5 Ways to Unlock the Excitement of Halloween in Your Classroom
Turn spooky season into brain-boosting fun with Breakout EDU!
Halloween is in the air - and on every kid’s mind! Rather than fight the excitement, embrace “spooky season” and treat your students to Halloween-themed learning opportunities with Breakout EDU’s Puzzle-tober activities and resources.
As Halloween approaches and attention spans wane, these five instructional tricks and activity ideas will keep students engaged and learning all month long:
1. Warm Up with a Costume Party
Motivate students with a warm-up challenge to dress up their Breakout EDU student avatar in spooky, kooky ways. During Puzzle-tober, students and teachers can choose from astronauts, sea monsters, vampires, chefs, zombies, and many more. It’s always a treat to see the students’ creativity shine with their avatar costumes!
2. Countdown to Halloween with Lock of the Day
Keep your students’ “BRAAAIIINNNSSS” sharp in the lead-up to Halloween with the Halloween-themed Lock of the Day daily puzzles. These are perfect for daily critical thinking practice. You can present them as part of a class-wide countdown to Halloween with each lock bringing your students one step closer to unlocking a special classroom treat or celebration.
3. Band Together to Unlock Halloween Prizes
Challenge your students to band together and participate in the Puzzle-tober Gameplay Challenge, where the goal is to creep to the top of the leaderboard by unlocking the most Digital Game locks. With every lock they solve, they’ll inch closer to scaring up enough points to claim the top spot and win classroom prizes. This collective effort fosters a sense of unity, as students learn the value of working as a team to achieve a shared goal. Ghoul luck, everyone!
4. Unlock an Immersive Educational Adventure
Invite your students to enter the eerie world of the Puzzle-tober Breakout+ game - “Tall Tales of Twilight Township”. Your students are called on to investigate reports of numerous hauntings in an old-west ghost town. Use this spooky adventure to challenge their critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they work together to uncover hidden clues and solve the mystery. This activity will awaken your students’ logical reasoning and summon their past knowledge, all with a fun and spooky twist.
5. Design their OWN Spook-tacular Puzzles
Your students are invited to embark on a ghoulish journey to create their very own Halloween-themed puzzles. In the recorded session “Spook-tacular Puzzle Design Adventures”, the Breakout EDU game designers lead the students through how to create their own puzzles. For example, students may create a short mystery story that ends with a secret code or an unsolved riddle. The best part? After they’ve created their own puzzles, students can play and solve each other’s creations.
With Halloween on the horizon, keeping students focused can be challenging. But with these fun and engaging activities, you can harness that excitement for meaningful learning experiences. Don’t forget to check out the Puzzle-tober page for even more spooky fun that will challenge students while keeping them on track!