Flannel Friday - Thanksgiving Extravaganza Roundup

Thanksgiving is just three weeks away! Here are some flannels to get you in the eating mood!

It's a twofer from Kathryn at Fun with Friends at Storytime: Get your winter coat on, we're Going on a Turkey Hunt. Unfortunately, the Five Fat Turkeys have all run away, so it looks like we might have to have pizza instead!

Let your fingers do the dancing when you use Annie from So Tomorrow's turkey finger puppet.

Make sure you save some room for cake! Anne from itsybitsymom has a flannel version of The Cake that Mack Ate.

These Five Little Turkeys are ready for some fun! Check them out at Ms. Kelly at the Library!

This flannel board has me looking forward to some pumpkin pie! Thank you, Maggie, for sharing your Five Giant Pumpkins!

Speaking of pumpkins, these adorable jack-o-lanterns from Amy the One Little Librarian are sure to brighten anyone's day!

Jane at Piper Loves the Library featured community art projects at her library. It also looks like the spiders at her library had a party!

That's it for this week's roundup. Here are our upcoming events:

1. There will be no Flannel Friday on November 28 (the day after Thanksgiving in the US).

2. Our Winter Holiday Extravaganza will be on December 5 at Mel's Desk.

3. We will not have Flannel Friday on December 19 or 26.

I hope everyone has a happy November! You can also find Flannel Friday on Facebook, Pinterest, and at our Flannel Friday Blog. If you're new to Flannel Friday, don't forget to add your name and location to the Where Is Flannel Friday map.

Storytime - Thanksgiving

Toddler

Books

My First Thanksgiving by Tomie dePaola and Thank You, Thanksgiving byDavid Milgrim

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Did You Ever See a Turkey”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Hello, Mr. Turkey”, “Turkey Feathers” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Pumpkin Pies. Materials: tan construction paper crust, cotton balls, paper plate quarters, cinnamon, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued their crusts to their pie wedge, then added whipped cream (the cotton balls). When they were done, they added a bit more glue and I sprinkled some cinnamon on their pies.

Preschool

Books

Thanksgiving by Brenda Haugen and I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson on the felt board

*The felt board set used to be free, but now you can download it for $5 from Teachers Pay Teachers.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Hello, Mr. Turkey”, “The Turkey Feathers Game” on the felt board, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activities: We played the Turkey Feathers Game on the felt board. I had the children guess which color of feather was missing from the turkey. I also explained that Chanukah starts the same day as Thanksgiving, and she showed them how to spin the dreidel. Each preschooler took a turn spinning it.

Craft: Thankfulness Chains. Materials: red, orange, yellow, green, and brown construction paper strips, glue, tape, crayons, and scissors. The preschoolers thought about what they were thankful for. Their caregivers wrote the suggestions on the strips and together they formed the strips into chains.

Songs/Rhymes

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

--PreschoolEducation.com

Hello Mr. Turkey 

Sung to: "If You're Happy and You Know It"
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?
With a gobble, gobble, gobble,
And a wobble, wobble, wobble.
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?

--PreschoolEducation.com

Turkey Feathers – Matching Version

--from Felt Board Fingerplays by Liz and Dick Wilmes. Elgin, IL: Building Blocks, 1997.

Turkey Feathers – Guessing Version

--from Felt Board Fingerplays by Liz and Dick Wilmes. Elgin, IL: Building Blocks, 1997.

Wee Read - Thanksgiving/Hanukkah/Christmas

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Don’t resist using “Motherese” (the tone of voice and language you use when speaking to babies and children). This style of speaking is easier for babies to listen to and learn from. --Kt Paxton “Enhancing Language Development in Childhood”

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

If You’re a Turkey and You Know It

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

Flap your wings.

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

Flap your wings.

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

And you really want to show it.

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

Flap your wings.

Continue with wibble, wobble; gobble gobble; do all three.

--PreschoolEducation.com

Open Shut Them

Book One

My First Thanksgiving by Tomie DePaola

Hello Mr. Turkey 

Sung to: "If You're Happy and You Know It" 
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?
With a gobble, gobble, gobble,
And a wobble, wobble, wobble.
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?

--PreschoolEducation.com

Turkey Feathers

--from Felt Board Fingerplays by Liz and Dick Wilmes. Elgin, IL: Building Blocks, 1997.

I Am a Little Dreidel
I am a little dreidel
(Point to yourself)
I am a little top
(Pat your head)
When you twist my handle,
(Spin around)
I spin until I drop!
(Fall to the floor)

--PreschoolEducation

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two
Where Is Baby's Dreidel by Karen Katz

Let's All

Sung to: "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
Let's all do a little clapping,
Let's all do a little clapping,
Let's all do a little clapping,
and spread holiday cheer.

2. Stomping
3. Jumping

--PreschoolEducation

Ring the Bells

Sung to: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

Ring, ring, ring the bells,

Ring them loud and clear

Tell the people everywhere

That Christmas time is here.

