Happy Thanksgiving! Did you know dinosaurs celebrated too?
I used this book to talk about traditions. Traditions play an important role in children’s lives. They give children a sense of security, stability, and identity that’s grounded in family and culture. Sharing these experiences can strengthen relationships and can boost their confidence and social skills. Traditions also can create simple, meaningful learning moments that can support both cognitive and emotional growth.
What are your Thanksgiving traditions?
I brought in sage and thyme from my herb garden for the children to touch and smell.
We had so much fun talking about the word “galore” and how we can use it. Miss Library cannot wait to eat turkey galore!
Do you watch Thanksgiving parades? Play outside with cousins? Play football, watch football?
Do you holds hands and say a prayer or a blessing at the table?
Do you share what you are thankful for? Do you help wash the dishes?
Dino-Easter? Ha – I am not ready for that!
This story was a little long for my two year olds, so we browsed the book as a way to talk about Thanksgiving. We talked about turkeys and I showed them my wild turkey feathers.
Look at the beautiful Thanksgiving table in the library:
We had so many turkey sightings at school this week.
We also focused on the “giving” part of Thanksgiving. Families donated boxes of cereal all week, to be delivered to a food pantry.
My after school classes made these cute little turkeys.
We read this book about manners.
We then practiced our manners. Each child had to say, “Please pass the bananas,” before receiving the plate. They were all laughing so hard they could barely get the words out! It’s always a crowd-pleaser and such a fun way to practice manners.
While I was blowing up some balloons for the next activity. The children colored.
We then played with the turkeys we made.
Find Penguin’s Guide to Manners here:
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