Wild Witches' Ball: A Trick or Treat Story Time: October 29-30, 2018

Books:
10 Trick or Treaters by Janet Schulman
13 Ghosts of Halloween by Robin Muller *
At the Old Haunted House by Helen Ketteman
We're Off to Find the Witch's House by Mr. Krieb *
Wild Witches' Ball by Jack Prelutsky *

Craft: Witch Trick or Treat Bag
Children colored a cutout of witch legs and then glued to a brown paper lunch bag.  The bag was then used to go trick or treating in the library.

Literacy Extensions:
- Almost all of this week's books involve counting in some way.  Practice counting while reading the books by asking your child how many of certain type of monsters are on a page as you read through the book.
- Before going trick or treating discuss safety issues such as walking in the dark, stranger safety, etc.

Trick or Treat Story Time: October 26-27, 2015

Books:
The 13 Nights of Halloween by Guy Vasilouich
The Ghosts Go Haunting by Helen Ketteman
Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes
The Night Before Halloween by Natasha Wing *
The Shivery Shades of Halloween by Mary McKenna Siddals
The Spooky Wheels on the Bus by J. Elizabeth Mills *
We're Off to Find the Witch's House by Mr. Krieb *

Craft: Bat Trick or Treat Bag
This week's craft was based on the picture above.  About 2" of the top of a paper lunch bag was cut off to make the bat's body.  The children colored wings, feet, teeth, eyes, and ears and then glued them to the bag to make a bat.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading The Shivery Shades of Halloween ask your child to come up with more Halloween items for the different colors.
- Talk about Halloween safety with your child before going trick or treating.


Notes:
I changed the words of The Spooky Wheels on the Bus to "The Halloween Bus goes . . . " to make it even more Halloween appropriate.
The children went trick or treating throughout the library after the story time.