Teddy's Trick-or-Treat Trail

What you need

• three or four soft toys
• a basket
• some play food, as pretend treats

How to do it

1. Sit the soft toys in different spots around the room and give your toddler the basket.
2. Walk to the first teddy together and say "trick or treat!"
3. Let the teddy give a pretend treat, then pop it into the basket and say thank you.
4. Visit each teddy in turn and count what is in the basket at the end.

Why it matters

Saying trick or treat and thank you is the friendliest bit of Halloween, and doing it with teddies makes it a gentle, silly story they can run themselves.

What they're learning

Pretend play

Acting out a story with teddies lets them practise what happens next and what people say.

Manners

Saying hello and thank you at every teddy makes them a natural part of the game.

Counting and carrying

Collecting the pretend treats in the basket gives them something to count and carry.

What to look for

Watch whether they say the words themselves or wait for you. Both are fine, and the teddies can always say it first.

A tip

Give each teddy a different voice, even if it feels silly.

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