Books

“The Night Before Thanksgiving” by Natasha Wing
“The Bear Says Thanks” by Karma Wilson
“Feast for 10” by Cathryn Falwell

Five Fat Turkeys (Tune: Thumbkin)

Five fat turkeys, five fat turkeys (hold up 5 fingers)
In the barn, in the barn (cover fist with other hand)
Gobble gobble gobble (wiggle fingers under chin)
Wobble, wobble, wobble (lean side to side)
Run away, run away (hide hands behind back)

Source: LittleStoryBug

Silly Turkey

Each child receive 1 feather and brought it up to the board when their color was called.

I’m a silly turkey, I’m so much fun
But I need some silly feathers
Do you have a (color) one?

We Eat Turkey (Tune: Frere Jacques)

We eat turkey, we eat turkey
Oh so good, oh so good
Always on Thanksgiving, always on Thanksgiving
Yum yum yum, yum yum yum

(repeat with other food)

Dinner’s over, dinner’s over
Oh so stuffed, oh so stuffed
Always on Thanksgiving, always on Thanksgiving
Yum yum yum, yum yum yum

Turkey Hop by Carole Peterson

How it Went: “The Night Before Thanksgiving” was a little too long for my kiddos. I ended up only reading 2 books instead of 3. I started out with a small group of 3 kids and thought we could get throw the long book but during the story it grew to 10 kids. They really enjoyed “The Bear Says Thanks” and all of the songs were a hit. I told the parents they can sing the “We Eat Turkey” song to encourage their children to try new food on Thanksgiving.