Spooky season is at hand, and like most holidays, it’s a wonderful opportunity to build some thinking skills and have some fun with big questions. While you’re decorating, putting together costumes, and stocking up on treats, why not throw a few brilliant discussions into the mix?

While you’re decorating the front yard, putting the finishing touches on costumes, and planning your route for trick or treating, give one of these Halloween-themed activities a try.

Our kids seem fine with them, even delighted by them. Well, we’re supposed to be the smart ones, the ones in charge, the ones who always know what’s what and what to do. That’s an awful lot of pressure, and perhaps an unattainable goal. Maybe we should open ourselves up as thinkers, give ourselves a break, and set an example for our littles. And maybe wonderful adventures in thinking will happen.