Spooky-themed literacy games...

In keeping with this creepy time of year, here's a literacy game you can play with your

friends, family, and children, that only require the alphabet and your imagination. 

Start with a Halloween-themed word, like: Ghost.

The next person continues the game by suggesting a Halloween-themed word that starts with the letter “T” because “Ghost” ends in “T”. They might say: Transylvania.

Transylvania ends with an “A” so that would be the letter for the following person, such as: Afraid.The game can last a long time, can include any number of players, and increases a child’s literacy skills as you spend time as a family! 

FALL Into a Good Book!

--> Many of us don’t need an excuse to visit a Starbucks, find a comphy chair, and sip on something delicious. This fall, why not take some “me” time, and surround yourself by your neighbors by visiting a coffee house with your favorite book and sample some of those fall treats we only see once a year.

…. You know the one I’m talking about, already, don’t you?

That’s right.

Pumpkin muffins.

The wait is over.

… and what would go better with a tasty morsel like that then a sufficiently Halloween themed book like Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” or “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” by Washington Irving?

It may not get too chilly here in Central Florida, but some books are guaranteed to send a suspenseful shiver down your spine.