Thanksgiving Theme Wrap-up

We interrupt our usual Mad Science Monday series to bring you one last portion of Thanksgiving-themed fun here before we take off on our family vacation. We are busy celebrating here today. We tend to extend the Thanksgiving season as much as we can in either direction. We actually had our "official" turkey dinner yesterday and today we are celebrating my husband's birthday and the many wonderful attributes he brings to our family that we are truly thankful for! My little one is just at the age that he is kind of grasping this birthday thing--a little more than he did even at his own birthday back in July! Although, when I told him "today is Tatty's birthday" and asked how old he thought his Tatty is, his response was "He's two!" For sure he is referring to the youthful sense of fun and wonder my husband exudes! In addition to some Thanksgiving themed fun around here, we are busy baking, decorating and preparing for a fun family celebration this evening. We may very well still toss in this great science experiment after his nap, though! Here's a peek at some of the other activities we have been doing to learn about and celebrate Thanksgiving. Wishing you all a happy Thanksgiving holiday filled with fun, family time and lots of playing!

We learned about the letter T today. We stamped some letter Ts
onto this turkey and added some Thanksgiving-themed
stickers as well.

 Whenever introducing a new alphabet letter, I sing this little song to the tune of "I Have a Little Dreidel:"

I have a special letter
I wonder what it is
I have a special letter
And it sounds just like this [make letter sound, i.e.: "t-t-t-t"]

Oh [sing letter name, i.e.: "T, T, T"]
It makes a sound like this: [make letter sound](x2)

Then we list some common words beginning with our special letter, many times including props/visuals.

 We both had a lot of fun with this playdough invitation to create a turkey. We used our stash of homemade playdough along with some pipecleaner legs, feathers, cardstock beaks and wattles, google eyes and foam hearts for decorating. Many of these materials will be reintroduced later in an invitation to create a turkey collage that we will try out for our Table Time activity tomorrow.





We also had a great time making and decorating this cute paper plate turkey hat/craft. They are perfect toppers for toddler sized heads or the center of your Thanksgiving table!

Happy Thanksgiving & Happy Playing!