Happy Thanksgiving!

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

There are few times during the year that inspire us to examine the blessings God has given us as much as the week of Thanksgiving. I know in our house the hustle and bustle of the holiday week has a tendency to distract from personal reflections of how God has shown his love to us as a family. This year, Susie was sick and we were unable to do the traveling we originally planned. This meant we were able to slow down, stay home, and spend some great time with each other and totally enjoying each other's company (in between fevers!).

Although we have done some of our regular schoolwork this week, we took some time to focus on the Thanksgiving holiday. I pulled together some resources from the internet and we had some fun learning about the first Thanksgiving and doing some "Turkey-day" activities as we celebrated the things we are so thankful for.

Here are some of the things we did:

I found this interactive website at Scholastic.com that talked about the history of the Pilgrims and the Mayflower. It gives good information on what life was really like for the Pilgrims. Mikayla really liked it because she could click on the slideshow and there was a little icon she could click to have it read the story to her. There were also printables that both the girls enjoyed. One of them is a play about the first Thanksgiving. I let the girls color the pictures of the characters. Then I laminated them and the girls made them into puppets for acting out the play.

We also love Confessions of a Homeschooler and she posted this Thanksgiving Preschool Pack just in time for Thanksgiving! Mikayla and Susannah loved the activities I printed out for them.  This size-sorting activity is just one of many we completed. Susie's favorites are the pre-writing/ tracing activities, but there are tons of things to work on.

One craft we enjoyed working on was this thankful turkey.  The girls wrote or dictated the things or people they were thankful for on this holiday.  Mikayla is thankful for "nature" twice simply because she wanted to make one for the bird cheeps and sounds and another for all other animals.

Thanks to Pinterest, we had some tasty treats to work on too! 

This is a Skittles Sorting Mat.  It was hard to keep the skittles from rolling around, but otherwise fun! Susie was taking things so seriously!

Today, Mikayla made these Oreo Turkeys-  She really enjoyed being able to make them all by herself once I showed her how to make the first one (and I enjoyed giving her something to do while I was finishing the meal!).

I hope you have had a great Thanksgiving holiday and taken a few minutes to reflect on the blessings that you have.  I know I have been blessed in so many ways, but right now, I am thankful for the change in plans that led to such a great day at home with my family!