Pilgrims & Indians

Learning Goal: A good friend helps others.

• Reading= Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes, The Story of Thanksgiving by Nancy J. Skarmeas and The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney. Letter of the day= I is for Indian.
  
• Science= Demonstrate the steps of bread making. Handle the wheat, grind it to flour, smell the yeast, watch it rise, knead the dough, and eat the bread!
• Art= String beads on a necklace and decorate Indian headbands with feathers. Or, decorate placemats or tee-pees by dipping corn on the cob in paint and rolling it across a large piece of paper.
• Music= Dance to Native American music donning your beads and head dresses.
• Play= Act out the story of the first Thanksgiving: sail on the Mayflower ship (the couch), build a new home (with blocks or couch pillows), teach hungry pilgrims to plant corn (with shovel and kernels of corn), share a friendship feast (set the table) and thank God for your many blessings.

Fun fact: The first Thanksgiving feast was held in the fall of 1621 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.