Halloween Word Wall Cards for Preschoolers

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These Halloween Word Wall Cards will complement your lesson planning for October, and your Halloween week, especially if combined with other Halloween free packs I offered you in previous posts. You can get all of them HERE.

Halloween Word Wall Cards for Preschoolers

This pack includes five pages with three cards each, for fifteen cards with different Halloween-typical words such as ghost, spider, bat, candy corn, witch, skeleton, monster, costume, scarecrow, pumpkin, cat, haunted house, vampire, werewolf, and mummy in English and Spanish.

To prepare these low-prep Halloween Word Wall cards, click on the bottom at the end of this post to download them. Then, print each page using white cardstock. Finally, cut out and laminate the cards to make them last longer.

Importance of a Word Wall

A word wall is a collection of words displayed alphabetically under big letters on a large wall. Its use can help preschoolers build up vocabulary and improve their pre-reading and pre-writing skills and oral communication, as children use it interactively, chanting, clapping, tracing, spelling, writing, etc.

These words should be accessible for students to see and use easily and that teachers refer to often so children learn what they say and understand their relevance.

Learning vocabulary words and developing their pre-reading skills can be difficult for many young learners. Still, when you allow them to interact with the vocabulary, they are more likely to remember it.

How to Use the Word Wall Cards

These Halloween Word Wall Cards can be used in many ways. Some of the ideas I can give you are:

Introduce the items and talk about some of their characteristics.
Clap the words syllables.
Discuss the first letter of each word and what the sound of that letter is.
To discuss what items can be real and which don’t.
To compare the pictures with plastic animals.
To compare the pictures with the ones in books.
Copy the words with pencils, crayons, or markers.
Trace the words with dry-erase markers.
Match the words using magnetic, wooden, or foam letters.
To practice spelling the words.
Match the pictures with the written words.
Choose an item to create a story about it.
Draw a picture of their favorite Halloween item.
Sculp an item with playdough.

Halloween-related Books

Remember to read to your children every day. This is one of the activities that is more beneficial to children because books help them feel connected, understand what you are talking about better, and learn vocabulary, among many other important benefits.

Books are also a great way to get the children involved with your theme and increase their motivation and readiness to learn. These are some stories you can use for this theme. You can find them at your local library, in a used bookstore, or on Amazon. If you click on the titles, my affiliate links will take you directly to the Amazon page, where you can purchase your favorites.

Noelle and the Haunted House: A Children’s Halloween Book by Mikaela Wilson is the perfect book to showcase children’s creative thinking and ingenuity in designing and implementing their Halloween fun. It encourages creativity and mental development, fosters resourcefulness and imagination, and promotes ownership and follow-through of a project.

The Spooky Wheels on the Bus by J. Elizabeth Mills. Count from One Spooky Bus to Ten Goofy Ghosts as this Halloween ride races through town, picking up a few unsuspecting passengers! Eye-catching art and a bouncy countdown rhyme will make this a read-aloud favorite!

The Night Before Halloween by Natasha Wing. Little monsters and goofy goblins take center stage in this silly, spooky spin on Clement C. Moore’s beloved poem. But what will happen on Halloween when the monsters come face to face with human trick-or-treaters in this fun-filled book?

Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell. This gentle story and beautifully detailed illustrations give an intimate look at the life cycle of a pumpkin named Jack as it begins to rot after Halloween. Tim sets it out in the garden and watches it change.

Corduroy’s Best Halloween Ever! by Don Freeman. Halloween is almost here, and Corduroy is going to have a party. He and his friends will carve a jack-o’-lantern, bob for apples, and go trick-or-treating! But there is one problem: Corduroy needs to choose a costume. What will he wear?

The Crow Who Stole Halloween by J.P Anthony Williams is the story of Cory the Crow, who stole a magical pumpkin meant for a big Halloween party, and how the woodland animals must work together to get their prized pumpkin back just in time for the Halloween celebration.

How to Catch a Monster by Adam Wallace is a fun children’s monster book as a brave young ninja heads into the closet to meet the monster that’s been so scary night after night.

How to Catch a Witch by Alice Walstead is about children who discover that a witch on a broom has opened a magical portal that lets out spooky creatures all over the neighborhood. They set zany traps for the witch to close the portal and save Halloween before all the candy is gone.

The Spooky Wheels on the Bus by J. Elizabeth Mills invites children to count from One Spooky Bus up to Ten Goofy Ghosts as this Halloween ride races through town, picking up a few unsuspecting passengers along the way, using eye-catching art and a bouncy countdown rhyme.

Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete by James Dean reveals fun Halloween surprises as Pete the Cat goes trick-or-treating from house to house and discovers what is waiting behind each door.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat by Lucille Colandro brings back the classic rhyme with an old lady, and this time, she’s swallowing a bat, an owl, a cat, a ghost, a goblin…and more.

Pin It For Later

If you are in a rush and don’t have time to read the post and download the printable but want to save it for later, pin it to one of your Halloween Pinterest boards to have it available when you’re ready.

I hope you and your preschoolers enjoy this freebie. To get your free pack, click the link below and type your information to download it immediately.

Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.

Love,