Family Storytime: Be Thankful

Because of Thanksgiving week, we definitely had a small turnout for storytime but we still had some fun. We were able to fit two books and a flannel board into storytime, as well as our bean bag song.

For our first book, we read Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson. I love books by Wilson and this is one of my favorites to read around this time of year.

We took a break from reading and went over our colors and numbers using a turkey flannel board activity. We each took turns putting up some feathers on the bare turkey. They really enjoyed this.

Our last book was The Thank You Book by Mo Willems. This was cut off a little short because the kids were more interested in getting to the craft.

We made a thankful tree using diecut leaves and writing what we are thankful for on each leaf.

Happy Thanksgiving!   

Other Books:

The Thank You Book Mary Lyn Ray

The Thankful Book Todd Parr

Thanks from The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Thank You Letter Jane Cabrera

Last Stop on Market Street Matt De La Pena

Thank You, Omu! Oge Mora

Those Shoes Maribeth Boelts

There, There Tim Beiser

Splat Says Thank You! Rob Scotton

Being Grateful Bullfrog Books

Grateful: A Song of Giving Thanks John Bucchino

The Thank You Dish Trace Balla

All The World Liz Gartn Scanlon

Thankful Archie Preston

10 Turkeys In the Road Brenda Reeves Sturgis

Other Activities:

Five Fat Turkey Flannel

H.U.M. All Year Long Track 23 The Turkey Hop

Family Storytime: Thanksgiving

I always enjoy putting on a Thanksgiving storytime because of the silly turkey stories and the lesson of giving thanks to all the good things we have in life. 

After we followed along to the bean bag song, we started reading There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey! by Lucille Colandro. I have fond memories of reading these books when I was younger so I enjoy reading them out loud to my groups when I can. They can be a bit long, but usually captures their attention. 

For our first activity, we added different colored turkey feathers to our flannel turkey. The group listened very well for their colors and always enjoy interacting with the flannel board. 

Next, we read Run Turkey, Run! by Diane Mayr. I like incorporating this book into storytime because every group seems to enjoy saying, "run turkey, run!" It makes for a fun time!

 

For another activity, I tried something new because I needed a movement activity to keep this energetic group focused. We did the Turkey Hokey Pokey! Boy, did we get silly with this one. Everybody was laughing when we waddled our behinds. This was easy for the group to follow with it up on the projector screen. 

And thanks to getting some antsy feelings out, we were able to read two more books together, Thanksgiving for Emily Ann by Teresa Johnston and Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes. Both of these books allowed me to get the message of being thankful in storytime. 

For our craft, we made a construction paper turkey and used old book pages for the body. This was a very cute and simple craft!

Happy Thanksgiving!