We read a great book called Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano. Turkey dresses up as other animals on the farm to try to disguise himself so he is not eaten for Thanksgiving dinner. The kids then made Wanted posters and used their creativity to disguise their turkey and offer a reward. These are hanging on our bulletin board in the hallway. Here are some highlights:
We also made turkey glyphs to show data about ourselves and to practice our cutting and listening/following directions skills. These were a lot of work but they came out wonderfully- plus they turned out to be a great decoration! The kids were excited to write things they were thankful for on each feather. After the turkeys were completed, we looked at them to gather data about age, favorite color and where the child would be spending Thanksgiving. We made tally charts and bar graphs to show this information. Ask your child to explain what their turkey glyph tells about them.
We spent a lot of time talking about the Mayflower voyage, the Pilgrims first year in Massachusetts and the first Thanksgiving. We looked at Plimoth Plantation online and the kids were very interested in the topic and were very excited to learn that Plimoth Plantation is not too far from Beverly. Haven't been? Great day trip once the weather warms up! We focused on 3 questions: Who sailed? Why did they sail? and What was it like? They learned lots of interesting facts about the voyage!
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