Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts

Sunday, November 24

Thanksgiving Kindergarten Extension Pack

Just finished planning out our school for our short week. I’ve set aside Wednesday as another “theme day review!”  I don’t know about you, but I’ll be busy prepping our Thanksgiving dishes.  Check out the new K Extension Pack will be using.


 Here’s what you’ll find inside: Thanksgiving Math, Thanksgiving Vocab. Tracing Strips, Skip Counting Puzzles, 100 Chart Art, and Thanksgiving Dinner Roll & Graph.



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Monday, November 14

Thanksgiving Timeline

We have one more activity that you can work on this season with your little ones.  We read The Very First Thanksgiving several times the past couple of weeks.  The paintings in the book are beautiful, and it tells the story of the Pilgrims, how they came to America, and the first Thanksgiving. 

The order of the story starts at the first Thanksgiving and works backwards, so we talked about chronology several times.  Save for the fact that E is still convinced the Pilgrims came over on the “Cauliflower” and landed at “Pilgrim Rock” its been successful.  The book though got me wishing I had a timeline of events to work through with her, and that’s when I decided to make this:

Thanksgiving Timeline

This timeline is one you can print off and work together after you read through a storybook about the Pilgrims.  Just put the pictures in order of the events as they happened, or you could glue them to a sheet of construction paper.

Here are some books about Thanksgiving several of them would work great for this activity.  You can buy them through the link, or you can jot down titles and check them out at the library!

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Saturday, November 12

Thanksgiving {Expanded}

Check out our new and expanded “Thanksgiving” unit!  We’ve added a few new printables, which you can download. 

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You will need to be able to view pop-ups to download the unit, as it will appear in a pop up window from our site!

Here are some of the printables included in this unit:

  • Shape Person: Native American
  • Pp Letter Sort
  • Number Maze: Mayflower
  • Number Order Puzzle (1-10 and 11-20) 
  • Magnet Page 
  • Writing Maze
  • Beginning Writing/Cutting Practice 
  • Sort: Who Does it Belong to?
  • Roll & Graph
  • Memory Cards
  • Spelling Pages
  • Which is Different? 
  • Patterns (ABAB and AABB)  
  • Size Sort    

Tot Pack

Looking for some ideas for a younger tot?  Check out our Thanksgiving Tot Pack. (Tot Packs inspired by 1+1+1=1.) Here are the printables included in this pack:thanksgivingtotbook-1

  • Thanksgiving Match
  • Name Turkeys
  • Give Thanks Picture Puzzle
  • Thanksgiving Word Mini Book
  • Size Sequencing
  • Turkey Shape Bellies
  • Thanksgiving Count

 

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Monday, November 7

First Thanksgiving Center Ideas

This week we are expanding our “First Thanksgiving” Theme printables. 
To get you started, I’ve found some fabulous resources that can be use in independent centers.  Remember to go over how to do the activity with your kiddo before allowing them to do it independently.

Pretend Play
Fisher-Price has a cute Thanksgiving set.  My boy loves their Little People collections.
fisher price Thanksgiving
Little People Thanksgiving Celebration

Stamping
Work on letter recognition with our new Stamping Strips.  To do this activity you will need uppercase or lowercase stamps and an ink pad.

Fine Motor
My Montessori Journey has wonderful Thanksgiving Bracelet that will help your child work on their fine motor skills. 
 

Hope these get your started.

Tuesday, November 1

Turkey Color Books

This week we are learning about Turkeys!  Now, for the past couple of weeks we have been including some tot books with our units to work on some concepts that aren’t always covered in our printables.  One of those concepts is colors. 

Our theme this week lends itself to a learning activity about colors, so we made these two Turkey Feather Color Books to learn about colors and how to write their names! 

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The color version of the book focuses more on writing skills and you trace the color of the turkey feathers. 

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The black and white version lets your kiddo color the feathers and trace the colors name! 

We hope they will help you out as you plan your studies! 

Amber1

Thursday, November 25

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Happy Thanksgiving
Madonna and I would just like to take this time to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving.  We are so grateful to be sharing this day with our families, and we pray that each of you has the opportunity to be surrounded by the ones you love. 


