For most kids, Halloween is all about the costumes and candy. While parents can certainly understand this excitement, most of us would prefer that the sugary aspect of the holiday take a lesser role.
With that in mind, in the weeks leading up to Halloween this year, why not turn your kids’ focus to the educational side of the holiday? There are a plethora of Halloween learning activities available for kids and Miss Humblebee’s Academy has gathered up some of the best for you to choose from.
We’ve included the subjects the activity focuses on in case you have a specific skill you want to work on with your child.
16 Eerily Fun Halloween Learning Activities
Pumpkin Lacing Activity :: I Heart Crafty Things Math, Fine Motor
Halloween Math Candy Corn Counting :: Mess for Less Math
Spectacular Spider Activities :: Early Learning Ideas Math, Reading/Language
Stick Skeletons :: Creative Star Learning Art, Science
Weaving a Spider Web Alphabet Activity :: Mom Inspired Life Reading/Language, Fine Motor
Spider Web Science Activity for Kids :: Buggy and Buddy Science
Ghost Bubbles :: Gift of Curiosity Science
Candy Corn Preschool Activity :: This Reading Mama Math, Reading/Language
Building Structures with Candy Pumpkins :: Lemon Lime Adventures Science, Math
Halloween Pumpkins with Squishy Circuits :: STEAM Powered Family Science, Math, Art
Self-Inflating Ghost Balloons :: Mama Smiles Science
Counting Spider Legs :: Teaching 2 & 3 Year Olds Art, Math
Plot in the Pumpkin Patch :: Runde’s Room Reading/Language
Bump! Idioms and Context Clues Halloween Games :: Games 4 Gains Reading/Language
Halloween Roll a Story :: Create Teach Share Reading/Language
Easy Bat Slime :: Little Bins for Little Hands Science