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9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten

By Leslie Simpson · About 3 minutes to read this article.

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Conferences, Halloween and then we run straight into Thanksgiving. Before we know it Christmas will be here!

Make going from holiday to Holiday easier with these fun Thanksgiving activities for kindergarten. You'll love that they are easy to pull together.

These are all free kindergarten Thanksgiving activities, printables, worksheets or online read-alouds I have found - so I hope they can be helpful as you make your November lesson plans.

Thanksgiving activities

9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten - cute craftivity to go along with The Thanksgiving Surprise
source: wildaboutfirsties.blogspot.com

Get your kinders thinking outside the dinner box with this cute Thanksgiving craftivity to go along with (affiliate) The Thanksgiving Surprise read aloud.

9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten - Thanksgiving Turkey Headbands
source: kidney-garden.blogspot.com

Use simple shapes to create Thanksgiving Turkey Headbands. Working on patterns? Make color patterns with squares of construction paper in tribal (fall colors) to make them fit right in with November festivities.

9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten - tell the history of Thanksgiving with a simple Thanksgiving bracelet
source: drjean.org

Be sure your kinders can tell the history of Thanksgiving with a simple Thanksgiving bracelet.

9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten - retell bracelet companion story

And this free Thanksgiving story for kids is perfect to send home with their bracelets... just in case they might not remember all of the facts {wink}

9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten - pattern block building game
source: mrsriccaskindergarten.blogspot.com

Get using those 2D shapes! Students build a turkey with 2D shapes. This pattern block building game is perfect and easy to set up. (This free game is in the preview - no purchase needed)

Free printables

Read to find out what fall things the turkey likes to eat in this free pattern Turkey Likes to Eat emergent reader book.

9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten - sight word emergent reader

Take a fall leaf walk around your school yard. Collect some leaves and write about your observations as scientists! Finish off with this free printable fall leaf color book.

Students write in the sight word "I" and then color the leaves to match the text. They could also glue in fall leaves they collected to match.

9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten - Five Little Turkeys

Bank on the familiar tune to Five Little Pumpkins and teach this cute Five Little Turkeys emergent reader book. It is an easy way to work on counting 1:1 if that's where you're at... or hit subtraction.

Read What Do We See in the Fall with this simple yet perfectly themed emergent reader book for kindergarten.

Thanksgiving worksheets

9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten - sequence and write

It's a puzzle... it's a cut n' paste... no - it's a sentence! Take this multi step writing worksheet and get them putting the pieces together.

9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten - free pumpkin playdough number mats
source: thekindergartenconnection.com

Just because October is over doesn't mean we have to put the pumpkins away! If your kinders still need number practice along with fine motor work these free pumpkin playdough number mats might just be perfect to print and laminate.

Pete the Cat Thanksgiving activities

9 Easy and Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten - How to Make a Pete the Cat the First Thanksgiving Activity - easy craft for kids

Create a craft of pilgrim Pete the Cat for Thanksgiving. Color the face a royal blue - or cover it with tissue paper/construction paper. Add the features and you're good to go!

Recommended read-alouds

These are affiliate links to books that make great Thanksgiving read-alouds.

  • The Thanksgiving Surprise
  • There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey
  • I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
  • Turkey Trouble
  • T is for Turkey: A True Thanksgiving Story (a little long - but good content)
  • Bear Says Thanks
  • Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving

I hope these Thanksgiving activities for kindergarten set you up for easier lesson planning if you want to throw a few themed items into your November school days.

Need more? You might like these 12 Quick Thanksgiving Videos for Kindergarten.

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About Leslie Simpson

Leslie is the teacher behind KindergartenWorks. She believes in teaching kinders how to be pretty incredible along with teaching them to read, write and think for themselves. She enjoys drinking hot tea, making mud pies with her three kids and sharing what she's learned with teachers.

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  1. ASHLEY says

    November 15, 2018 at 10:02 am

    Thanks for sharing the link to my Thanksgiving story bracelet book! 🙂
    Ashley Reed, Just Reed Blog

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