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Thanksgiving Read Alouds, DIY Crafts, and Activities for Kindergarten

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Today marks the halfway point in November. I can’t believe it! We are entering one of the busiest times of the year. There’s so much to be done to prepare for the holidays, both at school and at home. Last week I shared some Thanksgiving centers and freebies in this post. But today I’m back sharing some Thanksgiving ideas for Kindergarten that are a breeze to implement. It’s easy to add a festive flair to classroom activities without all the planning by using these Thanksgiving Read Alouds, DIY Crafts, and No Prep Activities for Kindergarten!
 
Let’s talk Thanksgiving read alouds, super easy peasy art projects, and then a no prep packet that will make planning fun activities easy as Thanksgiving pie.

First up, is a collection of my absolute favorite Thanksgiving read alouds.

 
Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
 
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One is a Feast for Mouse
The Great Turkey Race
The Best Thanksgiving Ever
The Littlest Pilgrim
T is for Turkey
Who Will Carve the Turkey This Thanksgiving?
This is the Turkey
Thanksgiving Rules
Thanks for Thanksgiving
The Amazing Turkey Rescue
Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
Balloons Over Broadway
Bear Says Thanks
 

DIY Turkey Craft

This turkey craft is a super cute Thanksgiving activity for kids. There’s no tracers, instead students round corners and make simple cut to create their own unique masterpiece. Dimensions and directions can be found in this blog post.

Thanksgiving Placemat

And now for the easiest craft you’ll find for Thanksgiving! You can use it in a writing center or as a fun activity before Thanksgiving break. {And it’s on a single page too, so it’s definitely copy budget friendly.} Students will need a copy of the Thanksgiving placemat page, a 9″ X 12″ piece of construction paper for the place mat and a 4″ x 7″ish (nothing needs to be exact) piece of construction paper for the napkin.  Students color the pieces and then draw and label a picture of something that they are thankful for. Afterwards they cut out the pieces and glue them on the large piece of construction paper.

On the top students can write Happy Thanksgiving or another message or leave it blank. Laminate these and they make a super cute take home placemat to use at Thanksgiving. Or use them during your Thanksgiving celebration while you enjoy my pumpkin pie in a cup recipe!

Click on the picture below to download the FREE Thanksgiving placemat page.

Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
 

No Prep Thanksgiving Activities

And finally, here’s a packet that will provide your students with loads of fun while practicing the necessary skills. It will save you loads of prep time, because there is none – just print! It contains over 35 pages of skills that are just right for Kindergarteners during the fall months. The pages are great for morning tubs, literacy and math stations, fast finisher activities, and even sub tubs! Students can complete the pages using crayons.
 
Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
Word Family Practice: Students read the CVC words and use two different color bingo dabbers to sort them by word families. They record the CVC words under the corresponding headings on the right.
 

 

Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
Secret Code CVC Words are a fun way to practice CVC words and here’s a no prep version! Students identify the beginning sound of each picture and write it on the line to spell a CVC word. They dab the CVC word that matches the one they wrote.
 
Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
Students say the name of the picture and then dab the circle the to show where you hear the sound in the word: beginning middle or end.

 

Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
Students will need four different color bingo dabbers to make their own color code. They use their color code to dab the sight words. Once they are finished, they count up each sight word and at the bottom record how many of each.

 

Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
Here’s a fun way to practice the letter order. Students start at the letter A and dab their way through the alphabet maze to get to the letter Z. You could also slide this page in a page protector and have students complete the maze with snap cubes. There’s also some number versions included in the packet as well.

 

Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
Students dab and then write the two numbers that make five. Those that need additional support can use snap cubes or themed erasers to practice making five.

 

Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
More making five practice. Students dab the turkeys and record different ways to make five. You can give students a dot cube and have them roll and record the first number and then determine how many more are needed to make five. {Be sure to cover the number six side with a dot sticker and have students use that as zero.}

 

Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
I love when we can practice two skills are one time! Students identify the number on the ten frame. They dab the number, record it on the line, and count on the record number that is one more.

 

Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
Another fun way to practice ten frames. Students need two different color bingo dabbers. They dab the ten frame and the matching number the same color.
 
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Your Kindergarten classroom and homeschool students are going to love the Thanksgiving read alouds, easy DIY crafts, and no prep activities included at this blog post! You'll see 13 great book ideas, an easy turkey craft project, a FREE Thanksgiving place mat download perfect for Thanksgiving day, and no prep printables that help cover CVC words, beginning - middle - end sounds, alphabet recognition, numbers to five and ten, and more for your math or literacy centers, morning work, & more!
 
I hope these Thanksgiving Read Alouds, easy DIY crafts, and No Prep ideas make planning just a little bit easier for you. Thanks for reading along!

 

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  1. Yolanda says

    Your November materials offer a great variety of activities to use with my special needs class. I look forward to using them as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving! Thank you!

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  2. Yo says

    Your November materials offer a great variety of activities to use with my special needs class. I’m looking forward to using them as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving! Thank You!

    Reply

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