Whether or not you celebrate Halloween in your family, you’re probably going to be faced with the signs of the holiday- costumes, decorations, candy, and more candy. And your kids are likely to have some knowledge of and interest in all of the buzz around Halloween.

~Bats~
Get a complete thematic unit about bats for the early elementary grades here.
Get a detailed lapbook all about bats from Live and Learn Press.
I love lapbooks from Hands of a Child. You can find their Bats lapbook for elementary ages here.
A Journey Through Learning has a great quick lapbook- Express Lapbook- all about bats.
~Bat Books~
~Spiders~
Get a free prtinable pack of spider-themed learning pages at Rock Your Homeschool.
Get a printable pack of preschool lesson plans for spiders from A Teaching Mommy.
Hands of a Child has a great multi-age lapbook about spiders.
You can get a free Counting Spiders book for little people here. (You need a free Teachers Pay Teachers account to download.)
Find a free printable Life Cycle of a Spider activity pack at 123 Homeschool 4 Me.
This Spiders Express lapbook from A Journey Through Learning is a quick lapbook for any age.
Kids can use marshmallows, candy, and toothpicks for this spider web STEM activity.
This is another great STEM activity that allows kids to test tensile strength.
Younger kids can practice gross motor skills with this spider web walking activity.
This Curiosity Files Vegetarian Spiders unit study is for upper elementary aged kids.
This site has slides that show the body parts of a spider and a free worksheet that you can save as a photo and print to allow kids to label the spider parts.
Preschool Powol Packets has a free spider lapbook for preschoolers.
~Spider Books~
National Geographic Readers: Spiders– This book has great facts and beautiful photos all about spiders for elementary aged kids.
~Pumpkins~
Find free pumpkin printables for preschool or toddlers from A Teaching Mommy.
Find a free My Pumpkin Book printable that will help kids explore math, science, and creation at Layered Soul.
Hands of a Child has an adorable Five Little Pumpkins lapbook for preschoolers.
The Unlikely Homeschooler has a great idea to make a pumpkin bird feeder and includes some awesome learning extension ideas to use as you make this project.
Teach Beside Me has a great idea using pumpkins to create a model of the solar system.
And Royal, Baloo, and Logi-Bear too has a fun idea for creating a pumpkin clock to help kids with telling time.
The Practically Perfect Pumpkins mini lapbook from Knowledge Box will help kids of multiple ages learn about pumpkins.
You can download a free Life-Cycle of a Pumpkin printable pack from Homeschool Preschool.
This Pumpkin Pickup and Counting game from Stir the Wonder is a great way to practice motor skills and counting for little people.
Use the movie It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown to discuss plot lines, point of view, and WW1 history.
I loved this cute paper strips pumpkin craft from Color the Moon.
This pumpkin copywork pack from Homeschool Bits has copywork for a variety of ages, and kids will learn facts about the pumpkin as they write.
~Pumpkin Books~
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie- This book for young children follows the life cycle of the pumpkin.
~Nocturnal Animals~
You can get free printables all about nocturnal animals from A Little Pinch of Perfect.
Homeschool Share has a free nocturnal animals lapbook.
Find tips for observing nocturnal animals from Still Playing School.
This Night Creatures book has three projects to help kids learn about different nocturnal animals.
Life Over C’s has a great patterning activity using free printable nocturnal animal cards.
Discover. Learn. Connect. has a great free nocturnal scavenger hunt for the kids.
Get a free Are These Animals Nocturnal Lift-the-Flap from Teachers Pay Teachers. (You do have to have a free account to download.
Play this interactive game to find nocturnal animals from Sheppard Software.
Find three sheets here that allow you to color and sort nighttime animals. You can click on the sheet and then choose print from your browser.
~Nocturnal Animals Books~
Out of Sight Till Tonight: All About Nocturnal Animals- This is a Cat in the Hat book all about nocturnal animals.
Moonlight Animals- This book is all about what happens in the forest after dark.

~Bones~
Try this experiment to find out what happens to bones in vinegar and why.
This site teaches kids all about bones and has a cool slideshow.
You can find two great skeleton activities here at A Little Pinch of Perfect, as well as free printables.
Learn about the bones of the body with this skeleton song on YouTube.
This lapbook- Inside My Body- from A Journey Through Learning teaches kids all about what’s inside the body.
Find free Human Body Labeling sheets at Twink. (You need a free account to download.)
You can print these skeleton pieces and connect them. The link takes you to Pinterest, but when you click the picture, you can get the PDF.
Find a free, printable skeleton to label at the Crayola site.
Kids can learn about bones with this interactive unit study from Christian Homeschool Publishing.
This is a cool skeleton art project using tape resist.
Kids Activities Blog has a cool printable Skeleton Learning Game for kids.
Find a great, free skeletal system lapbook at Cynce’s Place.
~Books About Bones~
Bones– This Step-Into-Reading book for young readers teaches kids facts about the skeletal system.
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