Teacher's tips

Level of Education: Elementary School

Age 06 to 08 years old

Halloween is a very fun party and children can dress up as ghosts, monsters, witches, zombies, bats, cats, skulls, vampires, mummies, in short, characters that represent dark themes. People decorate their homes with pumpkins with faces and candles inside. Children can dress up and knock on people's doors using a very popular phrase: "Trick or treat?". The game consists of asking for sweets, threatening to commit a mischief to anyone who refuses the treats.

In the United States, the tradition of Halloween is very strong. This party was brought by Irish immigrants in the 19th century, becoming a success.

This versatile color game will take you to a magical, happy and very pleasant universe. Have fun and travel in the world of imagination and colors! How about dressing up later and making an album with beautiful photographs and giving as a gift to a loved one? Here's the tip! [FIM-DICA]

Learner outcomes

To come across a game that reveals part of other cultures;

Develop motor coordination;

Use colors within a fun and imaginary context;

Experiencing images that are within the proposed theme;

Assimilate knowledge having fun and using colors that correspond to the characters;

Interact with other children in order to carry out the proposed challenge;

Study in a playful way the symbols that represent the context of Halloween.

Teachers' goals

Provide a class for children where they can interact and meet folklore characters through games and role-plays;

Reveal a colorful universe to children within a context in which different cultures are experienced;

Carry out a project, involving two or more disciplines, in order to transmit knowledge and develop certain skills and competences;

Develop an arts workshop that takes students to create their own characters with scrap;

Awaken in the class respect for the traditions of other locations and also for religious diversity;

Offer new optics to interpret reality;

Work on oral and written language;

Develop critical sense, capacity for interpretation and abstraction;

Carry out interdisciplinary work.

Suggestions of approaches for the teacher

First, poll the students to see if they have any prior knowledge about Halloween and then introduce them to this fantastical universe related to the world of imagination.

It is worth mentioning that Halloween allows the educator to work on essential concepts such as life and death, spirituality, as well as respect for existing religions. A critical and differentiated look at multiculturism is necessary. This party favors work in a playful way when dealing with difficult topics.

There is a rich universe targeting legends and myths that captures students' interest. Therefore, it would be very good to approach this topic in projects that involve several disciplines. In addition to playing with colors, making puppets and dressing up will be very interesting strategies for approaching the theme.

More about the content

The theme under study is very suitable for a costume party to be held. Halloween characters are very inspiring. The class will be very motivated and this will make them enjoy participating in the classes. The 'Halloween Colors Game' will be the first strategy to motivate the kids to this fantastic imaginary world.

Teachers can also hold an arts workshop, as students will be able to create their own characters with scrap material. In the Writing or Portuguese class, a group text production can be made with the characters created in the Arts class.

If feasible, depending on the socio-economic status of the students, teachers can organize a party where they can reproduce Halloween traditions and customs as the closing and culmination of a project.