Oh my goodness…I can’t believe it is already November. My
classroom has had a quick turnover just like the department stores, except I
refuse to skip Thanksgiving. I sent home the witches, ghosts, and bats with
parents when they came to school to celebrate Halloween with us. Little did
they know that I had an ulterior motive…they
had to find all of their own child’s artwork, take it down, and pack it up to
go home with them. Genius of me I might say. It saved me so much time climbing
up on the desks and sorting them into cubbies. My classroom was ready and the
turkeys were flying in the very next day.
My partners and I
have created so many wonderful activities for November that it is hard to pick
which one to do with my kiddos. One of my favorites is the 3D Pilgrims and Native Americans. They look
so cute on a bulletin board and the students love the writing portion. They come up with funniest things that we
should eat instead of turkey. This
year’s classic was, “Save a turkey. Eat fried worms.” When I asked the little
boy how he came up with that suggestion, he told me his older brother was
reading the book, How to Eat Fried Worms.
These cute craftivities can be purchased at our TPT store. It comes with many other activities including an
informational text about the voyage of the Mayflower. Too advanced for my TKers
to read by themselves, but I made a copy and read it to my class and then put
it in our class library.
Yesterday, I decided to make hanging turkeys with my whole
class. AGHHH! I don’t know what I was
thinking, but BIG MISTAKE! I guess art with 20 four and five year olds and just
me was a little too much to take on. They had a tough time getting their paper
feathers to stick to the body. I suggested holding it down and counting to 30. Think
again…some of us are still learning to count to 10. As I
picked the turkeys up to hang in the room, feathers were falling out everywhere. Our
turkeys look more like plucked chickens, but the kids love them. I can’t wait to see how our Turkey Math Craft goes next week.
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