Kids out of school for a week? All your go-to activities canceled because of the holiday? No problem. God bless the internet. I went to Crayola first for some games and coloring pages, then I downloaded a free teachers packet of pre-K Thanksgiving activities. Last but not least, I Googled some big-kid Thanksgiving themed puzzles.
After breakfast, I gave them a basket of crayons and some game pieces to color. I cued up A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and used the quiet time to do dishes, then I let Roo practice her new cutting skills and grabbed our counting bears for "bingo markers". Ready, set, play!
Game Time
Bingo went really well, I was surprised at Miss Roo's aptitude. We did play bingo at a recent Fancy Nancy event, so it wasn't completely new. I made sure they each had a different card (there are 5 different cards to choose from on the Crayola site). Then I cut duplicates of each card into individual pieces and tossed them in a cup. Isaac won, but we played until Riley had a Bingo too. Everyone was a good sport.
We also played Thanksgiving memory. If you're playing with a big kid, glue the pieces onto card stock before you cut them apart. The printer paper is pretty see-through. Riley got frustrated because she kept picking up the two closest to her, but I think she finished with 3 matches.
After the games I sent them out back to run around while I made lunch. After lunch it was nap/quiet time. Then I had individual activities for each of them. Riley did a "T is for Turkey" tracing sheet and a cut and paste matching letter sounds sheet. I gave Isaac a Thanksgiving word scramble and cryptogram.
Isaac solved his puzzles and Roo got most of her letter sounds right. Mostly I was impressed by how long her attention span has gotten. What a big girl. On top of which, she cut and pasted like a pro! Then my turkeys played until dinner. We had squid ink pasta and calamari, they gobbled it up.
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