Turkey Handprints and more...

Getting Ready for Thanksgiving [part three]

Pilgrims and Indians

BOOK

The Littlest Pilgrim

This book is about a little pilgrim girl, Mini who wants to help but everyone tells her she is too little.  Until Mini meets a friend. She isn't too small to make a friend.

CRAFTS

We talked about things that were the same and different about Pilgrims and Indians.

I braided yarn to use as a belt around the Indian girl.

I cut out the clothing from a coloring sheet for the children to glue onto their Pilgrims and Indians.

WORKSHEET

Letter I

This is a simple was to introduce Upper and Lower Case Letters.

POEM

Thanksgiving Friends

5 Pilgrims fishing in the morn (pretend to fish)

5 Indians help them plant corn (pretend to put a seed in the ground)

The Indians bring the corn (hold up right hand)

The Pilgrims bring the meat (hold up left hand)

Ten new friends sit down to eat (join hands together).

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Getting Ready for Thanksgiving [part two]

 CRAFTS

For this turkey craft we painted 1/2 of a coffee filter with orange, red and yellow. After it dries glue on a turkey cut out with wiggle eyes. 

 BOOKS

SONGS

Tune: Frere Jaques

We eat turkey,

We eat turkey,

Yum, Yum, Yum

Yum, Yum, Yum

Always on Thanksgiving

Always on Thanksgiving

Yum, Yum, Yum

Yum, Yum, Yum

Tune: Bingo

Thanksgiving day will soon be here,

I'm ready for some turkey

T U R - K E Y, T U R - K E Y, T U R - K E Y *(clap with each letter)

I'm ready for some turkey.

Tune: I'm a little Teapot

I am Mr. Turkey, big and fat.

On my tail are feathers; what d'ya think of that?

When I walk I wobble - wobble, wobble, wobble.

And when I talk I gobble - gobble, gobble, gobble.

Getting ready for Thanksgiving [part one]

We began our Thanksgiving Unit.

The fun has just begun!

Candy Corn

This candy corn looks good enough to eat! Help each youngster paint his nondominant hand so it resembles a piece of candy corn. Then have him press his hand several times on a sheet of construction paper, adding more paint to his hand when needed. After the paint dries, attach this craft to a display titled “Handy Candy!”

Idea from: Theeducationcenter.com

WORKSHEET

Tracing prepares a preschooler for writing.

CRAFT

Okay, this may not look like much but the kids still had fun making it.

(Cupcake with a candy corn ontop - in case you didn't know).

BOOK

 The craft idea came from the book "Julius's Candy Corn" by Kevin Henkes.