The Day before Thanksgiving

We read about the first Thanksgiving in Social Studies, and the kiddos got to color a picture of the Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving feast.

Then, they got to create their own turkeys by tracing their hand, and adding what features they wanted. It's amazing how unique turkeys can be! ;-)

We played some fun Thanksgiving games. The favorite was definitely "Feed the Pilgrims!" A bunch of turkeys were scattered all around the classroom. Each time a student read a word or identified a number correctly, they were allowed to go hunting for a turkey. They then had to give it to the Pilgrim who was trying to find food for his family for the Thanksgiving feast.

Do you think he has enough turkeys to feed his family??

My kiddos were quite happy with how many turkeys they found to help this poor Pilgrim out! :-)

We also played another Turkey game, where each turkey had different pictures on their feathers. The children would flip over a letter card, and they would have to figure out which picture started with that letter sound. They would then cover up the picture with that card. Whoever covered up all their turkey feather pictures first was the winner. It was quite fun! We also played a Thanksgiving picture domino game. If you go here you can find the Thanksgiving domino game that we played!

On Friday, the kiddos dressed up like Indians. Today they got to wear Pilgrim hats!

Towards the end of our fun day, my kiddos joined the rest of the Elementary students for a Thanksgiving brunch! What a feast! They had pancakes, cinnamon apples (to put on top of the pancakes), sausage, juice and hot chocolate! What a sticky, sweet, yummy treat it was! :-)