2 Teaching Mommies is such a blessing to both of us, and we are truly grateful that the Lord has given us the opportunity that this blog affords us.  We give all the glory to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and it is for His grace and salvation that we are most grateful today.  In that we share this prayer from Valley of Vision, which is a collection of Puritan prayers.  Its an oldie, but a goodie.    


Oh, God, thou fairest, greatest, first of all objects,
my heart admires, adores, loves thee,
for my little vessel is as full as it can be,
and I would pour out all that fullness before thee in ceaseless flow.

When I think upon and converse with thee
ten thousand delightful thoughts spring up,
ten thousand sources of pleasure are unsealed,
ten thousand refreshing joys spread over my heart,
crowding into every moment of happiness.

I bless thee for the soul thou hast created,
for adorning it, sanctifying it, though it is fixed in barren soil;
for the body thou hast given me,
for preserving its strength and vigor,
for providing sense to enjoy delights,
for the ease and freedom of my limbs,
for hands, eyes, ears that do thy bidding;
for thy royal bounty providing my daily support,
for a full table and overflowing cup,
for appetite, taste, sweetness,
for social joys of relatives and friends,
for ability to serve others,
for a heart that feels sorrow and necessities,
for a mind to care for my fellow-men,
for opportunities of spreading happiness around,
for loved ones in the joys of heaven,
for my own expectation of seeing thee clearly.

I love thee above the powers of language to express,
for what thou are to thy creatures.
Increase my love, O my God, through time and eternity.

From our families to yours, Happy Thanksgiving. 
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Amber and

Sunday, November 21

Some more ideas…

We know that if you are anything like us, you are looking for something to keep the kiddos entertained while you prepare for all of those holiday guests to start pouring in. Here are some last minute, easy prep, Thanksgiving Activities. 

For the busy mommy:

imageOk, so one of our favorite sites for getting ideas is Making Learning Fun.  If you are looking for something quick to just print and color I suggest looking here.  They have some great Thanksgiving Color Pages you can print.  image

If you are wanting your tots to make a useful craft, try these printable place cards from Danielle’s Place.

For the holiday traveling mommy:

image Life with My Giggly Girls has a great lapbook for your older kiddos.  There are even 3 different folders you can make!  How great would that be for a long car ride to Grandmas?!! 

image If you have younger tots, check out our Thanksgiving totbook.  You can read about it here!

If your stuck in the car you can also play your own version of the ABC game with a Thanksgiving theme.  Each person takes a letter and says what they are thankful for, but it has to start with the next letter of the alphabet (e.g “I am thankful for America.”  “I am thankful for basketball.”)  Even little ones could play this game with some help. 

For the mommy with time to spare:

imageFrom Disney’s Family Fun Site comes this cute as a button place card.  The turkey is made with your child’s fingerprints and stamp ink!  

image If your looking for some other great table ware your tot can help create, you can try these Turkey Napkin Rings from Danielle’s Place.

 imageYou could also make this What I’m Thankful For! Turkey from Preschool Learning and Crafts.   

Friday, November 19

Thanksgiving Dice Game

This game was big hit with my son and his cousins (ages 1-7) last Thanksgiving.  It was a lot of prep work, but it kept the kids out of our hair while we prepared food for Thanksgiving.  But don’t worry, I’ve saved you a lot of work.


(Originally posted: November 2009 on A Mommy Talks)

While searching the web I came across this Scarecrow Felt Board + Game on Let's Explore, in which I said to myself, "I can recreate that with a Pilgrim and Indian!" 

Since, I had recently created Itty Bitty Love's Felt Turkey activity, I wanted to switch it up a bit.  I decided to create (well have my husband create) our Indian and Pilgrim with foam and magnets, which works even better for this household because we have metal closet doors and no felt board!  However, my husband needed a little more inspiration to help finalize the design.  So, while browsing on DLTK's site I came across what I would use as my Pilgrim boy and Indian boy model.



