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T E A C H E R ’ S G U I D E T E A C H E R ’ S G U I D E Suggested Internet Resources Periodically, Internet Resources are updated on our web site at www.LibraryVideo.com • www.halloweenkids.com/ This kid-friendly site offers coloring pages, games, costume ideas, safety tips and much more. • www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/halloween/ This web site presents lots of fun ideas for Halloween activities and crafts, including directions for making spooky masks and printable books. • www.trickortreats.com/ Play ghoulish games and find some spooky activities on this web site! A safety quiz with a printable certificate is also offered.

Suggested Print Resources • Flanagan,Alice K. Halloween. Compass Point Books, Minneapolis, MN; 2002. H a l l o w e e n • Gibbons, Gail. Halloween is… Holiday House, New York, NY; 2002. • Marx, David F. Halloween. Children’s Press, New York, NY; 2000. • Rosinsky, Natalie M. Halloween. Compass Point Books, Minneapolis, MN; Grades K–4 2003. • Van Allsburg, Chris. The Widow’s Broom. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA; his guide is a supplement designed for teach e rs to 1992. T use when presenting pro g rams in the video • Williams, Linda. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. s e r i e s Holidays for Children. Crowell, New York, NY; 1986. Before Viewing: Give students an introduction to the TEACHER’S GUIDE CONSULTANT program by relaying aspects of the introduction to them. Kristen Lovett Casel, M.S. Select vo c a b u l a r y and discussion questions to provide a Educational Consultant focus for students when they view the pro gra m . E n g a ge The Holidays for Children Video Series your class in a bra i n s t o r ming activity to determine the • ARBOR DAY • HALLOWEEN • PRESIDENTS DAY • • / • prior knowledge that students have about the holiday. • • INDEPENDENCE DAY • REMEMBERING • CHRISTMAS AROUND • SEPTEMBER 11TH After Viewing: R ev i ew the pro gram and the info r m a- THE WORLD • MARTIN LUTHER KING, • / tion students bra i n s t o r med about the holiday. Help stu- • JR. DAY • • / • ST. PATRICK’S DAY dents to determine the accuracy of these ideas based on • ELECTION DAY • THANKSGIVING • DAY • POW WOW • VALENTINE’S DAY information they gained from watching the program and to add new ideas to their bra i n s t o rming list. R e v i ew the Teacher’s Guides Included and Available Online at: 800-843-3620 vo c ab u l a r y and use the discussion questions and activi- ties to inspire continued discussion. E n c o u rage students to re s e a rch the topic further with the Internet and pri n t resources provided. Teacher’s Guide Copyright 2004 by Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company P.O. Box 580,Wynnewood, PA 19096 • 800-843-3620 Executive Producer: Andrew Schlessinger Program produced and directed by Fabian-Baber, Inc. K6606 All rights reserved. V7134 Introduction • A yummy activity for Halloween is roasting pumpkin seeds.The following Boo to you! October 31 is the date on which Halloween is celebrated, and it’s web site provides easy directions: www.kidsdomain.com/craft/ the spookiest day of the ye a r. On this holiday, be pre p a red to hear scary pumpkinseeds.html s t o ri e s , see tri ck - o r - t re a t e r s decked out in their costumed fi n e r y, and carve • It’s hard to make it through the Halloween holiday without seeing a skele- f u n ny jack o’l a n t e r n fa c e s . No matter how you celebrate this cre e p y holiday, ton! Help students to learn more about their own skeletons by sharing it’s sure to be a frightfully good time! books like Seymour Simon’s Bones: Our Skeletal System (Morrow Junior Books, 1998) and visiting the following web site: www.kidshealth.org/ kid/body/bones_noSW.html.You could also invite an orthopedist into Vocabulary your classroom to share his or her knowledge of the skeletal system with Halloween — A holiday on October 31st that is celebrated with costume your students. wearing and trick-or-treating. • Sing some Halloween songs with your students! See the following web site trick-or-treating — Going from door to door in a costume, asking for for Halloween lyrics sung with familiar tunes: www.night.net/ treats on Halloween. halloween/halloween-carols.html-ssi. In small groups, students can costumes — Clothing worn on special occasions. Children often wear cos- make up their own Halloween songs to share with the class. tumes on Halloween. • The is a celebration in Mexico that is similar to Day of the Dead — A Mexican holiday celebrated in late October or early Halloween in the United States. Learn more about the Day of the Dead by November to honor the dead. visiting the following web site: www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/ pumpkin — An orange, round fruit that grows on a vine. teachers/ and reading books like Day of the Dead by Tony Johnston (Harcourt Brace, 1997) and Day of the Dead by Linda Lowery (Carolrhoda jack o’lantern — A pumpkin carved with a face. Books, 2004). Students can also make bread of the dead, or pan de muerto, a favorite food in Mexico during this holiday. (See the following Discussion Questions web site for a recipe: www.globalgourmet.com/food/egg/ • Halloween is the perfect holiday for a good scare — many people dress in egg1096/panmuert.html) scary costumes and tell scary stories. How do students feel about being • Candy corn is a favorite snack during Halloween. Help students to hone scared? Discuss with students why they think it’s fun to be scared their estimation skills by filling a large jar with candy corn and asking stu- sometimes. dents to make estimates as to the amount in the jar. Repeat the activity • Safety is important on Halloween, especially if you are going trick-or- with different-sized jars. treating. Encourage students to brainstorm about what they can do to be • The Halloween holiday has many symbols, like pumpkins, witches and safe on this holiday. skeletons.As a class, students can write a Halloween ABC book that cap- • Much of what makes Halloween a fun holiday is make-believe,like witches tures these symbols, in words and illustrations. See Patricia Reeder flying on broomsticks and dancing skeletons. Encourage students to list all Eubank’s ABCs of Halloween (Ideals Children’s Books, 2003) for of the make-believe parts of Halloween that they can.Then, discuss with inspiration. students why people create such wonderful and fanciful tales. • Halloween is the perfect time to step out in a funny, scary or imaginative costume! Encourage students to discuss what makes a good costume. Follow-up Activities Based on the information gathered in this discussion, students can design the perfect costume.They should describe this costume in words and • The pumpkin is one of the most popular symbols of Halloween. Encourage pictures. students to learn more about this festive orange fruit and how it grows. They can even try to grow their own pumpkins. See the following web • Ireland is often considered the birthplace of the Halloween tradition. Share site for lots of information about pumpkins, including tips for growing information with your students about the Irish history of Halloween from them: www.pumpkin-patch.com/ the following web site: www.ireland-information.com/articles/ irishhalloweentraditions.htm. Students can also find Ireland on the • Share Boo! Halloween Poems and Limericks by Patricia Hubbell (Marshall map, and research more about this country’s history, people and Cavendish, 1998) with your students. Discuss with them the elements of a geography. good Halloween poem.Then, students can write their own poems for inclusion in a class Halloween poetry book. Don’t forget the spooky illustrations! (Continued)