I’ve always loved
holidays. So much so that I used to go all out and decorate my house for nearly
every holiday. Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, 4th of
July, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don’t put out as much
decorations these days, but I still like to celebrate them in the library.
I do this by trying to
find stories that are about that holiday and read them to the students. They always seem to love them as much as I
do.
With Halloween being this
weekend, I found this week to be the perfect time to read Halloween stories to
grades K – 2.
In Kindergarten I read Click,
Clack, Boo! by Doreen Cronin. In First Grade I read There
Was an Old Monster! by Ed Emberley. We even managed to get a little
sequencing practice in with this story. And, in Second Grade I read Haunted
House, Haunted Mouse by Judy Cox. For a couple of classes, I even
turned off the lights and read with a flashlight for a spookier effect that the
kids absolutely loved. Although, there were a few who were concerned that I
might hurt my eyes by trying to read in the dark. Such sweethearts!
Well, now that Halloween
is almost behind us, I’ll be thinking ahead to Thanksgiving. I can’t wait to read those wonderful books!
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