Since my husband loves me, and I love you, we decided to make it easier for you. My darling husband turned our 3-D game pieces into a downloadable printable.  Isn’t he awesome!  So, print it on card stock and laminate. (Playing card included) To play this game you’ll need a dice or you can use our Counting Cards 1-6.  This game can be played as a one person game or a 2 player game.

Have fun and enjoy!

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Thursday, November 18

Thanksgiving Tot Book

Today we are putting up our Thanksgiving Tot Book!  There are several different activities you can do with you kiddo in the Tot Book.  They are:
  • Pilgrim Counting Cards
  • Thanksgiving Memory Game
  • Turkey Name Spelling
  • Thanksgiving Feast Size Sort
  • Turkey Belly Shapes
  • Pilgrim Puzzle
You can download our Thanksgiving Tot Book here!  Enjoy!

Amber1

Wednesday, November 17

The Gobble Gobble Game

Last year I got a little crafty with some construction paper and a marker.  The result was the “Gobble Gobble Game”.  Now, when we played this game I didn’t even have a blog!  I posted about this game in a note on Facebook.  The pictures aren’t the greatest, but you will get the idea!  

Amber1

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I made this for E today. I think we're going to laminate it and keep for next year and future kiddos. I call it the Gobble Gobble Game. I made the whole thing with construction paper and a black marker. The whole point of the game is for E to spin the spinner (I made it with a styrofoam plate) and then put the colored feather it lands on in the turkey. I made 6 feathers and the spinner has 8 spots. The two spots not devoted to a feather are "Gobble, Gobble" spots. If she spins and hits "Gobble Gobble" then we take out one of the feathers. She "wins" when the turkey has all its feathers. When she hits Gobble Gobble we sing this song to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel".

“The turkey is a silly bird
Its head goes wobble, wobble
He only knows one funny word
Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!!!”

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bald turkey

turkey with feathers

      spinner, pre-spinner


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If you are not feeling too crafty, you can still make the Gobble Gobble Game.  Download the Build a Turkey and skip the construction paper!  You’ll have 7 color choices with with the Build a Turkey. 

    

Tuesday, November 16

Colorful Turkey

This activity was a favorite of my sons last year (23 months). This activity does required some prep on your part, but you will have it for years to come.  My son has already played with ours this year.


(Originally posted: November 2009 on A Mommy Talks)

Here is another fun activity to create for your kiddo.


I was inspired by the Colorful Turkey Caddy at Family Fun.  I made a few minor adjustments to get my final product.  For example, instead of using card stock for the turkey's head and beak I used foam.  I used felt for the snood and my body is made with a smaller foam ball.  I attached it all together using hot glue, instead of the suggested glue dots.
 
Of course the biggest change was the use for the caddy.  Family Fun suggest using it for storing colorful pens, but I didn't think that would be fun enough for my little man, so I purchased some colorful feathers.
 
I made the holes on the back of the turkey with one of the feathers from the package, but then decided that I wanted them a little bit bigger.  So, I used a pencil to widen it and make it easier for my son to stick the feathers into.  He loved recreating this turkey all week.

Pictures of him interacting with this activity are posted in my Tot School post.

Monday, November 15

Pilgrim Shape Craft

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we thought you might enjoy some more fun holiday activities.  Plus, in our house we need to take a break from our normal Tot School schedule, so I can start prepping for Thanksgiving. To start us off, I pulled a shape craft from my archives that we did last year.  My son was 23 months at the time.  I hope you enjoy.


(Originally posted: November 2009 on A Mommy Talks)

This shape pilgrim is a great art project for Thanksgiving. No Time For Flash Card's Shape Scarecrow Craft inspired me with the idea.


If you would like to create this craft with your child, you will need color construction paper of your choice, glue, scissors, a marker and the following shapes cut from construction paper. (I apologize for my poorly cut ovals.)

At first this project seemed some what difficult for my son because he didn't like to get the glue on his hands and he just stuck the pieces anywhere on the paper, but once I started to put glue where each shape was suppose to go, he really got into it.
 
As we glued each shape on the paper we named it and the color. He really does well at naming his shapes, but is still working on his colors.  I hope to create more shape crafts in the future because it ended up being really easy.