What are some Thanksgiving activities to use in a Pre-K classroom?
TURKEY WALK
Play music of your choice and encourage the children to move like...
BIG turkeys
Little
Tired turkeys
Happy turkeys
Scared turkeys
Etc.
Make it more interesting by choosing music based on the movement you'd like to elicit.
HOLIDAY SCENTS!
Materials: Construction paper or tag board, glue, paintbrush, different seasonal spices such as: nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, whatever smells good!
Trace children's hands on tag board or construction paper. have the children then put glue on their palm and fingers.
Spices are then sprinkled on the glue. They can be mixed or put on areas of fingers and hands...
To make the spiced handprint become a turkey---draw--- feet, eyes, beak and wattle.
TURKEY STRUT
Use pieces of masking tape to make turkey footprints all over the floor. Start playing music. have children pretend to be turkeys and strut around the room. When you stop the music, have the turkeys find footprints to stand on (one turkey to a footprint). When you start the music again, have the turkeys continue strutting around the room.
APPLE TURKEY
Need: apples, colored toothpicks, colored mini-marshmallows,
gumdrops
The apple is the body of the turkey.
Add colored mini-marshmallows to 5 or 6 toothpicks and stick them in one end of the apple, like a fan, to make a feathered tail.
Use a toothpick for the neck.
Use a gumdrop for a head.
Use 3 yellow toothpicks for legs (in a triangular position so your turkey can stand up)
I've also seen this where you put colored spice gum drops on the toothpicks for the tail feathers ---and a large marshmallow for the head.
Personally, I like to then eat the gum-drops! 
I AM THANKFUL HANDPRINT TREE
Gather colored paper (red, orange, brown, green, yellow) Trace the children’s hands onto several sheets of several colors. Cut out. Then cut out a brown tree trunk branches in proportion to the amount of leaves. Have the children glue the hand shapes to the tree trunk to form the leaves of the tree. Have the child think of things to be thankful for and label the hand/leaves.
Instead of the Hokey Pokey Dance---do THE TURKEY JERKY
You put your right wing in, you put your right wing out,
You put your right wing in, and you gobble all about.
You do the turkey jerky and you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.
Next would be:
left wing,
drumsticks
head
tail feathers
turkey body
Instead of Duck, Duck, Goose...play DUCK, DUCK, TURKEY!
NO-COOK PUMPKIN PIE
Give each child a cup. Into their cup put a big scoop of canned pumpkin, marshmallow creme, cool whip, and pumpkin pie spices. Children then mix it-and spread it on graham crackers and eat.
Ronnie and Matt Thanksgiving Pre-K
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