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With your child, read the sugar content on a candy package and measure that amount of sugar onto a plate. (One teaspoon is 4g.) This investigation can be quite an eye-opener to your kids!
Dressing up in costume and trick-or-treat- ing is a fun tradition. It can be lots of fun without eating lots and lots of candy. Here are some tips to keep the sugar consumption down:
Let your children keep only a limited number of pieces of candy. Look around for places that accept candy donations, or nd a dentist that buys back candy.
Trade the candy for a healthier option, a sticker, gift, or a small toy.
EDITOR’S PICK by Vicki Whiting, Kid Scoop News
addle-to-the-Sea is a 1941 children’s book, written and illustrated by American author/artist Holling C. Holling. It was recognized as a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942. At Lake Nipigon, Canada, a First Nation boy carves a wooden model of an Indian in a canoe. On its side, he Written and illustrated by Holling C. Holling Paddle-to-the-Sea P
Review these safety tips with your child for a fun and safe Halloween! Be bright at night. Wear re ective tape on your costume to improve your visibility to cars. Use makeup instead of a mask. If you do wear a mask, take it o before crossing the street.
black-and-white sketches and at least one full-page watercolor, all by the author. The sketches accompany the larger story and tell smaller narrative stories of their own: for example, one sketch
demonstrates how a sawmill works by visually outlining the progress of a log of timber towards a mechanical saw. Typical of its era, the book uses the word Indian to describe both the model-maker and his creation.
Trick-or-treat in a group or ask a parent, older brother, or sister to go with you.
roughly carves the words “Please put me back in the water. I am Paddle-to-the-Sea” and sets it free to travel the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
It’s best to trick-or-treat when it is light outside. If it gets dark, carry a ashlight.
Wear a costume that makes it easy for you to walk and to see.
This book o ers a tale of adventure while teaching geography and more about North Eastern Canada.
Always stay on well-lighted streets.
Each leg of the canoe’s journey is told by a short chapter, suitable for reading aloud to a child and decorated with
Cross the street only at corners, NEVER between parked cars or mid-block.
© Vicki Whiting October 2025
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