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Pilgrim, Pilgrim Where's Your Hat" Game- Submitted by Cheryl
Have the children stand in a circle. Choose one child to be the pilgrim and stand in the middle, blindfold this child. Let the other children in the circle pass the hat to each other saying:
Pilgrim, pilgrim where's your hat?
The children stop passing the hat when the poem is completed. The
child who has the hat at this point hides it behind his back. The pilgrims
tries to guess who has the hat.
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Turkey Dinner Game and Song- Submitted by Cheryl
Turkey dinner, Turkey dinner
After learning this verse lay out 10 (or more or less depending upon
your group) small size paper plates. (Decorated the edges with Thanksgiving
stickers or use commercialized Thanksgiving plates.) Photocopied and
laminate a small picture of a turkey.
To play the game: Everyone hides their eyes while one person hides the
turkey under a plate. At "OK" everyone can uncover their eyes and sing the
song together. Then take turns going around the circle. Each child lifts
up one plate to see if they can find the turkey hiding underneath. The child
that finds the turkey - hides it the next time around. Try to give
everyone a turn in the same day.
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November Game- Submitted by Cheryl
Give each child a Thanksgiving object such as corn, turkey feather
etc. As the item is named in the song, the children should respond as
requested.
Oh, Do you have an ear of corn,
Oh, Do you have a turkey feather,
Oh, Do you have a pumpkin pie,
Oh, if you are very thankful, thankful, thankful? *****
Directions Turkey- Submitted by Cheryl
Enlarge and laminate a large turkey character, and a supply of colored
turkey feathers. On one side of the feather write directions such as "Clap
twice", or "Turn around", or "Jump up and down". On the other side attach
pieces of velcro, and to the corresponding spots on the turkey's tail. Attatch
the turkey to the lower portion of the wall. Use this as a game, or a time
filler.
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Indian Bean Bag Toss- Submitted by Cheryl
Use a cardboard box (the short boxes that a case
of canned drinks come in work well) for the target. On the bottom of the box draw and decorate an Indian Tee Pee. Cut a hole out for the door large enough
for the bean bag to go through.
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Turkey Race- Submitted by Cheryl For this game you will need a different color sheet of
construction paper for each child. Out of each sheet cut 9 small squares and 1 large turkey. Mark off an 8 step race track using pencils, napkins or
whatever. Line the children up shoulder to shoulder behind the first step. Give
each child a colored turkey. Shuffle your little colored squares and draw
them out one at a time. Who ever has the matching color turkey takes a step when his color is drawn. The first one to complete all 8 steps wins.
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Turkey Feather Game- Submitted by Cheryl
Cut five turkey body shapes out of brown felt and
fifteen feather shapes out of red, yellow and orange felt. Number the turkey
body shapes from 1 to 5 and put them on a flannelboard. Place the feather
shapes in a pike.
To play the game, have the children take turns selecting a turkey,
identifying the number on it and adding that many feathers to it.
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Turkey Math- Submitted by Cheryl
Paint each child's hand with brown paper and have them press it onto
1/2 sheet of construction paper. Let them add features with markers and
crayons to make the hand prints look like turkey. Use the finished pictures to
talk about counting by fives. Hang them in a row with the numerals 5, 10,
15... and so on up to 100. Practice counting by fives.
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Turkey Toss Game- Submitted by Cheryl
Take a large brown grocery bag and glue 2 small lunch bags (gathered at
the tops) to sides of the bag to look like drumsticks. Take turns throwing
in the stuffing (sock balls or bean bags we call cornbread!It is a great
motor activity and very simple and inexpensive.
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Where Is The Turkey Hiding?- Submitted by Cheryl
Use a small toy turkey or one you have cut out and made. Tell the
children that the turkey is very nervous because he knows that he may become
thanksgiving dinner. He is going to run and hide. The children are the
pilgrims (make pilgrim hats from newspaper!) and it is their job to
find the turkey. Hide the turkey in various locations. For smaller children,
place in plain view for the children to see and encourage the children to
describe where the turkey is hiding, by using statements as, "under the table,
next to the chair, on the desk, in the box" etc.
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Indian Name- Submitted by Cheryl
The Indian people give their children names that have special meanings.
Give the children some examples of Indian names translated into English
(Running Bear, Morning Star etc.) Have the children think up a name like this
that they would like to use for a whole week. Try to encourage the kids to
choose names that will have special meaning for each of them.
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Popcorn Game- Submitted by Cheryl
Cut out popcorn shapes and number them. Have children
"pop" up according to the numbers.
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Turkey Feathers- Submitted by Cheryl
Turkey feathers turkey feathers
Put the turkey on the felt board lay all the feathers in a large basket
so the kids can easily see them Walk around the children and let each one
pick out a feather or two. Sing Turkey Feathers with the children and let
the children who have that color add it to the turkey.
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Turkey Strut- Submitted by Cheryl
Use small pieces of masking tape to make turkey footprints all over the
floor. Play music and let your children pretend to be turkeys
strutting around the room. When the music stops have each "turkey" find a
footprint to stand on. Continue the game as long as they are interested.
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Feather Float- Submitted by Cheryl
Have your children watch as you toss a feather up into the air and let
it float to the ground. Then let your children pretend to be feathers.
Play appropriate music and have them float slowly around and around as they
gently sink to the floor.
