Halloween Social Story

Halloween can be a frightening time of year for many children, especially those who are very young or those who have sensory issues. Many children on the autism spectrum need to get ready ahead of time.

This social story is designed to help prepare children to understand what they might see and hear on Halloween. To download and print the story, click on the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MQq75MeN176FcNSU9DcAiplMEHphMAS9/view

Or, read the story now:

Halloween can cause quite a fright

With its spooky sounds and sights

There are spiders and ghosts and flying bats

Witches with brooms and big pointy hats

You’ll find Jack-O-Lanterns on everyone’s porch

With mouths and eyes lit up like a torch

And little white ghosts strung in trees

That swing and sway in the breeze

A knock on the door makes me jump;

“Mom, did you hear that loud thump?”

She reminds me it’s Trick-or-Treat

Time to hand out candies and sweets

When Mom opens the door

There’s a lion, a minion, a centaur

And a witch with an apple

A crooked nose and a cackle

One of the kids has a scary disguise

A mask with a scar and big creepy eyes

I shiver and hide behind Mom’s skirt

But she shows me it’s just my friend Curt.

There can be a lot to fear on Halloween

If you believe everything is what it seems

But the costumes, the decorations, the sounds you hear

Are just make-believe, a way to have fun this time of year.

©Renee Vajko Srch

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