| Many school systems are trying to be politically correct | | | | with few complaints if they find some different and |
| and therefore ban kids Halloween Activities during | | | | interesting prompts. |
| school hours. This leaves many parents searching for | | | | - Brain Teasers or trivia cards are always an engaging |
| educational, yet fun games for Halloween to use at | | | | way to pass time with the family. Families at the dinner |
| home. Parents might search for free games on line, or | | | | table or while riding in the car can take turns reading |
| purchase a fun Halloween activity book at a | | | | brain teasers or Halloween trivia. Many of these |
| bookstore or find an downloadable eBook. Here are | | | | promote problem solving and higher level thinking skills |
| some ideas of the sorts of educational games or | | | | while the children think they are just having fun! |
| activities kids love and can be used to reinforce their | | | | - Game boards with a Halloween theme give the |
| skills. | | | | family a break form the standard games they use all |
| - Word Puzzles are always fun and simple activities to | | | | the time. Finding Halloween board games that tap into |
| give children. They are generally individual so can be | | | | school topics, math vocabulary, problems solving make |
| used in the car, while in a waiting room, or on a rainy | | | | it even better. |
| weekend afternoon. Word puzzles would be variations | | | | Parents searching for educational, yet fun games for |
| on word searches, unscrambling words, or creating | | | | Halloween will be better off if they find one or two |
| words based on a theme. | | | | products that have quality activities spanning several |
| - Mazes are always a great problem solving activity, | | | | grade levels. That way all the children in the house can |
| quick and simple. Educational mazes might have | | | | use just one resource, and there will always be new |
| problems to solve or riddles to answer along the way, | | | | activities available for future years. It is also important |
| generally ending up with a secret word or phrase. | | | | to be sure there are enough activities at each skill level |
| - Math worksheets provide many options for kids | | | | so the resource can be used several times during the |
| Halloween activities with quality, fun exercises that | | | | holiday. |
| motivate students while giving extra practice on skills | | | | If the school system near you bans kids Halloween |
| covered in school. These worksheets might be a riddle, | | | | activities and you happen to love the holiday, then |
| puzzle or even a Sudoku type problem but they all | | | | finding fun games for Halloween to use at home will |
| need to use current math skills to be effective. | | | | be just the thing for you. Parents looking for an |
| - Writing prompts used at home will challenge the | | | | alternative to handing out candy could even run off a |
| family to write some fun and interesting Halloween | | | | bunch of downloadable puzzles on orange paper, roll it |
| stories and share with each other. Parents can | | | | up with a cute bow and hand it out for trick or treating! |
| motivate the students to get some journal writing in | | | | |