Please see our updated post from 2015: http://bit.ly/Halloween-Vocab-for-Kids
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10+ Halloween Lessons, Crafts, and Activities
It’s that scary, creepy, spooky, eerie time of year! The monsters are coming out to play, and I don’t mean your students! On Thursday, October 31st, many countries will be celebrating Halloween. Kids will get dressed up in costumes like witches, ghosts, cats, cartoon characters, etc. and go trick-or-treating. The next day, they’ll undoubtedly have tummy aches from all the candy they collected and consumed! It’s a fun time of year for kids. Teachers and parents can keep the fun going all week long with various Halloween activities, lessons, and crafts. Sprout English has some great Halloween resources that are right at your fingertips! Try some of our suggestions below to infuse your kids with the Halloween spirit. 
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Spooky Spelling – 5 Tricky Halloween Words
It’s almost Halloween! This scary, fun holiday takes place on October 31st in many countries. Many teachers will be doing Halloween activities with their classes, and this means that Halloween vocabulary will be featured a lot. Now is a good time to review some of the trickier words that scare English learners and native speakers alike!
1. COSTUME / CUSTOM
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen students get these two words mixed up. They’re tricky! Point out to your students that they have different pronunciations and different meanings. A costume, pronounced /ˈkɑs tjum/, is an outfit that people wear on Halloween in order to appear as someone/something else.
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I bought a cat costume for Halloween this year. My friend is dressing up in a zombie costume.
A custom, pronounced /ˈkʌs təm/, is a tradition or habitual action that people do.
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Taking off your shoes when you enter someone’s house is a well-known Japanese custom. (more…)
