Thankful Turkey

Talk with your child about what it means to be thankful. Picture books can help with this talk. Here are a few books that I liked to use to teach about being thankful: "Thanksgiving is for Giving" by Margaret Sutherland, "The Most Thankful Thing" by Lisa Mccourt and Cyd Moore, and "Little Critter Just So Thankful" by Mercer Mayer. These books describe what it means to be thankful in very simple terms. Next create a Turkey, you can find many different patterns online. On each turkey feather write something you are thankful for. These things could include: family, friends, home, school, pets, food, toys, etc. You could also create a thankful tree. Write the names of the students or family members on the trunk of the tree and then trace and cut out hand prints to be used as leaves and everyone writes what they are thankful for on their hand prints.