Gobble Gobble!

Books we read:

All For Pie by David Martin

Sometimes it's Turkey, Sometimes it's Feathers by Lorna & Lecia Balian

The Littlest Pilgrim by Brandi Dougherty

Silly Tilly's Thanksgiving Dinner by Lillian Hoban

We made a cute turkey.  The template can be found here (click here).  All you need is glue, colored paper, scissors, and wiggle eyes (or crayons/markers to draw the eyes).

The children named their turkeys too!  The came up with names like Joe, Bob, Freddie, Grandpa, and Mulan.

We also did some finger plays with these little turkeys.  They were easy to make, just a craft stick, orange colored paper cut in a circle, yellow colored paper cut in a smaller circle and also in small triangles for the beak, brown colored paper for the body, red marker and black markers

                                       

Here are some songs you can sing using these turkeys:

Did You Ever See a Turkey

(sung to "Did you ever see a Lassie)

Did you ever see a turkey, a turkey, a turkey,

Did you ever see a turkey go this way and that. (move turkeyy around in all directions)

Go this way and that way, and this way and that way,

Did you ever see a turkey go this way and that?

10 Little Turkeys 

10 little turkeys sat in their pen

"Hide turkeys, hide!" said the little red hen.

One little turkey flew far away

But the other 9 decided to stay!

9 little turkeys sat in their pen

"Hide turkeys, hide!" said the little red hen.

One litte turkey flew out the gate,

and when he was gone, there were...8!

(repeat first two lines each time, counting down to 1)

One little turkey flew far away

But the other 7 decided to stay!

One little turkey hid with chicks,

When she was gone, there were 6

One little turkey flew far away

But the other 5 decided to stay!

One turkey hopped out the door,

And when he was gone, there were 4

One little turkey flew far away

But the other 3 decided to stay!

One little turkey flapped her wings and flew,

And when she was gone, there were 2

One little turkey flew far away

But the last 1 decided to stay!

The last turkey flew off toward the sun,

And when he was gone, there were none

Mr. Turkey

I have a turkey, big and fat (make fist with one hand, thumb out for turkey's head)

He spreads his tail and walks like that (attach "tail" by spreading out fingers of other hand and join together)

His daily corn he would not miss (poke with thumb at floor)

Amd when he talks, it sounds like this

Gobble, gobble , gobble!!