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Thanksgiving Foods- Submitted by Cheryl
Find pictures in magazines of foods before and after they are prepared.
For example: fresh cranberries and cranberry sauce, raw carrots and cooked
carrots, raw potatoes and mashed potatoes, raw yams and candied yams.
Glue each picture to a piece of felt. Show the children all of the pictures.
Place one of the 'before' foods up on your flannel board. Have someone find
that food 'after' if has been prepared. Have the child place it up on the
flannel board Continue matching the before and after foods.
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Turkey Wobble- Submitted by Cheryl
Play music of your choice and encourage the children to move like:
big turkeys *****
The Turkey Hop- Submitted by Cheryl
Do the turkey hop
Now flap your wings
The kids line up on one wall (they are the turkeys) and the farmer
(adult is the farmer) stand in the middle. Say the poem and do the actions. At
the end of the poem the "turkeys" run to the other side. If the farmer touches
them then they turn into farmers. Play until there are only one or two
turkeys left.
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Kick The Stick- Submitted by Cheryl
Relay race of kicking a stick from a starting point to a finishing
point.
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Gobble, Gobble- Submitted by Cheryl
A child is chosen to be "it". "It" closes his/her eyes and sits at the
front of the room. Another child is chosen to be the turkey.The turkey runs and hides in some part of the room/house? When the turkey has been hidden,he/she should be saying "gobble,gobble,gobble." "It" tries to guess who it is from the
sound of the voice. He/she has three guesses. Little ones can follow the
sound and find the turkey.
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Matching Teepees to Indians- Submitted by Cheryl
Make several turkeys, pilgrims and
teepees. Add felt or sandpaper to back so that they stick to felt board. Use felt board to have children match teepees to Indians, turkeys to Pilgrims, and so on and tell you if the sets are equal or if one has more members. Count and
compare.
***** Submitted by Cheryl
Sequence turkey, pilgrim or Native American cutouts from smallest to
largest.
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Provide cards with matching pairs of Thanksgiving-related pictures or
stickers for the children to match.
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Catch the Turkey Game- Submitted by Cheryl
All the children are turkeys except one who is a Pilgrim. The Pilgrim
chases the turkeys until he catches one. The child who is caught
becomes the Pilgrim.
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Cognitive Activities- Submitted by Sherry
Sequence turkey, pilgrim or Native American cutouts from smallest to largest.
Provide cards with matching pairs of Thanksgiving-related pictures or stickers for the children to match.
Place two lines of dried corn kernels on the table. Make sure both lines have the same amount of kernels, but spread one line out so it is longer than the other. Ask the childre if one line has more kernels, then count with the child.
Match different colors of teepees to their corresponding colored teepee.
Make patterns using different colors of beads.
Have the children to create a Thanksgiving menu. Assist them by choosing the foods by voting.
Give the children a Native American, pilgrim or turkey cutout and a box. Have the children place the cutout on, under, beside, etc. the box.
***** Fine Motor Activities- Submitted by Sherry
Encourage children to staple together ovals, rectangles, circles and triangles to create a turkey.
String beads, macaroni or straw pieces and make Native American necklaces.
Cut out or tear food pictures from magazines and paste to paper plates.
Encourage the children to string cranberries.
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Science Activities- Submitted by Sherry
Have an ear of indian corn and a magnifying glass available for them to look at.
Sequence feathers by size or sort by color.
Provide raw and cooked cranberries or potatoes for the children to examine.
Put grass, sticks and stones in a box for examination.
Put a pan of water in the area for children to see which items sink and which float. Use cranberries, bark, corn, stones, grass and sticks.
Have bark available for examination.
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Growing Corn- Submitted by Sherry Popcorn kernels, a ziploc bag, Dirt, and water. Place some dirt in a ziploc bag, sprinkle enough water to saturate the top part of the soil, and drop in some popcorn kernels. Seal the bag and place it in a sunny window. Look for sprouts to appear within 7-10 days.
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Growing Sweet Potatoes- Submitted by Sherry Help children stick toothpicks around the middle of a sweet potato. Fill a glass two-thirds full with water and place the potato in a glass. Have the children check the water level daily and add more water as needed to keep the bottom of the potato covered. In about two weeks roots will appear. Help the children observe the growth each day. Bring in sweet potatoes, one raw, one cooked, and let the chilren compare the three. Explain to the children that sweet potatoes is a food many people eat at Thanksgiving.
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Sensory Table Stew- Submitted by Sherry Place items such as: meats, vegetables, forks, ladles, bowls, salt/pepper shaker, etc; and let the children create a Thanksgiving stew.
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Counting Corns- Submitted by Sherry Make turkey cards and on each turkey, place a number on his stomach. Around the turkey, place construction paper candy corns to coordinate with the number. Provide real candy corn as manipulatives for the children to count and place on the turkey.
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Matching Turkey Feathers- Submitted by Sherry Make a circle and attach a turkey head to the circle. On the brown circle, place colored pictures/dots. Then place coordinating colored dots onto clothespins. Have the children match the colored dot to the colored picture. This gives the turkey clothespin feathers.
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Turkey Bowling- Submitted by Cheryl
Spray paint liter soda bottles with brown paint and add a face and feathers. Fill a fourth full of sand and the kids can do Turkey Bowling using a small ball! What fun!
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