Thursday October 29, 2009
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Today’s Activity:
All my life I’ve done the trick-or-treating thing but to tell you the truth, I don’t know much about the history of Halloween. Gather your kids around the computer and do some searches on the history of Halloween.
Note:
If you plan ahead you may be able to find a fun Halloween video or game online. Last year someone sent me an e-card that was interactive. My kids loved clicking the mouse on the spooky looking tree and seeing the bats come flying out.
Reminder:
Today is my son’s Halloween parade at school. If your kids have fun events going on today do your best to attend, or at least ask them all about it.
Evaluate:
I used this website to read about Halloween. I read over a few things first and then realized that the Halloween around the world section would probably be the easiest way to keep their attention. If you decide on the same thing try and pick a country that they know something about or that you could link to an ancestor. We read about Ireland where my ancestors come from and my mom also traveled there earlier this year. We learned that the children play a game called “knock-a-dolly” on Halloween which is basically knocking on the neighbors doors and running and hiding. I had Max go outside and “knock-a-dolly” our house. He thought that was pretty exciting. We also read about Mexico because Max’s best friend lives there.
