There were ghosts in the library this week as we celebrated Halloween and The Day of the Dead.
The Day of the Dead is celebrated mostly in Mexico. It honors loved ones who have passed away.
The children loved this book. It is cute, colorful and just a little spooky. I think almost every child can relate to what shy feels like.
Our vocabulary word:
So much cuteness in this book. The girls he likes – Alma. The “Eye-Scream” truck.
Poor Gustavo (empathy):
So, Gustavo did what he most loved- he played the violin.
When Alma shows up, please look at the detail of his face. So cute.
I played this during the page above so the children could “hear him” playing:
A happy ending!
I played this while the children looked at the details of the page above:
Just a few ghosts in the library:
On the projector:
We read a few more “spooky” books during my after school classes:
The children cut out some fun ghosts to hang. (The children really loved this and great for cutting practice):
We also tried a little experiment with magnets to see if we could get our ghosts to “fly”:
Another Beatrix and Berto approved book:
Find the other stories I read above here:
Here are more ideas to go with this book: