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We Are
Thankful
Songs
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I Am
Thankful
Tune: Are You Sleeping?
I am
thankful. I am thankful.
Yes I am!
Yes I am!
I'm
thankful for my family
And the
friends who love me.
Yes I am!
Yes I am!
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Thanksgiving Dinner
Tune: Frere
Jacques
We eat turkey,
we eat turkey.
Oh, so good. Oh, so good>
Always on
Thanksgiving,
Always on Thanksgiving.
Yum-yum-yum!
Yum-yum-yum!
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Hello, Mr.Turkey
Tune: If You're Happy and You
Know It
Hello, Mr. Turkey
How are you? (clap, clap)
Hello, Mr. Turkey
How are you? (clap, clap)
With a wobble, wobble, wobble
and a gobble, gobble, gobble
Hello, Mr. Turkey
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Turkey Trot
Tune: Hokey Pokey
You put your
right wing in,
You put your right wing out,
You put
your right wing in,
And
you shake it all about.
You
do the turkey trot
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
Additional Verses:
Left Wing
Drumsticks
Stuffing
Wattle
Tail Feathers
Turkey Body
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The Turkey
The turkey
is a funny bird.
(Hook thumbs together and spread fingers to create
turkey tail.)
Its head
goes wobble, wobble.
(Wobble head back and forth.)
And all it knows is just one word:
(Hold up one finger.)
"Gobble, gobble, gobble."
(Make mouth shape with hand, opening and closing it
while sounding like a turkey.)
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If
You're Thankful
And You Know It
Tune: If
You're Happy and You Know It
If you're thankful
and you know it clap your hands.
If you're
thankful and you know it clap your hands.
If you're
thankful and you know it Then your face will surely
show it.
If you're
thankful and you know it clap your hands.
Additional
Verses:
Stomp Your Feet
Shout "I am!"
Do All
Three
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I'm
Thankful
Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
I'm thankful
for my friends
And my
family.
I'm
thankful for the food I eat.
I'm happy
to be me!
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Song for
Thanksgiving
Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Thank you, thank you, very much
For everything that I can touch.
Thanks a lot for nature's food.
And for when I'm feeling good.
Thank you, thank you very much.
For moms and dads and friends and such. |
I Eat Turkey
Tune:
Frere Jacques
I eat turkey,
(Point to self)
I eat turkey.
(Point to self)
Yes, I do,
Yes,
I do.
(Nod head)
Turkey in my tummy,
(Rub tummy)
Yummy, yummy, yummy.
Good for me,
(Point to self)
Good for you.
(Point to others)
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Albuquerque the
Turkey
Tune: Oh My
Darlin'Clementine
Albuquerque, he's my turkey,
And he's feathered and he's fine
And he wobbles and he gobbles
And I'm awfully glad he's mine.
He's the best pet you
could get yet
Better than a dog or cat
Albuquerque, he's my turkey
And I'm awfully glad of that.
Albuquerque, he's my turkey
He's so cozy in his bed
Because for our
Thanksgiving dinner
We had scrambled eggs instead. |
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Books
Language
Activities
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Predictable Charts
Make a
predictable chart with things your students are
thankful for. The writing frame is:
__________
is thankful for __________.
Encourage children to illustrate their sentence.
Laminate, bind and place in the classroom library.
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Printable Thanksgiving Book
Click her to print a Thanksgiving Book with simple text.
Thanksgiving Book |
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Turkey Feather Letter Match
Cut out 26 turkey shapes on brown construction paper.
Write one lowercase letter on each turkey. Cut
out different
colored construction paper
feathers. Label them with lowercase letters.
To play this game the children place the matching
lowercase letters onto the turkey. |
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Writing Center Words
Brainstorm
a list of Thanksgiving words. Write each word on
a sentence strip and also draw or cut out a picture
that matches the word. Place in the writing
center for children to copy.
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Beginning Sounds
Photocopy,
color, and cut out several Thanksgiving pictures.
(turkey, pilgrims, indians, corn, cornucopia, etc)
Glue onto large index cards. Label the picture
but omit the initial consonant:
___urkey
To play
this game the children say the word and use letter
tiles in place of the initial consonant.
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Ideas for Predictable Charts
Turkey is
__________.
The Indians
taught the Pilgrims __________.
I am thankful for __________.
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Thanksgiving Letter Match
Write the
word THANKSGIVING on a piece of paper and laminate.
Print out the word again and cut out each letter (or
use letter tiles). Laminate. Have the
children use the letter pieces to match onto the
written word. You could do this with any of the
words on your Thanksgiving list!
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Turkey Letter Matching
Program one
paper plate with dot stickers in a semi-circle shape
around the paper plate. Draw or glue a turkey
face in the middle of each plate. Write a
lowercase letter on each dot. Program matching
clothespins with a matching capital letter on each
clothespin. Students then clip to correct dots.
You can
also program this activity for:
Matching
sets to numerals 1 - 10
Matching
colors to color words
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Syllable Counting
Say a
Thanksgiving word from your list in the Writing
Center. (Thanksgiving, pilgrims, turkey,
Mayflower, etc) Have the children clap out the
syllables or use unifix cubes, counting chips, or pom
poms to show the amount of syllables.
For a center you can make a simple graph on a large
piece of construction paper. Make four columns and
label them 1, 2, 3, & 4. This represents the amount of
syllables. Place Thanksgiving pictures in this
center too. The children choose a picture, clap
the syllables, and place it in the correct column.
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Color Words
Cut
several turkey bodies out of brown construction paper.
Write a color word on each one. Laminate.
Make feathers out of different colors. Laminate.
To play this game, the children read the color word
and match the correct feathers around the turkey body.
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Turkey Letter Match
The turkeys
for this game were from The Mailbox magazine. You
could use any turkey clipart. Photocopy 26 for the
uppercase letters and 26 for the lowercase. Color
and laminate. The children find the matching
letters.
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Thank You, Thanksgiving
Read the book Thank You, Thanksgiving by David
Milgrim to your class. Together brainstorm all the
things they are thankful for. You can write it in
predictable chart form:
Thank you, _______________.
Then, using the same format turn it into a class book or
individual books.
Click below to download.
Thank You, Thanksgiving. (class book)
Thank You, Thanksgiving (individual book) |
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Math
Activities
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Corny Counting!
Photocopy a picture of an ear of corn, color and cut
out. Program each on with a number from 1 -10.
To play the game, the children place the correct
amount of popcorn kernels onto each ear of corn. |
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Pattern Necklaces
Color ziti noodles with rubbing alcohol and food
coloring. Have the children string the ziti onto
a piece of yarn by making a pattern with the colors.
Wear them as a necklace!
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Favorite Food
Graph
Find out children's
favorite Thanksgiving foods by making a graph.
Draw a graph on a large sheet of paper. Help the
class think of 3 - 5 different foods that are usually
eaten at Thanksgiving. After children decide
their favorite choices, place a picture of each food
and write its name at the bottom of the grid.
Have each child vote for their favorite food by
writing their name in the appropriate column.
Discuss the results.
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Thanksgiving
Patterns
Photocopy
several pictures of Thanksgiving symbols such as
turkeys, pilgrims, indians, pumpkins, etc.
Color, cut out and laminate. Have the children
use the pictures to make patterns.
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Matching Games
Make an instant turkey matching file folder game at
Preschool Printables.
They also have a cute
pie matching game. |
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Turkey Shape Match
I found this game in The Mailbox several years ago.
Each turkey body is a different shape - square, circle,
diamond, heart, star. I colored and laminated
them. The children sort them out by shape.
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Art Activities
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Handprint Turkey
Paint each
child's palm and thumb with brown paint, then paint
the other four fingers with whatever color they choose
- these are the feathers. Place their hand paint
down on a white sheet of paper that has this poem
already printed on it:
This isn't just a turkey
As anyone can see
This very special turkey
Was made by hand by me!
When dry,
they can add the turkey's feathers with crayons and
choose a color of construction paper to mount it on.
Cute gift for parents!
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Coffee Filter
Turkey
Have the children cut out a
circle for the turkey head and an oval for the turkey
body. Glue and add facial features. Use a
coffee filter (the basket kind) for the feathers. Have
the children spread it out flat, color it with
markers, and then mist it using a water bottle.
Let dry. Glue to the back of the body.
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Corn on the Cob
Give each child a piece of
cardstock paper with the outline of a corn on the cob.
Have the children fill the inside with real popcorn
kernels (you can color it with different shades of
tempera paint). Use crepe paper for the husks.
Another variation:
Instead of using colored
popcorn kernels have the children use q-tips (or a
pencil with an eraser) to dip into paint and dab onto
the corn.
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Bubble Wrap Corn Prints
Have the children trace and cut out a corn shape.
Give each child a piece of bubble wrap. Dip into
yellow paint. "Stamp" it onto the corn cut out.
When it's dry add green leaves. |
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Turkey Bulletin Board
This is one of my favorite bulletin boards to do!
To keep things easier for me I do this with one student
at a time during free choice, so it takes about a week
to get them all done.
You need a roll of brown paper (you can buy this at any
shipping supply store like Staples). Cut a long
strip of the paper for each child. Pour different
colors of paint into paper plates. Have the
children dip their hands into the plate and make
handprints all over the brown paper. Let dry.
When they are dry I cut them into one long turkey
feather.
One day at circle time we decide what else the turkey
needs (head, body, feet, wings) I choose small
groups of children to work on each part together.
Everyone helps to glue black, brown, and white torn
construction paper onto the body.
Then I staple it up to the bulletin board and spread all
the wings around it.
It always comes out SO cute and we get TONS of
compliments on it!!
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Recipes
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Turkey Cookie
1 Oreo cookie
1 red mini M&M's
2 orange mini M&M's
1 malted milk ball
chocolate
frosting
6 candy
corn pieces
Cover one side
of the Oreo with chocolate frosting.
Attach the the malted milk ball near the center of
the cookie (turkey body). Arrange candy corn pieces on
chocolate frosting points going in. Put some
frosting above the malt ball (turkey head). Push the
side of the red M&M into this as the wattle. Push orange
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Butter
heavy
whipping cream
dash of salt
baby food jars (enough for each student)
Put a small amount of heavy whipping cream and a dash of
salt into each baby food jar. Shake until cream turns to
butter while you chant:
Making Butter Boogie
Shake it up
Shake it down
Shake it, shake it all around.
Shake it high
Shake it low
Shake it, shake it to and fro.
Shake it over
Shake it under
Pretty soon, you'll have butter!
Serve
to students on crackers. |
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