Since Thanksgiving is coming up soon, we decided a lapbook on Thanksgiving would be fun to do.

Mini Books

Thankful Tree

I got the idea from Nick Jr. (See the Dora Thankful tree here: http://www.nickjr.com/parenting/activity_finder/printables/seasonal/dora-thankful-tree.jhtml ). First, we printed out a picture of a tree. Then, we printed out many leaves and cut each one out. Then, my daughter decides on one thing she is thankful for each day. (We start at the beginning of November.) By the time Thanksgiving rolls around, she has a tree full of items she is thankful for.

Outside materials

Here I have links to material that I found through out the Internet:

• http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/ -- Lots of good information about the First Thanksgiving.
• http://www.makingfriends.com/fallcrafts/thanksgiving_bingo.htm -- Thanksgiving Bingo. Good for learning new words.
• http://www.makingfriends.com/friends/f+pilgrim.htm and http://www.makingfriends.com/friends/f+native_american.htm -- Native american and Pilgrim paper dolls. Good for roleplaying, and plain old fun.
• http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/thanksgiving/index.htm -- Free coloring book about Thanksgiving.
• http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/sstudies/us/thanksgivingbooks.pdf -- Two mini books. One is about colors, the other is about what they are thankful for.
• http://www.littleblots.com/LaplinksNov07.html -- a cute layered book that shows what the pilgrims brought on the Mayflower. (See here for the full pilgrim list: http://christianpreschoolprintables.com/blog1/2007/11/19/little-laplinks-november-pligrims/ )
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/pilgrim/ -- a pilgrim collage. Good for tracing and scissor practice.

Here are some links to some good thanksgiving books

• Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherland -- explains a bit about what happens in Thanksgiving (no history, just the celebration) and what people can be thankful for.
• Care Bears: Giving Thanks -- One of the Care Bears decides to invite the Care Bear Cousins to a Thanksgiving celebration.
• I am the Turkey by Michele Sobel Spirn -- A child gets the turkey part in a Thanksgiving play.

Pictures of Completed Lapbook

None yet, we are still working on it :)