Mirror Cards
Are you looking for a free Halloween game? This language game set is a brilliant way to identify, practice and consolidate Halloween themed vocabulary with your students in a creative and engaging way!
Your students can use a mirror to read the words or they can decipher what word is hidden in the card. Grab your free copy here
QR Code Songs
Are you looking for ideas to spice up your listening centers for Halloween?These free QR codes allow younger students to scan the code and listen to some Halloween songs.Grab your free copy here
Just download and print these QR codes for your classroom listening library or listening centre. All QR codes are links to these YouTube videos:
- Five Creepy Spiders
- Five Little Ghosts
- Go Away!
- Knock, Knock, Trick or Treat (part 1)
- Knock, Knock, Trick or Treat (part 2)
- Halloween Freeze Dance
- Monster Stomps Around the House
- The Skeleton Dance
- Who Took the Candy
- Halloween Stomps
- Halloween Count to 10
- Halloween Song
Sensory Bins
For your younger learners or those who need a more sensory approach to their education, a sensory bin is a super idea. Simply choose your favorite sensory bin filling. Our go-to ones are colored rice (black and orange would be perfect for Halloween), seeds (pumpkin ones would be most appropriate), cotton wool balls and packing peanuts. Next, add the Halloween-related items, and you will find your learners engaging in no time. You can use this sensory bin to encourage children to follow instructions such as Point to the pumpkin, as well as answering questions like How many ghosts are hiding in the rice?
File folders can be so versatile, and you can adapt them easily. This spooky file folder can help learners with initial sounds and the alphabet. The a to z of Halloween-related words is brilliant. Children could work in pairs to question each other playing a What am I? game where they give clues using previous vocabulary in either their mother tongue or English. For example, I am green, and I have black hair. You could also use it to play a game of Bingo.
Spider Rescue
This is one of my favorite activities to set up. First of all, with a large number of plastic spiders, write some Halloween keywords on the bottom of them. Next, grab a plastic basket and place a handful of plastic spiders inside, the right way up. After that, attach string over the top, weaving in and out, making it challenging to reach the inside of the container. Using a pair of children’s tweezers, they should attempt to ‘rescue’ one of the spiders and then find the corresponding picture or item. This is not only fun but also super for improving fine motor skills.
Spooky Wordsearch
Once children have gotten to grips with the
key vocabulary relating to Halloween, using fun activities like wordsearches
can be fun. There is one included in this excellent Halloween
pack. You could also encourage them to have a go at making their own
wordsearches using squared paper. Designing the outside of wordsearch would be
fun for the children too, using their knowledge of all things Halloween.
Games are a brilliant way of encouraging learning in a fun and informal way. In fact, most of the time, the energy and excitement take over, and they forget that they are making progress. The roll
and tell included in this Halloween-themed ESL
vocabulary and speaking activities set is fantastic. Children should simply
roll a die and then choose one of the corresponding pictures on the board. You
can extend their speaking skills by encouraging them to use full sentences
rather than one-word answers. For example, this is a monster.
It's Halloween
It`s Halloween! It`s Halloween!
The moon is full and bright
And we shall see what can`t be seen
on any other night:
Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls,
Grinning goblins fighting duels,
Werewolves rising from their tombs,
Witches on their magic brooms.
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