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A Safe and Simple Halloween

Tips for Celebrating the Holiday with Preschoolers

By Jill Eggleton Brett

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to teach her students the importance of adhering to safety rules set by their parents during trick-or-treating. The basics of the fable are that a young boy and girl, Hansel and Gretel, are taking a walk when they notice a trail of candy. They follow the trail, which leads to a beautiful house completely made out of candy. The children go up to the door, and a pretty, kind woman invites them in for more candy. After they're inside, the pretty woman locks the door and turns into an ugly, mean witch. Now the kids are trapped, and the witch plans on keeping the kids for herself.

Hernandez says that when she shares this story with her students, they become wide-eyed and full of questions. This is an opportunity to teach the kids all about trick-or-treating safety, as well as the notion of things not being always as they appear.

Keep It Light
If your kids do go trick-or-treating, what about all that candy? The loot bag alone could initiate a sugar high that lasts till next Halloween! Try this clever idea shared by McNally:

Explain to your preschooler about the friendly Halloween Witch. She is a friendly helper to all the children who didn't get any candy on Halloween. Children who went trick-or-treating should pick 10 pieces of candy for themselves and then leave the rest in a bowl outside their front door. While the children are asleep, the Halloween Witch comes to their house, takes the candy from the bowl and leaves a surprise for the child who lives there. (The surprise can be anything from a new book or video to a new toy car or doll.) The friendly Halloween Witch then takes all the collected candy and leaves it on the front porches of those children who didn't get any cany on Halloween.


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