Celebrate Halloween and keep learning on track! Explore 7 fun, differentiated activities from my K/1 Halloween Bundle… perfect for literacy, math, and more.
October is here, and your students can feel it in the air… pumpkins, costumes, and candy are all they can talk about! Instead of trying to calm the Halloween excitement, channel it into meaningful learning opportunities. My K/1 Halloween Activities Bundle includes seven engaging, standards-aligned resources that help you differentiate instruction while keeping your classroom festive and fun. Best of all, these activities are print-and-go, low prep, and ready to use year after year.
Let’s explore seven ways to capitalize on that October energy — while still meeting your literacy and math goals!
First, here is your FREE Editable Halloween Bingo!
These FREE sets of EDITABLE Halloween Bingo Cards will allow you to differentiate any skill using these auto-fill Halloween EDITABLE Bingo Cards! Practice letters, numbers, phonics, sight words, cvc words, math facts, etc.
3 Differentiated Sizes of Halloween Editable Bingo: 9, 16, & 25 Items
180 Cards in All! Color & Blackline
🎃 1. Build Reading Confidence with Halloween Mini Books
Mini books are magical in kindergarten and first grade. In this bundle, you’ll find three levels of Halloween mini books plus an illustrated word wall in both color and blackline versions. Students love reading about friendly pumpkins and trick-or-treaters while practicing sight words and simple sentences. The leveled format means you can easily differentiate… emergent readers get the support they need, while more advanced students build fluency and comprehension
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🕯️ 2. Celebrate Poetry Halloween Style with 57 Halloween Poems & Songs
If you love integrating poetry into your classroom routine, you’ll adore this section of the bundle. With 57 Halloween poems and songs, you can choose from a variety of literacy-rich options for shared reading, fluency work, or morning meetings. The color and blackline formats make it easy to print or project. Students love performing these pieces… it’s language arts, rhythm, and classroom joy all in one!
🧛♂️ 3. Differentiate with Editable Halloween Gameboards
Every teacher needs reusable, editable resources — and this one’s a keeper. These editable Halloween gameboards can be customized for any word list or skill you’re targeting. Whether you’re practicing sight words, cvc words, spelling patterns, math facts, or vocabulary, you can adapt these gameboards to fit your students’ needs. The best part? You can use them every year in October and adjust the content!
🧙♀️ 4. Boost Phonics Skills with Halloween Blending Practice
Turn phonics into a game with onset-rime blending cards! Students match 60 trick-or-treater onset cards to 110 Halloween house rimes, creating real or nonsense words. It’s DIBELS-style practice wrapped in a seasonal theme. With two levels included, this activity helps every student strengthen decoding skills while having fun with spooky-cute word play.
🧹 5. Master Math Facts with Halloween Addition Fluency Practice
Halloween candy isn’t the only thing worth counting! With 167 differentiated addition facts to 20, this activity makes math practice festive and effective. Students can work independently or in pairs to build fluency through repetition and visual cues. Teachers love that it’s easy to scaffold for different ability levels… perfect for mixed K/1 classrooms.
🕷️ 6. Build Number Sense with Skip Counting Practice
Repetition meets rhythm in this skip-counting activity that covers ones, twos, fives, and tens. It’s a fun way to get kids chanting and moving while reinforcing key number patterns. Try pairing it with movement breaks… have students “hop like bats” or “march like monsters” as they skip count across the rug!
🦇 7. Reinforce Early Literacy Skills with ABC 123 Activities
Your youngest learners will love these Halloween ABC and 123 printables. They’ll practice counting to 20, matching uppercase and lowercase letters, and sequencing the alphabet. The festive graphics keep them engaged, while the skill progression supports early literacy and numeracy growth. It’s an ideal activity for centers, morning work, or early finishers during October.
🎃 In Conclusion: Keep the Magic Alive All October Long
Halloween doesn’t have to be chaotic… it can be an amazing opportunity for creativity, differentiation, and focused learning. With my K/1 Halloween Activities Bundle, you’ll have everything you need to keep your classroom joyful, on-task, and academically rich all month long.
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Halloween Mini Books, Editable Word Game, Blending, Poems, Adding & Skip Counting Bundle
Use these resources year after year to bring structure, excitement, and learning to your Halloween celebrations… because October magic and meaningful teaching can go hand in hand!
