Hello and Happy Halloween! Today our hosts came prepared with their Halloween costumes to discuss their plans for this spooky season.   
Katie came dressed as the Grammar Police; a costume inspired by Esther because she does NOT like bad grammar. Esther has arrived in her spookiest witch getup!  
Katie loves Halloween and scary movies, but you won’t be catching her in any haunted houses! Esther explored a spooky trail filled with jump scares and lots of screams to be heard. 
To start off our Halloween special, Esther and Katie share their favorite scary books, and Esther shares a couple of her favorite quotes from the stories that used to haunt her. Katie reminisces about telling scary stories around a fire, and just how excited her own kids are to retell those stories. We even get to hear from a couple of our behind-the-scenes friends about their favorite scary books and stories! 
Halloween is on a Monday this year, so that means teachers and students will be celebrating in the classroom. Looking for last minute Halloween activities for your classroom? Well look no further! 
Katie and Esther show us some quick and easy Halloween games we can prepare for the classroom: 
Bowling for Ghosts 
White plastic cups 
Draw ghost faces on them 
Use small orange with jack-o-lantern drawn on it! 
Or any ball 


Pumpkin Ring Toss 
Pumpkins 
Can use glow in the dark rings! 


Halloween Charades 
Create cards with different Halloween characters 
Ex. Ghosts, witches, mad scientists, vampire, etc. 


Have kids perform the charades 
Get them up and moving around! 




Costume Contest 
Have the kids vote on the best Halloween Costumes! 



 
Speaking of Costume Contest... 
The Orton-Gillingham Podcast is launching the “Queen of Halloween” Costume Contest! You guys get to vote for which of our hosts has the best costume. The winner of the contest will win the title of “Queen of Halloween”! Will it be Esther, the Spooky Witch, or Katie, the Grammar Police? Vote at the link below NOW! Voting will be closed by the end of the week and the winner will be announced on Halloween. 
As always, make sure to follow us on all social media to stay up to date on all things Brainspring. And don’t forget to vote for the “Queen of Halloween” Costume Contest. See you next time! 
 
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 
 
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Hosts: Katie Hodgkins, Esther Moreau 
Production Manager: Michael Flees 
Soundboard: Brendan Kelly 
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