Stir up Halloween fun while boosting literacy and social-emotional skills with the Leila, the Perfect Witch activities! Students can color Leila, design her gingerbread house or apron, and reflect on their own talents and interests. With literacy-focused tasks like sequencing how to bake a cake, writing recipes, sorting parts of speech, and building a broom writing craft, learners practice essential reading and writing skills. While exploring themes of confidence and self-discovery add even more depth. Brew up engagement with the perfect seasonal resource.

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Color the main character.
• Design Leila’s gingerbread house.
• Design an apron for Leila.
• Draw talents or interests you have.
• Write Leila’s character traits.
• Write sentences with story vocabulary.
• Sequence how to bake a cake.
• Write a recipe for the cake off.
• Sort parts of speech.
• Build a broom writing craft.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Engage in Social Skills with included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Participate in a collaborative Cake-Off.
• Use digital tools to design a cake.

Our educator-created Leila, the Perfect Witch activities mix creativity, literacy, and self-reflection into one magical learning experience.

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About the Book and Soundscape

Leila Wayward, a little witch who excels at everything, is determined to win the Magnificent Witchy Cake-off—until she discovers her kitchen skills are a magical mess! With help from her three sisters, Leila learns the real magic is in the fun of baking together. This soundscape features upbeat witchy tunes, playful polka and mariachi vibes, and a spooky nod to Bach’s Toccata and Fugue.

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