Make a Tissue Box Thanksgiving Turkey
Looking for a cute craft project for Thanksgiving? Look no further than this tissue box turkey! Not only is it fun to create, but it makes a great holiday centerpiece.
Make Thanksgiving Teepee Place Cards
Keep your child busy and entertained this Thanksgiving by enlisting her to make the table's place cards! She'll be delighted to have such an important job and she'll improve ...
Make an Apple Turkey!
All you need to make this fun Thanksgiving craft are a few apples, toothpicks, marshmallows and raisins. When they're done, the kids will have made a fabulous table decoration ...
Make a Thanksgiving Table Runner
Okay, so your first grader is way too little to carve a turkey. But that doesn't mean he can't help! Put him--and a sibling or cousin or two--to work on this gorgeous ...
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Make Thanksgiving Finger Puppets!
Help your child make these charming Thanksgiving finger puppets. Then, use them to reenact the first Thanksgiving.
Make a Paper Plate Turkey Photo Frame
Your child can say thanks by surprising a friend, a teacher or a grandparent with this paper plate turkey which doubles as a festive wall hanging and special photo display.
Make a Thanksgiving Thank You Apron
Help your child give a heartfelt "thank you" to your family's chef this Thanksgiving with this "handy" painted apron.
Turkey Cupcakes
These sweet cupcakes look like turkeys but taste like dessert. Turkey cupcakes are easy to make and look like the real thing, making dinner a festive occasion.
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Thanksgiving Banner
Spruce up the house this Thanksgiving with a special banner, handmade and colored by your little artist.
Mayflower Coloring Page
Color in a picture of The Mayflower, the ship that carried some of the first people to come to America.
Holiday Word Search: Thanksgiving
We celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast, but there's no reason that a little education can't be involved, too. Challenge your kid to search for the hidden Thanksgiving words in ...
Holiday Math: Thanksgiving Subtraction
The Thanksgiving holiday brings turkey, stuffing, family...and subtraction? Here's a great way to sneak in some math over Thanksgiving weekend.
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The Thanksgiving Cheat Sheet
Need a little brush-up on your knowledge of Thanksgiving history? Here's a review of the major historical points that your child might ask, plus tips to help your child ...
Thanksgiving Myths - Debunked!
We all know the story of Thanksgiving. But how much of this story is actual history and how much of this is romanticized mythology? Find out!
Beyond Pilgrims: A Fresh Approach to Thanksgiving
Are you tired of the annual parade of pilgrim costumes and paper turkeys? Try incorporating a few of the following activities to help your kids get into the holiday spirit!
Teach Your Kids Native American History
Many of us still know very little about the people who first settled and still live in our communities. There were many different tribes of Native Americans, each with unique ...
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Making Time for Thanksgiving
Prioritize: think about what kind of a holiday you want to have, and organize your to-do list with that goal firmly in mind.
Kindergarten Cooking: What Kids Learn
When kindergarteners help out in the kitchen, they're learning math, science, and reading. But they're also learning social skills, by working together to make the meal, ...
Mind Your Manners! Table Manners 101
Teach your kids to take small portions until everyone has been served, and remind them that they can always have seconds.
Holiday Meals: A Great Time for Interaction and Learning
Holiday meals make for great math skills practice: help your child count how many apples are in the basket or how many chairs are at the table.
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Book Picks to be Thankful for
If your child likes the classic rhyming song, “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly,” then she’ll delight in this playful Thanksgiving version — featuring a family visitor with a supernatural appetite! Hilarious watercolor illustrations accompany this zany tale, which is sure to become a Thanksgiving classic. For ages 4 to 8.
This illustrated history of the American Indians takes a comprehensive and fascinating look at the cultures and people who inhabited North America before, and after, it was settled by the Europeans, including historical narratives, first person accounts, maps, timelines and rare photographs. This book, written for ages 9 to 12, makes for a well-rounded Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving gives teens a chance to reflect upon the relationship between America’s Native people and her European settlers. This novel, which takes place during the final years of the Black Mountain Apache tribe, provides a window through which teens can access this difficult history. Told through the voice of a young Apache woman who chose the path of a warrior, this story is an important and gripping read.
