Thanksgiving
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What Thanksgiving means to a preschooler
Now that it’s November we can talk about Thanksgiving. When teaching preschoolers about Thanksgiving the key is to make the entire concept relevant to them. They can’t understand Pilgrims and Native Americans because they don’t have a grasp on our past or the history of our country, so I focus on three concepts that do play a role in the average preschooler’s daily life – food, family, and thankfulness. These three concepts are something that young children are familiar with, but Thanksgiving provides the perfect opportunity to dig a little deeper and build understanding in all three areas. Food: There are so many foods that are traditionally eaten during the…
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DIY Classroom Decorations for Fall
If you’re anything like me, your classroom probably feels like home, you certainly spend enough time there! There a few ways that I make my classroom my own, and one of those strategies is decorating the classroom for each season – just like I do at home. I’ve come up with some easy ways to keep this seasonal decor within my budget. Instead of decorating for each holiday throughout the year, I stick to the four seasons, this means I need fewer decorations, and less space to store my decorations because they stay out longer. I also try to use any natural decor that I can – for autumn pumpkins…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope that you are enjoying your day with family and friends – I know I’ll be spending mine eating way too much! Made on Tagxedo
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A Peaceful Thanksgiving – Tips for Avoiding Holiday Meltdowns
Thanksgiving is supposed to be time to relax and enjoy family, time to take a few minutes to recognize the blessings in our life. You aren’t alone if your annual Thanksgiving celebration is anything less than stressful and overwhelming. There is food that needs prepared, family members to please, extra furniture to set up, grocery shopping to do, not to mention arranging schedules to make sure that you are present at every family celebration. In all of this, kids often get less to their own devices, and end up making messes that need cleaned up, and arguments that need solved. By taking a few minutes to prepare simple activities to…
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Preschool Activities for Thanksgiving
It’s snowing in Ohio, so it feels a little more like Christmas than Thanksgiving right now, but I’m doing my best to embrace Thanksgiving. I always make sure to spend some time on this particular holiday, it’s easy to forget about what it really means (because sometimes it feels like the sole purpose of Thanksgiving is to usher in the Christmas season). I love to spend time sharing what I’m thankful for, and encouraging my students to do the same, we also talk about ways that we can help others, and let people know how important they are. If you need a few more activities for your holiday celebrations, here…
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Book Talk Tuesday – The Family Book
Now that my students have begun to come down from their Halloween high, it’s time to start thinking about Thanksgiving. I’ve always taught Thanksgiving a little differently. In my experience, young children can’t begun to understand the symbolism related to Pilgrims and Native Americans because they don’t have the background understanding of the historical value that these symbols represent. In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving my class spends a lot of time exploring the concept of family – the people who make up our families, what it means to be a family, and reasons why families are important. These are all topics that children can easily understand and relate…
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Let’s Celebrate
I know it’s Wednesday, and usually Wednesday is “Focus on the Standards” day, but today is special so we’re going to do something a little different. Today we’re celebrating because this is my 200th post!!!! Wow, 200 posts. It’s amazing to me that I’ve actually written about that many different things, but what is even more amazing is that people actually read what I’ve written. So to thank all of you for reading and being so supportive I have some thing for you. Because I am so thankful, I thought I would stick with that theme, and create something that you could also use for Thanksgiving. Click this link to…