--PreschoolEducation

Book Three

Christmas Parade by Sandra Boynton

The More We Get Together

Wee Read - Thanksgiving

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: Don't be afraid to improvise. The words don't need to be read as they appear in the book. You can just talk about the pictures.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

If You’re a Turkey and You Know It

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

Flap your wings.

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

Flap your wings.

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

And you really want to show it.

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

Flap your wings.

Continue with wibble, wobble; gobble gobble; do all three.

--Miss Mollie

Open Shut Them

Book One

This is Thanksgiving by Harriet Ziefert

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

--PreschoolEducation.com

The Turkey

The turkey is a funny bird,

His head goes wobble, wobble, wobble.

All he says is just one word,

“Gobble, gobble, gobble.”

--HomeSchoolCreations.com

Turkey Feathers

Sung to: “Are You Sleeping?”

Turkey feathers, turkey feathers,

Red, orange, yellow,

Green and brown.

Which color is this?

Which color is this?

Do you know? Do you know?

--from Felt Board Fingerplays by Liz and Dick Wilmes. Elgin, IL: Building Blocks, 1997.

Book Two

My First Thanksgiving by Tomie dePaola

The Leaves are Falling Down

Sung to: "The Farmer in the Dell"
The leaves are falling down
The leaves are falling down
Red, yellow, green, and brown
The leaves are falling down.

--PreschoolEducation

Hello Mr. Turkey 

Sung to: "If You're Happy and You Know It"
Hello, Mr. Turkey how are you?
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?
With a gobble, gobble, gobble,
And a wobble, wobble, wobble.
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?

--PreschoolEducation.com

Read Together

Counting Kisses by Karen Katz

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Thanksgiving

Toddler

Books: My First Thanksgiving by Tomie dePaola and This is Thanksgiving by Deborah Zemke.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Did You Ever See a Turkey”, “Turkey Feathers” on the felt board, and “The More We Get Together”.

Turkey Feathers

Sung to: “Are You Sleeping?”

--from Felt Board Fingerplays by Liz and Dick Wilmes. Elgin, IL: Building Blocks, 1997.

*I handed each toddler a turkey feather. We sang the song, and at the end of each verse, I said a color of feather. Those toddlers with that color in their hand brought it to the front and placed it on the felt board.

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

--PreschoolEducation.com

Craft: Build Your Own Turkey. Materials: Die cut brown construction paper circles, die cut feathers, full sheet of green construction paper, yellow construction paper beaks, googly eyes, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued their turkey pieces to the green paper and colored them in.

Preschool

Books: The Thankful Book by Todd Parr and I Know an Old

Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson on the felt board (the felt board template came from Lil Country Kindergarten).

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Did You Ever See a Turkey”, and “The More We Get Together”. 

Craft: Thankful Chains. Materials: Construction paper strips in five colors, crayons, glue, and tape. The preschoolers wrote one thing they were thankful for on each strip of paper. They used the strips to form a chain. When they were done, I went around the room and asked the children what they had written. One child wrote that she was thankful for the library!

Storytime - Thanksgiving

Books

This is Thanksgiving by Harriet Ziefert

Toddler 

Thank You, Thanksgiving by David Milgrim

Toddler

Thanksgiving by Brenda Haugen (non-fiction)

Preschool

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson

Preschool

I told a version of this story on the felt board. The clip art images were downloaded from Lil' Country Kindergarten.

Songs/Rhymes

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

--PreschoolEducation.com

Hello Mr. Turkey 

Sung to: "If You're Happy and You Know It"
Hello, Mr. Turkey how are you?
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?
With a gobble, gobble, gobble,
And a wobble, wobble, wobble.
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?

--PreschoolEducation.com

Felt Board

Turkey Feathers

The template and activities were from Felt Board Fingerplays by Liz and Dick Wilmes (Elgin, IL: Building Blocks, 1997). For more information about the two activities, see my Thanksgiving Flannel Friday post about them.

Crafts

Toddler

Pumpkin Pies. Materials: a quarter of a paper plate, one cotton ball, cinnamon, brown construction paper pie crust, tape, glue, and crayons. Glue the pie crust to the piece of pie, then glue the cotton ball (whipped cream) to the pie, and add some more glue. Sprinkle cinnamon on their pies. They smell delicious! *Disclaimer: I did not anticipate that the toddlers would 1. try to eat the cinnamon or 2. put the plate right up to their nose to smell it, resulting in cinnamon smudged noses. The idea came from Little Family Fun.

Preschool

Turkey Puppets. The idea for the craft and the template came from All Kids Network. Instead of using a paper plate, we used small brown paper lunch bags. Materials: paper lunch bags, construction paper pieces, googly eyes, glue, tape, and crayons. This craft could also be used as a centerpiece for a table (put a toilet paper roll inside the turkey so it can stand up on its own).