Teaching children about ghosts

June 20, 1:22 PMBoston Paranormal & Alternative Spiritualities ExaminerCathy A Montville

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Parents can help educate their children about ghosts and the paranormal and ease some of the fear they may express through reading books and yes, by visiting an online website called Kids.ghostvillage.com.

Kids.ghostvillage.com has a recommended reading list with books such as, “Who’s Haunting the White House? The President's Mansion and the Ghosts Who Live There.” Written by author, Jeff Belanger, this book investigates the number of ghosts thought to maintain their home in the Executive Mansion in Washington, DC.

Many historic ghosts, such as Abe Lincoln and Andrew Jackson, appear to wander the mansion as if they never left the White House or that place in time. Somehow, ghosts in the White House may seem less scary to a child than a ghost lurking in Aunt Edna’s house. The book, geared for ages 9 and up, is available at Amazon.

The website also includes a “ghosts in the classroom” tab, which provides, among other things, “ghosts as a learning tool.” This is an informative article about using history and its “ghosts” to educate children and make the task of learning history quite interesting. A lesson plan is included at the end of the article.

Parents will also find some valuable information for discussions about ghosts, to help when children begin questioning this phenomenon. It also covers the delicate subject of your own home perhaps being haunted. The article, written in a down-to-earth manner, offers practical advice for talking about an often time, difficult topic.

On the other side, if the parent is actually fond of ghosts and dabbles a bit in ghost hunting, there is some great reading material about ghost hunting with your children. Ghost hunting can be an amazing lesson in history and research, which is educational and a fun learning process for the children.

The information covers how to get started, how to keep the children safe and it also explains how the kids can write up their experience and submit it for publication at kids.ghostvillage.com. They can be a published author as well as a budding ghost hunter.

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Kids.ghostvillage.com