Thanksgiving

Books:

Games:

We played several games with this blow up turkey, although  mine has a hole in it so it was deflating! I bought mine from amazon last year, and they still have some if you want to buy one!

Hot Turkey: The same as hot potato, just with a turkey!

Who has the turkey?: We targeted "who" questions by guessing "who has the turkey?" I hid the turkey behind a students back, and we all said "Who has the turkey?" It ended with the student that hid the turkey displaying the turkey, but we still got to practice "who" questions.

Where is the turkey?:  We targeted "where" questions with the turkey too.  I hid the turkey somewhere in the classroom, and then we all said "Where is the turkey?" Then all of the students walked around the classroom to find the turkey.

Pass the turkey: We stood in a circle and threw the turkey to our friends.  The students had to say the student's name that they were passing the turkey to.  This game was basically to just target social interaction.

Playdough Mats:

Here are the Thanksgiving playdough mats  I made for the kids to use.  They include wh-questions on the top to promote conversation.  You can print them out for free on my site.

Leaves

Book:

This book is so cute and simple!  It is also a great book to teach the change in seasons. 

Art:

I found these trees somewhere online, but I can't remember!  The kids used cue-tips to paint leaves on the trees.  It was supposed to be dots, but they got a little more creative!

Small World Play:

I made a small world play of leaves, lizards, and lady bugs.  Every time the students said their articulation words, they got a one of the objects to put in the small world play.

Sensory Bin:

We put some fall objects in birdseed and beans for the students to play in!

Phonology Activity:

For our phonology activity, we worked on /l/ for leaves.  The students all made a leaf "fall" from the tree.  On the back of each leaf was a picture of a word that begins with  /l/,  You can find the pictures I used here.  

Farm Theme

For the first part of the month we have been focusing on farms! Here are the books and activities we have done for this theme: 

Books:

We have read "The Farm Book" and "This is Daniel Cook at the Farm."  These are both great books for focusing on asking questions and farm vocabulary words.

Here are some other books we had in our library about farms and Thanksgiving.  We didn't specifically target these books, but they would be other great ones to read with your child!

Song Activity:

We sang the song "Old McDonald had a Farm" and used these farm animal masks. You can find them on the website for free!

Small World Play:

I made a farm small world play for the kids to play with.  I used an old suitcase, and put in small farm animals, a family, and some hay.  I used this to target increasing sentence length, learning vocabulary words, and following directions. 

Sensory Bin:

The sensory bin I made is similar to the small world play, it was just in a larger container!

Playdough Mats:

 For a tabletop activity, I made farm playdough mats.  You can get them off of Teachers Pay Teachers for free!  I used them to target vocabulary words, follow directions, and work on colors.