A Few More From Our Thanksgiving Week

Here are some of the last of our Thanksgiving activities that we did.

Here Callie is reading the color words and coloring the pilgrim hat the correct color. We sing a song almost everyday that spells out the color words to the tune of B-I-N-G-O. She is getting pretty good at reading them now.

Just a random picture that Josh took of Callie drawing on her balloon.

Josh is spooning the correct number of "whipped cream" balls onto the pumpkin pie. Whatever number I put in the square, that's the number of cotton balls he had to scoop out.

Learning to hold a pencil and trace a line. Still have to work on this!

Coloring their Mayflower pieces. I made Callie's headband to go with a flower girl dress she wore last summer. She likes to dress herself and this how she did her hair today.

I just had to share a close up of Josh's coloring. He is getting so good at coloring. I didn't help him at all and I am so proud of him!

Gluing the Mayflower together.

Callie's is on the left. She added clouds and a sun to both pictures. She also put raindrops on Josh's picture.

I just wanted to throw this one in there. It is important to me that both my kids learn to keep a clean house, do laundry, cook, etc. Callie already has several chores that she can do on her own, feeding the dogs, folding socks, and making her bed. I was thrilled when she asked if she could mop, though I'm sure she thought of it as just being fun and won't continue to have this outlook in the future! :)

Such a big girl!

More Thanksgiving

Here are some more of our Thanksgiving activities. We also did a science experiment to find out what happens to air molecules when placed in hot and cold water. My neighbor gave me a book called Science in Seconds for Kids and we love it. There are a lot of quick, easy, and fun experiments in the book.

One pan contained ice water and the other contained hot water.

When placed in hot water, air molecules move faster and take up more space, filling the balloon with air.

When placed in the cold water, the air molecules move slower and crowd together, so the balloon collapsed.

Josh's turn.

Placing pictures of the Mayflower in order from biggest to smallest.

Poking holes in the letter T with a giant push pin.

I found these at Walmart in the office section.

For their tot tray, I printed off a skittle sort activity. I gave them both tweezers to use. This proved to be too difficult for Josh and he started using his hands. Callie also tired after a bit and went to using her hands. I ended up having to help both because it was too much for them.

Of course they got to eat them when they were all done!

Learning About Thanksgiving

This week and next week we are learning all about Thanksgiving. We borrowed a bunch of books from the library on Thanksgiving, and I pulled a bunch of Thanksgiving activities off of the internet. The Thanksgiving activities came from Homeschool Creations, 1+1+1=1, Itsy Bitsy Learners, and A Heart 4 Home. We even made homemade applesauce, which was really yummy!

Matching pictures to their shadows.

Doing a puzzle that required putting numbers in order to create a picture of a turkey. Josh still has a hard time recognizing all his numbers from 1-10.

Getting read to paint corn using bubble wrap.

Callie is able to cut all by herself. Josh still needs a lot of assistance.

The finished product. Josh's is on the left and Callie's is on the right.

Creating a pattern with Indians and Pilgrims. She is really getting the hang of naming her patterns using the ABC system (ABAB, ABBA, etc.)

Circling the beginning letter of each picture.

Color by number

The finished applesauce at the end of the day, with a few finger swipes!