Halloween is behind us and as much as I want to move on to Christmas (hee hee hee), I do love Thanksgiving. I'm very excited this year to make pies. Last year, I basically learned how to make pie crust, so it should be fun to make a bunch of pie this year!
Now that Halloween is past, I'm going to be finding some homeschool activities to do with the girls that are Thanksgiving themed. We had so much fun doing that with Halloween (and I'll do a post about that next week) that we're really excited to continue doing it with Thanksgiving!
Sunday, November 1
GRATITUDE TREE - I'm starting today because it's the first of the month, and I like everyone to do a leaf each day of the week. I found and started this tradition last year and loved it. I made a tree out of paper and taped it up (we put it on the pantry door so Rylee doesn't take the leaves off), then each day we wrote something we were grateful for on a leaf and taped it onto the tree. It was a beautiful way to emphasize gratitude all throughout the month together.
Monday, November 2
LEAF RUBBINGS and LEAF PAINTING - As part of our activity, we will go out and collect leaves together. Leaf rubbing is where you put the leaves under the paper and color over them to get the imprint. Leaf painting is where you paint over the leaf, then move the leaf so you get its silhouette.
Tuesday, November 3
DANCING CORN EXPERIMENT - this is a vinegar and baking soda one, which the kids always love. The vinegar and baking soda make the corn kernels dance in the water.
Wednesday, November 4
MAYFLOWER MAP - I found a printable map of the voyage of the Mayflower that the girls can color and label.
Thursday, November 5
THANKSGIVING ACTIVITY PAGE - Anther one from Pinterest. This has some coloring, a word search (Ashtyn's favorite thing right now) and tic tac toe games.
Monday, November 9
LEAF PEOPLE - We'll collect leaves again, then put them together (glued onto paper) in the shape of people and add faces.
Tuesday, November 10
Make HOMEMADE BUTTER - Because butter starts off as cream, and undergoes a chemical change in order to become butter, this is a great science experiment for kids. Plus, it's no prep, easy, and mess free!
Wednesday, November 11
COLOR BY LETTER - I have some Thanksgiving pictures that are color by letter, which I think will be especially beneficial for me to do with Parker, since she is learning her letters this year.
Thursday, November 12
GRATITUDE TURKEY CRAFT - With this one, the kids have different feathers that they can write or draw what they are grateful for, and then glue them onto the turkey's body.
Monday, November 16
LEAF GLIDERS - This is a paper airplane activity, themed leaves. You trace leaves onto colored paper and then make gliders out of them. Ashtyn LOVES making paper airplanes, so I know she'll be excited for this one. I might be able to rope Ben into helping with this one some too.
Tuesday, November 17
POPCORN AND SALT EXPERIMENT - For this experiment, you take a jar pour in a cup of salt and a fourth of a cup of popcorn kernels. You shake the jar so the kernels and salt are all mixed up, the put the jar upright again and watch what happens (the kernels separate back to the top again).
Wednesday, November 18
PILGRIM EASY READER COLORING BOOK - I found this on Pinterest as well. It tells a simple story of the pilgrims and has pages for them to color before putting them together into a book.
Thursday, November 19
SNOWMAN NAMES - By the end of November where I live, it gets pretty cold and wintery, so I'm switching from more "fall" activities to more "winter" ones. This one is simply where the kids make a snowman out of paper, and each circle under the head will have a letter from their name on it.
Monday, November 23
TOILET PAPER ROLL TURKEYS - We will use different colored paper cut up for the tail and make the head and body out of toilet paper rolls. I'm not a huge craft person, but I do like them at holidays sometimes and I think the girls will really like this craft.
Tuesday, November 24
THANKSGIVING HATS - I have a free printable from Pinterest, with different hats. They have turkeys, pilgrim hats, etc. I thought this would be fun to do right before Thanksgiving, because then they can wear their hats during Thanksgiving dinner if they want to.
This is also PIE CRUST day! Any pies that I can make the pie crust ahead of time, I'll do it on Tuesday. I might also start making pies as well, depending on how many I decide to make.
Wednesday, November 25
This is going to be PIE MAKING day! I think that the girls will have fun helping me, and if I need to, I will distract them with crafts and movies.
Thursday, November 26
THANKSGIVING! I love Thanksgiving. We will obviously do Thanksgiving dinner (though it might be a lot smaller this year, with Covid). Even if it ends up just being our little family, I'm excited for it. I love the feel of Thanksgiving and all the food.
Last year, after dinner and after all the family had left, Ben and I drew handprint turkeys with the girls and it was really fun. I would love to make it our little tradition and do it again this year. We will also watch Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, because I love that one.
Friday, November 27
WINTER COLORING PAGES - I have a lot of these on Pinterest, including some color by number ones that the kids will loves.
This is also the day that we can start getting READY FOR CHRISTMAS! My biggest goal is to have most of the presents wrapped before December, and the girls already have some that they can help me wrap. We may also start watching Christmas movies, much to Ben's chagrin XD
Monday, November 30
BUILD A SNOWMAN - This is the day before we officially start our countdown for Christmas (I'm doing a whole post on that in just a couple weeks), and I wanted to do another winter themed activity.
There's a really cute printable on Pinterest that has the different pieces of a snowman for the kids to color, cut out, and glue together. I think they will all really enjoy this activity.
One other thing I want to do this year is dependent on when it snows. When it does, I want to do a MELTING SNOWMAN EXPERIMENT. You make a miniature snowman and use a ruler to watch how quickly he melts inside your house. All the kids will like it, but I think Ashtyn will LOVE it.
I am loving this holiday season and I know we'll have a lot of fun celebrating and learning together this month!
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