T is for Turkey

Circle Time

Turkey Songs and Stories
Turkey Books

Activities
Cutting with Scissors

Playdough with toy Tools
Coloring
Tool Puzzle

Felt Board

Art Study

The Tree Swing by Frangonard

Snack
Tater Tots

Arts and Crafts
Handprint Turkeys
Yarn Turkeys

Cooking
Why Thanksgiving dinner of course! We have a simple one the weekend before, just as a family, and then travel to Grandma's for the "real deal".

Turkey handprints

A staple of thanksgiving childhood. Simply paint fingers, and press and you've got a cute little turkey.

GreatThanksgiving Books

Over the River and Though the Wood by Lydia Maria Child

There are many versions available of this classic Thanksgiving poem but I like the one illustrated by Christopher Manson best. Even though the snowy scenes depicted bring Christmas to my mind more than Thanksgiving I love the look and feel of the old fashioned holiday and especially appreciated the music included on the back page so I could sing the book.


Thanksgiving Is Here! by Diane Good

The text in this one is a treat with a rollicking rhythm that's just begging to be sung but its the illustrations that really make it a keeper. The pen and watercolor illustrations are so full of hilarious detail that I found myself flipping thru the pages long after the kids had finished to follow the many side storylines in picture. A book Zeke requested over and over...and over...again!

Thanksgiving With Me by Margaret Willey

This soft ballad is a dialogue between mother and daughter as they anticipate the girl's 6 uncle's arrival for Thanksgiving. The whimsical pencil drawings pair perfectly with the mother's remembrance of past Thanksgivings, and both characters' excitement for the one to come. As a family with many uncles ourselves, Zeke and I especially loved this book but I think any family can relate.


Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markers

Fun rhyming text and beautifully detailed two page spreads take us thru a list of the little and the big things to be thankful for

Thanksgiving Songs

Thanksgiving (sung to: Are You Sleeping)
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving
Here it comes, here it comes.
Turkey on the table, turkey on the table.
Mmm-good, mmm-good.
Cornbread muffins, chestnut stuffing,
Pumpkin pie, ten feet high.
We were so much thinner, before we came to dinner.
Me-oh-my, me-oh-my!

Thank You (sung to: Twinkle Twinkle)
Thank you for the sun so bright,
Thank you for the moon at night,
Thank you for my family,
Thanks for friends who play with me,
Thanks for everything I see,
I am thankful, yes siree