Thanksgiving may be over, but you’re probably still working on all the leftovers… And I’m working on catching up after taking care of my sick toddler for most of last week!  I know many of you have been in the same boat.  I hope you were all healthy and well and enjoyed your Thanksgiving.

Here’s what we did on Tuesday:

Everybody got a feather, and we sang a simple song about the colors:

Turkey wore his red feather, red feather, red feather

Turkey wore his red feather all day long

Turkey wore his orange feather… (etc)

Our first book was called I’m a Turkey by Jim Arnosky.  It’s a book about the lives of turkeys in the wild, with a fun bluegrass kind of rhythm to the words.

We sang a song we did the week before, adapted lightly for Thanksgiving:

This is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands,

This is the way we wash our hands before Thanksgiving dinner

This is the way we scrub our face…

This is the way we brush our hair…

We bounced our babies to Ladies Ride and did a flannelboard activity about identifying which things don’t belong, using the old Sesame Street song:

Three of these things belong together

Three of these things are kind of the same

But one of these things just doesn’t belong here

Now it’s time to play our game.  It’s time to play our game!

Then we segued into singing Old MacDonald with felt piece cues.

We sang Gobble Pokey:

Put your right wing in, put your right wing out

Put your right wing in, and you shake it all about

You do the Gobble Pokey and you turn yourself around

That’s what it’s all about!

We read Five Silly Turkeys by Salina Yoon and used the felt board to illustrate the counting:

We tickled our babies to Hurry, Scurry Little Mouse, and then sang the song “Baa Baa Black Sheep”:

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full

One for the master and one for the dame

One for the little boy who lives down the lane

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full

Then we listened to Raffi’s version which includes the many contributions of other animals for our food and clothing!

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full

One for your sweater and one for your rug

One for your blanket to keep you warm and snug

Cluck cluck red hen, have you any eggs?

Yes sir, yes sir as many as your legs!

One for your breakfast and one for your lunch

Come back tomorrow, I’ll have another bunch

Moo moo brown cow, have you milk for me?

Yes sir, yes sir, as tasty as can be

Churn it into butter and make it into cheese

Freeze it into ice cream or drink it if you please

Buzz buzz, busy bee, is your honey sweet?

Yes sir, yes sir, sweet enough to eat

Honey on your muffin and honey on your cake

Honey by the spoonful as much as I can make

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full

We bounced our babies to “Row Row Row Your Boat” and danced and wiggled to the song.  Then we sang “Goodbye, goodbye we’ll see you soon.”

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!