Thanksgiving

In class we learned about the Teepees (homes) that the Native Americans lived in. We learned that the Native Americans used many colors and patterns to decorate their beautiful homes. To have the children have a full experience of teepees Nursery 3B constructed their own life size teepee. The children helped by decorating a sheet of butcher block paper with different colors and patterns. The children all got a chance to play in the teepee and pretend that they were Native Americans and pilgrims.

Additionally, we discussed how pumpkins are a very common food during this time of year. So, we decided it would be fun to investigate a pumpkin. We each had a turn to feel and smell the outside and inside of the pumpkin and described what we saw and felt. We thought the outside was hard and orange and the inside was cold and wet, with a lot of seeds.  We then used pumpkin to make delicious pumpkin, chocolate chip muffins. 

For our feast we had the children decorate headdresses. Each child got to choose two different colors of feathers and make up a pattern of their choice. All the headdresses turned out beautifully and the children enjoyed wearing them to our Thanksgiving feast.

Song of the Week:

(To the tune of “Yankee Doodle")

The turkey is a funny bird,

His head goes wobble, wobble,

All he says is just one word,

Gobble, gobble, gobble