~ Ideas for Thanksgiving ~
Books
*Books highlighted in purple are religious.
Activities
Native American Thanksgiving Rhyme
Thank you, God the Father (Fold hands in prayer)
Thank you, for the sunshine (Stretch arms overhead in circle)
Thank you, for the rain (Move fingers down)
Thank you, for things that grow (Move hands up)
Thank you, for good food to eat (Make circle around tummy)
Thank you, for families that love us. (Cross arms over chest)
Thank you, God the Father. (Same as first)
(If you are in a non-religious school, you can do the rhyme without the religious parts.)
Coffee Filter Turkeys
[Art]
Children painted a coffee filter (cut in half) with watercolors, cut out a turkey's body from brown paper and glued it on. They glued on wiggle eyes
and drew a beak.
Giving Thanks Class Book
[Literacy]
Children thought of things they are thankful for. Their dictation was on the page and they drew a picture of what they were thankful for.
"I am thankful for _____."
Thanksgiving Meal
[Fine Motor Skills]
Children cut out pictures of their favorite foods and glued them on a paper plate. We used the grocery store sale papers from the newspaper for pictures.
Number Flip Book
[Math]
To make a flip book, I folded paper over hotdog style, cut four flaps (cut four slits into one side of the paper), and wrote numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 on the
flaps. Children put the correct number of Thanksgiving stickers under each flap.
Resources
- Thanksgiving Theme Links
- Thanks A Lot, by Raffi, Baby Beluga CD or available on iTunes
- We Gather Together: traditional song (religious)
Music:
