Halloween Books and Activities

Halloween Books for ToddlersHalloween really kicks off the fun holiday season.  There are so many wonderful books for kids about the Halloween season and lots of fun literacy activities to do.  Here are some of our favorites!

Books About Halloween

Halloween Books for Toddlers

Board books and short picture books perfect for the toddler crowd.

Monsters

Books about monsters complete with a scary rating for each book.

Books to Get You Singing, Chanting and Dancing

These are our favorite titles that will get your little ones moving and shaking.

Halloween Counting Books

Practice counting with a Halloween theme.

Pumpkin Books

Fun reads to educational reads about pumpkins.

Halloween Activities

HALLOWEEN

Halloween ABC Bingo

Perfect for 1-20 players during a Halloween party or October activity.

Halloween Sight Word Activities

Try these festive low-prep activities to build sight word recognition.

Halloween Sensory Writing Tray

Practice sight word reading and writing with this sensory writing idea.  Includes a free printable.

Halloween Circle Time Songs

Start singing and learning with these circle time songs.

CANDY

Candy Corn Literacy Games

An outdoor and indoor game inspired by candy corn.

PUMPKINS

Stumpkin Book Dive

Go deep inside the book, Stumpkin with our Book Dive.

P is for Pumpkin 

Printable emergent reader to work on the letter P.

Pumpkin Decorating Ideas 

Let children’s books inspire your pumpkin art creations!

Five Little Pumpkins Playdough Storytelling

A fine motor activity using a great smelling pumpkin play dough to retell the classic Halloween story.

MORE Pumpkin Literacy Activities

Literacy activities related to children’s books.

MONSTERS

Monster Color Book

A printable emergent reader to practice color words.

Go Away Big Green Monster

Fun printable activities to do with the classic book.

SPIDERS

I’m a Hungry Spider

A fun song to sing and rhyming spider web activity to build early literacy skills.

The Itsy Bitsy Rhyming Spider

Build water spouts and then find the rhyming spiders to climb the structure.

Spider Elkonin Boxes

Build phonemic awareness with this hands-on activity.

Spider Web ABC Activity

A great activity to do on the garage door or wall.

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