Halloween Problem Solving and Social Skills Fun

You want to wear a scary costume on Halloween. Your parents will not allow you to. What would you do?

• Leave the house in your scary costume

• Talk to your parents and come to an agreement on a costume

• Yell at your parents about how unfair they are

Your friend asks you to go apple picking the same weekend your family planned on going apple picking. You want to go with your friend. What do you do?

• Ask your parents if you can go with your friend

• Ask your parents if your friend can go apple picking with the family

• Refuse to go apple picking if your friend can't go

Your classmate is having a Halloween party and you weren’t invited. What would you do?

• Tell your classmate that they will regret not inviting you

• Don’t say anything and find something fun to do on the day of the party

• Tell your classmate you don’t like them and wouldn’t go to their party even if you were invited

Your parents asked you to rake the leaves in the yard over the weekend as part of your chores. You hate raking leaves. What would you do?

• Tell your parents you don’t want to rake the leaves

• Try and talk your brother or sister into raking for you

• Ask your parents if you can do something else beside rake

You knock on the door and say “Trick or Treat,” The people hand out a candy you do not like. What do you do?

• Say thank you

• Tell them you hate the candy

• Close your bag and leave without taking the candy

Your family decides that this year everyone will go trick or treating together. You want to go with your friends. What would you do?

• Ask your parent if you can go with them for a little bit and then your friends

• Yell and tell your parents they always ruin your fun

• Refuse to go with them

Your family went apple picking and you want to bake an apple pie. You ask your parents if they will help you bake it and they ignore you. What would you do?

• Try and bake the pie on your own even though you aren't allowed to use the oven alone

• Say excuse me then stay in the room until they answer you

• Tell your parents they are selfish because they wouldn't answer you

You want to make a scarecrow, but there aren’t enough leaves in your yard to build one. What would you do?

• Ask a neighbor if you could rake their yard and use their leaves

• Steal the leaves from a neighbor

• Fill the scarecrow with other things besides leaves

Your Science teacher is talking about why leaves change color in the fall. You are interested in this topic, but the person sitting beside you is talking. What would you do?

• Get up and move your seat without permission

• Tell the student to shut up

• Ask the teacher if you can change seats

You want to start a fall tradition in your family. Your family can’t agree on one. What would you do?

• Put the ideas in a hat and pick one of the ideas

• Argue about why they should choose your idea

• Tell them that if they don't pick your idea, you aren't going to participate