We did not cover the origins of the American Thanksgiving this year, rather the emotions that are connected to the holiday – being thankful and together with friends and family. However, I do have some resources to share!
Our Crafts:
- Thanksgiving Tree (Activity Village) HERE
- Paper Turkey (Peapod Labs) HERE
- I am Thankful Pumpkin (Moffatt Girls) HERE
- Horn of Plenty – Gratitude printable (Kids Activities Blog) HERE
Our Worksheets:
- Thanksgiving skip counting (The Homeschool Den) HERE
- Thanksgiving Activity Pack (Itsy Bitsy Learners) HERE (I did not use some of the pages as I was not impressed by the illustrations but they had a nice Mayflower picture and some colour and shape pages that were ok)
- Thanksgiving math and number families (The Homeschool Den) HERE
Lapbooks:
- Thanksgiving Dinner – A Fun Study (Homeschool Bits) HERE
Helpful sites:
- 3 Boys and a Dog reference list HERE
- Cornucopia explanation with more links about Thanksgiving (Thanksgiving-Day.org) HERE
- All things Thanksgiving at Activity Village HERE
- Wild Turkey Facts at NWTF HERE (National Wild Turkey Foundation)
Books:
- An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott HERE
- The Apple Doll by Elisa Kleven HERE
- Free emergent readers by The Measured Mom HERE
- Nursery Crimes by Arthur Geisert HERE
- A Thanksgiving Turkey by Julian Scheer HERE
Videos: