *history
3. Celebrations of past *history
4. Celebrations today *history
5. Halloween Symbols/Customs *history
6. Halloween Safety *health/safety
7. Spiders *science
8. Pumpkins *science
9. Bats *science
10. Map *geography
11. Candy graph *math
Halloween
Lapbook Templates (pdf file)
Activity 1
Vocabulary - look up the vocabulary words and write the definitions
1. celebration
2. customs
3. immigrants
4. community
5. vandalism
6. costume
7. mammal
8. echolocation
9. arachnid
10. symbol
Activity 2
Origins of Halloween - Who started Halloween? Why? When? Where?
How did they celebrate?
Make a graduated
book for this activity
Activity 3
Celebrations of past - how did these people celebrate Halloween?
Romans, Irish, Colonist, Scottish,
Activity 4
Celebrations Today - how do these countries celebrate Halloween
today? Mexico, England, Canada, United States, Ireland, Scotland,
Activity 5
Halloween Symbols/Customs - What do these symbols/customs mean -
costumes, trick-or-treat, carve pumpkins, bob for apples, black cats,
bats. There will be separate mini books for each symbol
Activity 6
Halloween Safety - what can you do to stay safe on Halloween?
Activity 7
Spiders - label the spider, spider life cycle. What do they eat
and find a picture of these things or draw them. How do they catch food
write about it and draw an illustration. List some interesting spider
facts.
Label
the spider parts
Activity 8
Pumpkins - Draw a picture of the life cycle of a pumpkin. How many
kinds of pumpkins are there and what are their uses? Name one you can
eat. Name the one that was used for Cinderella's carriage. Name one
used for carving. Give a brief description of each of the ones you listed.
Activity 9
Bats - first inside flap put bat printout, second section draw the
bat life cycle, third section write about what bats eat and where they
live, 4th section write about some of the unique traits of bats
Label
the body of a bat
Activity 10
Map
- locate and mark the countries discussed in activities 3&4
Activity 11
Candy Graph - buy an assortment bag of Halloween candy and then
have the child sort and graph their findings on a bar graph.
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