Classroom Ideas Archive - November, 2007
Throughout history mankind has celebrated the conclusion of the bountiful harvest season on the 4th Thursday of November. It has remained a time to step back and be thankful for the harvest and also for all of the good things we have in our lives. Here are a few websites that will assist you with the history of Thanksgiving and activities to celebrate this day.
The Activity Idea Place has many ideas for Thanksgiving. There is a book list (from Amazon.com), art activities, games, math and science ideas, group time activities and ideas for dramatic play.
Debbie’s Unit Factory has a list of links to additonal websites for Thanksgiving teaching ideas, arts and crafts, Thanksgiving cards, and much more.
DLTK’s Growing Together has Thanksgiving activities in their Crafts for Kids section. Choose from crafts, games and puzzles, poems and songs, and recipes.
EnchantedLearning.com has a number of Thanskgiving crafts & decorations, activities and also printable activity books for early readers.
Family Fun.com has many Thanksgiving activites for you to choose, including decorations, crafts, cakes and recipes, and games.
First School has a section with preschool activities and crafts related to Thanksgiving. There are also arts and crafts, online stories and activities for the themes of Pumpkins and Nutrition.
The Holidays on the Net website has a Thanksgiving on the Net section with lots of information, crafts and decorations, story of America’s first Thanksgiving, recipes, cards, plus much more.
Kaboose has a rather large list of suggested books to read to your child concerning Thanksgiving. There are also decoration and craft ideas and recipes.
Preschool Education has teacher created resources for Thanksgiving arts and crafts, bulletin boards, felt board ideas, games, music and songs and snacks.
[Posted on November 5, 2007]
