Halloween can be a fun time for families to enjoy games, messy pumpkin activities, and making treats together. This month, you will find math games, pumpkin activities, science experiments, and other spooky fun. All suggested activities are are free from witchcraft, satanic themes, and anything frightening.
Halloween Math
Primary Games has Halloween Math Munchman, where students can practice addition and subtraction while gobbling up power pellets and choosing the correct answer. If they choose the wrong answer, they will lose a Pac-Man.
Times Table Kids provides halloween multiplication game to help your student practice their times tables during the spooky season.
Zombie web challenges students to escape a web of zombies by completing 13 steps. The activity uses algebraic expressions and geometry concepts to solve each challenge. (Recommended for 7th graders and older)
Math
Practice Number Sense by finding an effective way to count all of the pumpkin seeds you collect. Students can group the seeds and count by 2s, 5s, or 10s to find the total. Once you’ve finished counting, turn the seeds into a yummy roasted snack.
Make a prediction. Will a bigger pumpkin have more seeds? Then investigate by weighing and measuring the pumpkins, comparing their sizes, and counting the seeds. Check to see whose results match their prediction.
Students can use algebra to solve and model the path of a pumpkin launched by a trebuchets. Here is the lesson plan for parents and student worksheets.
Story Time
Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds is a fun, spooky picture book about Jasper Rabbit, who discovers a mysterious purple crayon that can draw anything he wants. At first, the crayon seems helpful, but Jasper soon learns that getting everything he wants may come with a creepy price.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis follows four siblings who discover the magical land of Narnia through a wardrobe. They join Aslan, the great lion, in the fight against the White Witch and learn about courage, sacrifice, and good overcoming evil. This adventures novel is great for 5th grade to middle school.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a classic mystery featuring the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson. When they are notified of a mysterious death they investigate an old family legend of a terrifying supernatural hound. This suspenseful novel is a great choice for 8th graders to high school students.
