Sunday, November 7, 2010

The Tale of Thanskgiving

As I mentioned in a post from a few days ago, being Australian, I had no idea what/who Thanksgiving was. When I found out, I LOVED it right away and got to work finding out as much as I could about this time of celebration. At the time I was teaching a 1st/2nd grade class and came across a book the Mrs. Flannigan at Little Giraffes had done with her class.










Channing and I read "The story of Thanksgiving" by Nacy J. Skarmeas. It's a cute little books that simply tells the story........we loved it! We have a lot of books in this series and they are all good.






Here is our version of the Thanksgiving Story. I made it with my class each year until I stopped teaching. It's such a cute keepsake! I was so excited to make it with Channing this year. Here are the pages.








Channing loved making it and I'm sure we'll be reading it many times over the next few weeks. I have a ton of pics of him actually "making" each page but my post would be super long, so I decided not to add them.

I am linking this project to StArt ,ABCand 123 ,Kids get crafty and Best toys for toddlers.
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22 comments:

  1. HollyNovember 9, 2010 at 7:22 AM

    Michelle! I wanted to make a book like this with my kiddos. I sketched out a few ideas, but this is perfect! Thanks!

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  2. phasejumperNovember 9, 2010 at 8:52 AM

    This is perfect!! Thank you so much! I had some crafts planned, but now I can tie them all together with this!

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  3. Our Creative Day November 9, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    This is amazing! Exactly what I had in mind, you have done all the wonderful ideas already! Thank you so much for sharing. I am excited to do this with my daughter :)

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  4. Our Creative Day November 9, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    This is perfect! I am so glad I came upon this. Thank You for sharing! I cannot wait to do this with my daugther.

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  5. GranolaNovember 10, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    What fun! I love that this is out of the ordinary! Thank you!

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  6. UnknownNovember 11, 2010 at 8:18 AM

    Fantastic! Love the drawings. Thank you for the awesome printables and for sharing.

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  7. An Almost Unschooling MomNovember 11, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    Thanks for sharing this - it's terrific!

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  8. LitLassNovember 11, 2010 at 2:54 PM

    My 4-year-old can't wait to do this. Thanks!

    By the way, the book I did is from Australia.

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  9. RedTedArtNovember 11, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    What fab fab Thanks Giving crafts! They are so good!

    Maggy
    Kids Get Crafty link up party

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  10. maggy, red ted artNovember 12, 2010 at 4:11 AM

    PS Thank you for linking up! Much appreciated ;-)

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  11. Mrs. WharyNovember 12, 2010 at 6:56 AM

    THanks for letting me know about it, Maggy - I'm pretty new to blogging so hadn't found your site yet - I'm glad I did.....it's fantastic!

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  12. Natalie PlanetSmartyNovember 12, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    How super cool! I am downloading your book now, and I have to see if my daughter is interested in making her own Thanksgiving book. Thanks for sharing an idea!

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  13. ChristinNovember 13, 2010 at 11:19 PM

    Such a cute booklet, thanks for sharing!

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  14. UnknownNovember 20, 2010 at 3:14 PM

    Thank you for adding your post into our weekly linky! This week's linky theme is everything about child's favorite cartoon character so come by and add your posts if you have some with this topic: http://best-toys-for-toddler.blogspot.com/

    PS: Your post is featured in this week's linky post. :)

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  15. AnonymousNovember 21, 2010 at 3:12 AM

    What a great idea. Please add my e-mail address to get your blog. Thank you. Susan steveac@bellsouth.net

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  16. AnonymousNovember 21, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    Thanks so much for sharing this idea and the pages!! We have been working on making several of the pages in preK. The students love doing them and I know their parents will enjoy the completed book. I don't think we'll get all of them done - next year we'll start earlier.

    Sue Hills

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  17. Mrs. WharyNovember 21, 2010 at 4:24 PM

    Hi Sue,
    I'm glad your class is enjoying the book.....I did it over about a week with my class and then with my own little guy it took even longer :-) We're going to start on our Christmas one soon too.

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  18. GranolaDecember 7, 2010 at 2:38 PM

    We really had a fun time together doing these books! Thank you for sharing. I posted pictures on my blog and linked to you. We're looking forward to using some of your Christmas printables next. Thanks!
    http://mngranola.blogspot.com/2010/12/thanksgiving-2010.html

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  19. TamOctober 28, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    thanks! I love it and we will be definitely making it this year :)

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  20. Emily @ playtalklearnOctober 29, 2011 at 11:00 PM

    Thanks so much for sharing this idea. I'll link to it in a post about integrating speech therapy and thanksgiving - this activity will be wonderful for story telling, oral narrative and sequencing skills.
    Cheers
    Emily
    PS - I'm from Australia too!

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  21. Kim@The Educators' Spin On ItNovember 20, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    This is such a cute way to teach the story of Thanksgiving! Thanks for posting it. I'm linking it to our pinterst board of Fun Fall Activities. http://pinterest.com/educatorsspinon/fall-projects-to-make-and-do/

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  22. RachaelNovember 21, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    http://rachaeljk.blogspot.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-book.html
    Thank-you fro neat idea, I have linked your blog.

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