Thanksgiving is a time to stop and say thank you: for family and friends, for food and a home, and for the people who help us. Young children can say what they are thankful for long before they can write it, so these pages start with drawing and talking, then a traced starter to finish.
Six pages of thankful writing. Page 1 is a turkey to color with THANKFUL in bubble letters. Page 2 has its six tail feathers: children color each one, write or draw something they are thankful for under "I am thankful for", cut them out and glue them behind the turkey to make its tail. Pages 3 and 4 are draw and write pages on large lines with a traced starter; page 4 adds "because" for a reason. Page 5 is a thankful list of three things to draw and write, and page 6 two thank-you cards to color, write and cut out.
Read each prompt aloud and talk together before anyone draws: what are we thankful for, and why? Write a class list on the board for children to copy words from. Pre-K children can draw while a grown-up writes the words they say. The finished turkeys make a bright Thanksgiving display.
Make the turkey together and talk about what each of you is thankful for. Give the thank-you card to someone who has helped your child this year.
A thankful turkey craft and gratitude writing for Thanksgiving. Children color a turkey, write or draw what they are thankful for on its feathers, then draw and write about it, make a thankful list and color a thank-you card.
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