{"id":12704,"date":"2016-10-17T08:04:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T12:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/?p=12704"},"modified":"2024-10-26T11:39:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:39:19","slug":"halloweenkids2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/halloweenkids2016\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Halloween Ideas and Resources for Teaching Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nHalloween is around the corner, and children dress up as scary creatures and enjoy spooky-related themes. We can engage our young learners this season by teaching English with themes such as monsters, witches, wizards, hauntings, and ghosts. Below are some resources to get you started with introducing these themes to your young language learners. For lesson ideas and activities, check out our webinar recordings, <a href=\"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/halloween-activities-sites-resources-for-language-learners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halloween Activities for Language Learners<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/american-tesol-webinar-halloween-for-young-learners-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halloween Activities for Young Language Learners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Find fun monster stories, games, and songs on <a href=\"https:\/\/learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org\/magazine\/halloween\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Learn English Kids<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachyourmonstertoread.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teach Your Monster to Read<\/a> is a website that teaches young learners about phonics and reading.<\/li>\n<li>Your students will enjoy learning grammar by filling out this online <a href=\"https:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/games\/funny-fill-in\/article\/funny-fill-in-happy-haunting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Halloween fill-in story<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pbskids.org\/games\/halloween\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PBS Kids<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.primarygames.com\/holidays\/halloween\/games.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Primary Games<\/a> have several fun Halloween learning games for kids.<\/li>\n<li>Children will enjoy drawing spooky creatures and animating their drawings with the <a href=\"http:\/\/blabberize.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blabberize<\/a> website or the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/chatterpix-kids-by-duck-duck\/id734046126?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chatterpix Kids<\/a> apps.<\/li>\n<li>Students can color and decorate their own Jack-o-Lantern and watch it come to life in augmented reality with the free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quivervision.com\/coloring-packs\/#halloween-pumpkin-carving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quiver AR Coloring app<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Young children can learn spelling and phonics with Halloween activities on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starfall.com\/n\/holiday\/halloween\/play.htm?f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Starfall<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Your students will enjoy Halloween bingo, free Halloween-themed flashcards, and crosswords on <a href=\"http:\/\/bogglesworldesl.com\/halloween_worksheets.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BogglesWorld ESL<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Young learners can create their own spooky digital stories with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebirdtales.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LittleBirdTales<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/storybird.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Storybird<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Have learners write a script for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=domo+kun&amp;oq=domo+kun&amp;gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.110841.113052.0.113269.10.8.1.1.1.0.154.784.4j4.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.4N-k28ykMW8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Domo the monster silent videos<\/a>. Students can watch clips of this funny monster and work in pairs to write a script.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moshimonsters.com\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Moshi Monsters<\/a> is a virtual world where children adopt a monster, play games, and learn vocabulary.<\/li>\n<li>Find a pair-speaking activity where students write a pretend magic potion and story <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dPpTwNW-AN1LrFZdEsihjv9GZnJpCoBwlUhFQZ5tyno\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Children can pretend they are wizards and create a magic spell book and potions <a href=\"http:\/\/bogglesworldesl.com\/potionbook.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Children can learn about Trick-or-Treating traditions with this song from <a href=\"http:\/\/genkienglish.net\/trickortreat.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Genki English<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is around the corner, and children dress up as scary creatures and enjoy spooky-related themes. 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