Thanksgiving Preschool Kids Activities

Fun and easy Thanksgiving Thankful DIYs, Turkey crafts, numeracy, and literacy preschool kids activities for PreK and kindergartners.

As Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, we are focusing on what we are thankful for, as well as crafting and creating with fun hands-on invitations to play and create preschool kids activities. November is also a fun “Turkey Season” so grab your recycled TPRs, scissors, and ‘gobble – gobble’ let’s make fun and easy Thankful DIY Turkey crafts!

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SENSORIAL

Turkey Pom Pom Color-Match DIY

DETAILS HERE.

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LANGUAGE Thanksgiving Preschool Kids Activities

DIY ABC Turkey Plate 

This DIY turkey recycled paper plate craft is a fun way to practice upper to lower case letter recognition. To make this DIY, I simply cut out a circle from brown felt and hot-glued it to the paper plate. Thereafter, add googly eyes and some details and your turkey is ready! Julia colored the “feathers” with tempera paints, and I wrote uppercase letters with a black Sharpie.

Next, I primed wooden clothespins with clear nail polish (just the part where I would write on so, that the color would not bleed). And using red and blue Sharpies I wrote vowels in blue and consonants in red (consistent with a Montessori Language curriculum). I thereafter offered Adrian to match lower to upper case letters, naming each letter and emphasizing on the sound it makes. During this activity, a child also exercises fine and gross motor skills while pinching the pegs. (p.s. You can write lower case letters on the pegs upside down so that once matched, they face the child.)

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MATH Thanksgiving Preschool Kids Activities

Paper Turkey Craft Addition

Making math activities concrete and hands-on is at the core of the Montessori curriculum. Learning numeral to quantity association starts as early as at two years old when the child carries the numbers rods or is first exposed to golden beads. Themed unit studies are a lot of fun, and since Thanksgiving is approaching, I made this paper turkey craft to practice simple addition. Offer a child to punch the exact amount of ‘addends’ holes, then count the sum and write the answer in red Sharpie on a turkey’s tail. This activity also promotes fine and gross motor control as the little hands use a hole-puncher.

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Thanksgiving Subtraction DIY

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THANKSGIVING CRAFTS

Turkey Thankful Candles Gifts

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Pipe Cleaners Paper Mache Turkey

DETAILS HERE.

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PTR Thankful Tree DIY

DETAILS HERE.

Thankful TPR Turkey DIY

Here is a fun way to turn a recycled toilet paper roll into a Thankful Turkey craft!
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YOU’ll NEED:
– recycled TPR (toilet paper roll)
– colorful cardstock for feathers
– a glue stick
– googly eyes

INSTRUCTIONS: Invite your child to brainstorm about what s/he is thankful for. Such retrospect instills gratitude, appreciation, and selflessness! This busy time of the year can be over-focused on gifts rather than reflecting on what we already have! So, explaining to little ones the immeasurable value of things they might take for granted, like family, home, and friends, makes them feel PLENTIFUL rather than WANTFUL!

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Please, always supervise your children while they are learning through play.

Thanksgiving Preschool Kids Activities

I hope you enjoyed our Thanksgiving Preschool Kids Activities and Thankful DIY Turkey crafts. Please, check out HERE our entire Thanksgiving unit study as well as our learning space and Thanksgiving-themed books.

I hope you enjoyed our Thanksgiving Preschool Kids Activities!

PLEASE ALWAYS SUPERVISE YOUR CHILD!

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