🎃👻 Boo Bash Play & Learn! 👻🎃
Get ready for a spook-tacular time with the LPB Education team! Halloween is the perfect time to laugh, create, and celebrate with friends and family. 🕸️✨ At our Boo Bash, you’ll learn how to whip up frightfully fun no-sew costumes, spooky-cute decorations, and yummy snacks that are a treat (no tricks!). 🍬🧵🎨 Join us as we create, play, read, and celebrate Halloween in the most fang-tastic way! 🦇📚🎉
Don't forget to check out all the great Halloween activities, DIY costumes, pumpkin carving templates, and much more on the PBS KIDS Parents Halloween Hub!
7 Fun Halloween Activities to do at Home
Discover 7 spook-tacular Halloween activities the whole family will love. Let the hauntingly good times begin!
Halloween Checklist
Ready to make this Halloween unforgettable? Grab your checklist, gather your ghouls, and let the spooktacular preparations begin! 👻
Room for Everyone: 10 Picture Books that Encourage Kindness
As parents, we can cultivate kindness in our kids by reading books to them! Here are 10 books that explore empathy, celebrate diversity and encourage kindness that you and your children can read together.
October Celebrations
National Book Month -- Fill your home with letters, sounds, and word play! These literacy activities are your ticket to exploring the fun and exciting world of learning to read. #NationalBookMonth
National Bullying Prevention Month -- Bullying can cause long-term emotional harm. Here is what you should look out for if you suspect your child is being bullied at school.
Hispanic Heritage Month continues -- When kids learn about different points-of-view and backgrounds, they learn the importance of kindness and empathy, and to appreciate the similarities and differences in us all!
October 1 is Yom Kippur -- Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement. As the Jewish New Year begins, learn more about Yom Kippur traditions like making new goals and asking for forgiveness with @pbsteachers "All About the Holidays."
October 6 is World Habitat Day -- What types of animal habitats exist around your home? Use this activity to guide your kids in exploring habitats around your neighborhood and the animals that live in them!
October 5 is World Teachers Day -- Who is your favorite PBS KIDS teacher? Maybe it's @ArthurPBS's Mr. Ratburn, @danieltigertv's Teacher Harriet, or Mr. Sparks from @HeroElementary! #WorldTeachersDay
October 3 is World Smile Day -- Research shows that when we use emojis at home, in the classroom, and online, it can help us express emotions and better understand what we've learned! 😄😃🙃🤩😫 #WorldSmileDay
October 13 is Indigenous Peoples' Day -- Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay! Here are eight books written by Indigenous authors to add to your bookshelf to honor and celebrate Native heritage, not just this month, but all year long!
October 10 is World Mental Health Day -- It's natural to feel anxious thoughts from time to time! Use these simple strategies to help your family manage through these difficult emotions. #WorldMentalHealthDay
October 15 is Global Handwashing Day -- Washing your hands before and after everyday activities, like after you play or before you eat, can go a long way in keeping the germs away! 🧼 #GlobalHandwashingDay
October 29 is National Cat Day -- Nature Cat can see all kinds of different animal and plant life in the water with his DIY pond viewer! 🔎 Here's how to make your own to bring to your next pond, stream, or lake exploration.
PBS LearningMedia - Educational Digital Media Library for Learning at Home
Changing Seasons Collection-FALL: Join PBS KIDS and explore Fall! Learn about leaves, why animals squirrel away food, all about pumpkins and apples, and animals who hibernate through media clips, extension activities, articles, and crafts. Share activities, articles, games, and printables to strengthen a school-to-home connection. Children will learn about the world around them through science, math, and art activities. As you engage in these lessons, you can feel confident that you are helping children grow up great!
Don't forget to sign up for a FREE account for PBS LearningMedia! You can easily search for videos, lessons, interactives, and more by grade level and subject area.
PBS KIDS Game: Dinocar Designer
Get ready to create your own dinosaur train car! 🚆 In Dinocar Designer, you can build a unique train car that matches your favorite dinosaur's personality. Will you design a grassy car for Brontosaurus or a high-flying platform for Pteranodon? It's all up to you! 🦖
October PBS KIDS Family Night - Saturday @ 7 PM on LPB KIDS!
It's an Oddtober time!
October 4 and 11!-- Tonight on @PBSKIDS Family Night, it's a Mystery League marathon night!
October 18 -- Don't miss the Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Halloween movie on PBS KIDS!
October 25 -- It's Alma's Way and Arthur Halloween episodes tonight! Don't miss all of these spookatular episodes!
Family Night Snack Box
Stay safe and healthy LPB families! Keep doing an amazing job with your families!
Take care, Nancy Tooraen, ntooraen@lpb.org