We are studying the first Thanksgiving (the pretty and glorified version anyway) this week and into next.
Most of the Thanksgiving books were checked out from the library and I had to go yesterday with all three kids. So I got a lesson in previewing books…
A quick glance at this book, which was in the Thanksgiving section of the holiday books shelf, led me to believe this book was about the Mayflower crossing. Nope! I started reading it aloud to the kids after we got home and quickly realized that it is likely about Cubans fleeing to America on a fishing boat. While they do arrive on Thanksgiving, it wasn’t exactly the topic I wanted to be broaching with my three and almost-two-year-old.
But we did find a couple good ones that are perfect for this week.
This First Thanksgiving Day: A Counting Story by Laura Krauss Melmed and The Very First Thanksgiving Day by Rhonda Gowler Greene.
Today we followed these Martha Stewart tutorials for a paper pilgrim hat and paper pilgrim bonnet.
This picture cracks me up! Check out Sprout’s “smolder” (you’d have to have seen Tangled to get it).
And then we also made a paper plate pilgrim girl and boy using this tutorial.