Doing holiday-themed activities makes learning fun.  It gives a change of scenery and creates increased engagement.  Here are some life skills activities that are Halloween-themed but also functional to everyday life.  Think to yourself – you compare shop for a Halloween costume or cook a fun spooky recipe.  Here are some recommendations on activities you can use this October!

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DIRECTED HALLOWEEN DRAWING LESSONS

Adapted, differentiated, and age-appropriate art lessons – easy to follow step by step how to draw activities for all levels! Comes with 10 different Halloween-themed drawing lessons in 5 levels! Check out this activity on TPT

READING HALLOWEEN RECIPES

Functional reading comprehension of common life skills environmental print, differentiated for special education, autism or English language learner classroom. These worksheets are a fun, engaging & visual way to practice reading different variations of recipes.  Check out this activity on TPT.

NEXT DOLLAR UP HALLOWEEN STORE

October Halloween Themed Dollar Over method activity with single and double digits.

Check out the digital activity version that comes with Interactive PDF, Boom Cards and Google Forms on TPT. Check out the printable task cards version on TPT. Check out the menu math next dollar-up worksheets on TPT.

COLOR BY CODE/NUMBER HALLOWEEN

Are your students motivated by coloring and decoding puzzles? Here’s a fun Halloween-themed activity to practice identifying prices or using the Next Dollar Over method featuring pumpkins, ghosts, candy, creepy crawlers and more!

Check out the Next Dollar Up Color By Number activity on TPT. Check out the Color by Price activity on TPT.

WHICH HALLOWEEN ITEM/COSTUME CAN I BUY?

Costume store shopping up to $100 student will determine which item they can purchase given how much money they have.

Check out the digital activity version that comes with Interactive PDF, Boom Cards and Google Forms on TPT. Check out the printable task cards version on TPT.

HALLOWEEN THEMED WOULD YOU RATHER?

20 Would You Rather…. Questions. Great age-appropriate activity for practicing voting, self advocacy and fun class discussion starter. Check out this activity TPT.

HALLOWEEN BAKERY MENU MATH ADDITION

Simplified Functional & differentiated life skills addition problems using priced menus. Check out this activity on TPT.

HALLOWEEN SIMPLIFIED MENU ADDITION

Check out the digital activity version that comes with Interactive PDF, Boom Cards and Google Forms on TPT. Check out the printable task cards version on TPT.

HALLOWEEN COSTUME COMPARISON SHOPPING

Costume store comparison shopping consumer math task cards up to $100. Which store costs less? Great for special education and visual learners.

Check out the Store Ad Worksheets version of this on TPT. Check out the digital activity version that comes with Interactive PDF, Boom Cards and Google Forms on TPT. Check out the printable task cards version on TPT.

HALLOWEEN BAKERY ORDERS – VOCATIONAL SKILLS

Check out the GOOGLE SLIDES version of this on TPT. Check out the BOOM CARDS version on TPT.

HALLOWEEN BUNDLE

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Thanks for reading!