Tot School: Thanksgiving

This week I'm linking up with 1+1+1=1 to share some of the Thanksgiving activities Isaac and I did recently.

  We traced Isaac's hands to make "turkeys." Then, he glued tissue paper onto his "fingers" for the feathers.  Later we glued googley eyes on, too.   

(Apparently, tracing his hands for projects has made such an impression that he even wanted his hand traced inside my cousin's birthday card that he was decorating.)  :) 

Yesterday afternoon Isaac colored 4 turkeys that I found in this Preschool Pack.  There were several other turkeys to make other colors, but for now we're working on red, blue, green, & yellow.  :)

I've noticed that Isaac uses both hands to eat with a spoon or fork, but I didn't realize he uses both hands to color until I saw these pictures.

Once he colored them all, we glued them onto construction paper and practiced counting.

Dave got in on the action of "Tot School" tonight after supper!

On one end of the bridge, I hung a rope and attached the turkeys with clothespins.  Dave and Isaac were at the other end of the bridge.  Dave told Isaac which color turkey to go grab--and Isaac was off! 

He thought this was so fun!

We've found that it helps Isaac to associate each color with something he recognizes...

yellow like a bus

blue like the sky

red like a stop sign

green like GO!  :)

I had a much harder time finding Thanksgiving books at our library. The two that Isaac liked the most were both about Biscuit.  (Have I mentioned how much he likes dogs right now?) 

We also sang "5 Fat Turkeys," "Over the River and Through the Woods" and "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come."  (Yes, I was a music teacher.)  :)

What's next?  Christmas!  There are so, so many fun ideas!  I can't wait!