Materials
- Picture of a turkey
- Copy machine
- Paper
- Pen
- Watercolors and brushes or crayons
- Feathers, sequins, and glue optional
Instructions
- Ask the children what their favorite Thanksgiving foods are.
- Ask each child to explain how to make his favorite dish. Write down their exact words. (This will make your recipe book more original.)
- Copy your notes in the center of the paper, no more than two on a page.
- Place a picture of a turkey on top to make a cover. Make a copy for each child to give to his family as a Thanksgiving present.
- Before binding the books, encourage the children to paint or color the turkey cover page. If desired, use feathers and sequins for added decoration.
More to do
Art: Make a "Horn of Plenty." Encourage the children to paint or color with crayons or markers on the back of a large paper plate. Then, fold the plate in half to form a cone. Help the children cut out pictures of food found in old grocery ads and glue them inside the wide open end of the paper plate. This can be used as a centerpiece for the table on Thanksgiving Day.
Instructions
1. Three-year-olds love to build with blocks, but usually their focus is on onething: HIGHER! They love to build towers, but towers can only go so highbefore they fall over. The point of this activity is for children to explore usingblocks horizontally instead of always "going vertical!"2. Gather block materials for circle time. Ask the children, "How far do youthink these blocks can reach?" Chances are they will want to stack them up.3. Encourage them to think of what will happen if instead of stacking them, theyplace them end to end along the floor. How far will they reach?4. Ask the children to build a "road" from the circle area to the other side of theroom. If possible, build a road out into a hallway or into another room.5. Encourage the children to think of other things they can make with blocks inthis way. Some ideas are mazes (either for people or play cars), a paddock forplay farm animals, and so on.More to doOutdoors: On a non-muddy day, take the blocks outside. Try lining thesidewalks or lines on a black top with blocks placed end to end.
