Super Why’s “The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Halloween” Episode Review
This week the Halloween themed episode of Super Why premiered on PBS. In this episode Pig is too scared to go trick or treating. The Super Readers enter the story “The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Halloween” to help Pig discover that Halloween is not always scary. In the story their is a ghost that is scared of Halloween like Pig.
The educational reading aspects of this particular Super Why show include learning to spell the word pumpkin to help make the pumpkins reappear after the ghost makes them disappear because he is scared of them. Basically everytime the ghost is scared of something he says something that makes the thing he is scared of disappear. Then the viewers supposedly help the Super Readers spell the thing that disappeared, such as a witch, and make the thing reappear.
Overall the show is a fun Halloween themed one. It is great for preschoolers, which the show is geared towards, as it is not scary at all. It portrays the scary things in a way that shows them as being friendly and the things that scary the ghost end up being explained in a friendly way. This includes a witch making odd noises proving to be a friendly witch even though she uses a scary witch laugh. In the end the Super Readers teach the ghost that Halloween is not scary because the things are make believe.
If you kids like Super Why and you missed the Halloween episode in its premiere, then you can catch it again the next two Mondays on most PBS stations. Check your local listings to make sure it is showing and to find out the exact time for your station.
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