Halloween Emergent Reader Book for SEL

Inside: Use this Halloween Emergent Reader to focus on and spread kindness this Halloween.

The day after July 4th, my kids asked me, what holiday is next?

And even though it was super far away, they’re already counting down to Halloween. And whether you’re close to Halloween or super far away from picking out costumes, everyone is still excited about pumpkins, bats, and witches.

Since kids are excited for Halloween, it’s the perfect way to connect to other learning skills: reading, writing, and social emotional learning.

This Halloween Kindness Emergent Reader is a great way to showcase all the ways to be kind and generous and helpful and compassionate during Halloween as kids practice their sight word and cvc reading.

Even witches and vampires and mummies can be kind in this Halloween Kindness emergent reader.

Other Ways to Celebrate Halloween and Kindness with Kids

We love celebrating Halloween and sneaking in some kindness at the same time.

We use these Halloween Kindness Role Playing Cards to practice how to be kind to others on Halloween.

We make these Halloween Handprint Crafts and then donate them to local nursing and retirement homes.

We sort kind and unkind actions on these Pumpkin Kind or Unkind Sort

And we practice kindness by passing out these Halloween Compliment Cards.

And we read these Halloween Kindness books:

The Magic of Kindness

Zadie and the Witch’s Tea

That Monster on the Block

Spookley the Square Pumpkin

We also read this Halloween Kindness Emergent Reader.

How to Use the Halloween Kindness Emergent Reader

1. Purchase and download the Halloween Kindness Book.

2. Print out the version you wish to use: color or black and white and cut them apart. I swear by my paper cutter I bought my first year teaching because I can’t cut a straight line.

If you use the black and white version, use these skin color crayons so students can color in the people.

3. After you staple the pages, read the book together. You can follow up with partner reading, silent reading, group reading, or reading to a class pet/stuffed animal.

4. Use the Discussion Starters to further the conversation about Halloween kindness and how we can show kindness to others during October.

5. Students can write or dictate about how they can show kindness during Halloween with one of 2 writing prompts that are printed on lined paper and dot lined paper.