The candy has been bought, costumes are ready and the weather is cool. It’s the perfect time for your kids to do a fun Halloween Word Search while waiting for the witching hour and all that candy!
Growing up, Halloween was one of my favorite holidays. Deciding what I was going to be, buying or (some years) making my costume was so much fun! And then everyone getting to wear their costumes all day at school the day of the halloween party was amazing! (I can’t imagine that any actual school work got done that day!)
A Scary Halloween Word Search
But as exciting as the build-up to Halloween is, there has to be some time to be calm. A spooky little word search can certainly help with that.
Spooky Word Search Strategies
At first word searches just look like a jumble of letters. Sometimes a word or two might sort of jump out at you, but a few simple strategies will help your kids find the words like magic! So let’s talk a little bit about strategies for hunting for each word.
Line by line and searching
The child looks for the first letter of the word and then looking for the second letter next to the first letter and so on until they find the word.
Piece of paper to help guide
Using a piece of paper and moving it from line to line helps the child focus on only the letters in one line at a time.
Saying the first letter over and over
Helps early readers or kids just getting acquainted with letters to remember which letter they are looking for.
Looking for double letters
If the target word has a double letter those tend to stand out more as the child scans the word search.
To make it little more “tricky” you could try this.
- Use a highlighter to highlight the word;
- Use a different color to highlight each word;
- Use water colors to paint each word;
- Circle each letter of the word;
- Circle the whole word;
- Draw a picture of the word you’re looking for beside it in the list
And that’s it–just a little bit of literacy-focused Halloween Word Search fun during homework time or quiet time. Happy Searching!
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Want a few more fun halloween ideas?
- Halloween Class Party Ideas
- Halloween Ghost Cookies
- Boo! Your Neighbors
- Alternatives to Halloween Candy
- Halloween Joke Notes
- Halloween Learning
- Hats, Cats, and Pumpkin Grid Game
- Dinner in a Pumpkin
- Candy Experiments
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Love that Cora is so girly! Thanks for the word search!
you are so welcome, my friend! happy halloween!!
THANKS FOR THE WORD SEARCH AND STRATEGIES TOO! #FABULOUSPARTY
YOU are SO SO SO welcome, my friend!! #whyreinventthewheel #roomparentsUNITE