Books We Shared
Over the River and Through the Wood: A Song for Thanksgiving by Lydia Maria Child, pictures by Nadine Bernard Westcott
This is a fun visual take on a classic Thanksgiving song.
Spot’s Thanksgiving by Eric Hill
It’s Thanksgiving, and Spot is going to make the best pumpkin pie his family has ever tasted — with a little help, of course.
American Sign Language: TURKEY & THANK YOU
We learned 2 ASL signs! See how to sign “Turkey” at do the sign at Signing Savvy. See how to sign “Thank You” at Lifeprint.
Flannel Board Letter
T is for Turkey (and Thanksgiving!)
Turkey and Thanksgiving starts with the letter T! We identified the letter, drew it in the air, made the sound that T makes, and talked about some other things that start with T: tree, teddy bear, Tyrannosaurus Rex, train, and turkey!
Flannel Board Counting
8 Turkeys
We counted eight turkeys during our counting time!
Flannel Board Stories
Turkey Feathers
Pattern from Felt Board Fingerplays by Liz and Dick Wilmes
Song from Everything Preschool
Here’s a turkey. (Place the turkey on the flannelboard.)
But he’s missing something! What is he missing?
Feathers!
What color is this feather? (Bring out the red feather)
Red! That’s right! Let’s put it on the turkey. (Place the feather on the turkey.)
(now sing, to tune of Mary Wore Her Red Dress)
Turkey wore his red feather, red feather, red feather.
Turkey wore his red feather all day long.
(Continue adding color feathers and singing)
Let’s see, what color feathers does turkey have? (rename all the colors)
And what does that make?
A rainbow!
Video We Watched
“Max’s Thanksgiving” from Max and Ruby’s Halloween
It’s Thanksgiving at Grandma’s house, and Max and Ruby are helping decorate the table. But Max keeps being distracted by Grandma’s tasty, special stuffing.
Rhymes & Bounces & Songs We Shared without Music
We sing a lot of songs during storytime! You’ll find lyrics to those songs without music here.
Welcome Song
(to the tune of: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”)
Welcome, welcome everyone
Now we’re here let’s have some fun.
First we clap our hands just so
Then we bend and touch our toes
Welcome, welcome everyone
Now we’re here let’s have some fun.
Open Shut Them
Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
Give a little clap, clap, clap. (Clap hands on “clap”)
Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
Place them in your lap, lap, lap (Pat lap with hands on “lap”)
Creep them, crawl them (creep fingers up stomach to chin)
Creep them, crawl them (creep fingers up stomach to chin)
Right up to your chin, chin, chin (tap chin with hands on “chin”)
Open up your little mouth (open mouth wide and pretend to put fingers in)
But do not let them in! (Hide hands behind your back quickly)
For a video of me (Jennifer) doing this rhyme, watch the video below:
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider (L shape with both hands. Place thumb of one hand on forefinger of the other)
went up the water spout. (“walk” your fingers up thumb to forefinger, alternating.)
Down came the rain and (wiggle fingers and bring then downward)
Washed the spider out. (make baseball “safe” motion)
Out came the sun and (hands above head in a circle)
and dried up all the rain. (hands out at side of body)
And the itsy bitsy spider (L shape with both hands. Place thumb of one hand on forefinger of the other)
went up the spout again. (“walk” your fingers up thumb to forefinger, alternating.)
Storytime’s Over
Hands up high! (Put your hands in air)
Now give a big sigh (sigh and bring hands down)
Our storytime’s over
So wave bye-bye (wave)
Music from CDs We Shared
Sometimes it’s fun to sing along with music. Here are some of the songs and cds used in today’s storytime.
“Clap Everybody and Say Hello” from Sally Go Round the Sun by Kathy Reid-Naiman
Clap everybody and say hello.
Clap everybody and say hello.
Clap everybody and say hello,
No matter what the weather.
Other Verses:
Jump everybody and say hello…
Wiggle everybody and say hello…
Sing everybody and say hello…
“Roll Your Hands” from Toddlers on Parade by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel
Roll, roll, roll your hands
as fast as fast can be
do it now, let me see
do it now with me
Other verses:
Tap tap tap your feet…
Shake, shake, shake your feet…
Roll, roll, roll your hands …
“Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by the Old Town School of Folk Music
Row, row, row your boat
gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
life is but a dream.
Other verses:
Twist, twist, twist your boat…
Bounce, bounce, bounce your boat…
Sway, sway, sway your boat…
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle your boat…
Tickle, tickle, tickle your boat…
“Two Little Blackbirds” from Fingerplays and Footplays for Fun and Learning by Rosemary Hallum and Henry “Buzz” Glass.
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack and the other named Jill
Fly away Jack
Fly away Jill
Come back Jack
Come back Jill
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack and the other named Jill
Continue the Fun
Want to share more books about Thanksgiving? Check out some of these books at your Pasadena Public Library branch:
Storytime Presented 11/21/2017 at Central Library