Family Storytime- Thanksgiving Edition

Books
Run Turkey Run by Diane Mayr

'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Allison Jackson

The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz

Fingerplaysc

Gobble, Gobble

The turkey is a funny bird (use one hand with fingers spread out as feathers, use other hand in "thumbs up" in front of other hand as head)

His head goes wobble, wobble (move thumb back and forth)

He knows just one silly word -

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble! (cover mouth and make a warbly gobble sound).

Five Little Turkeys (I printed off clipart turkeys, laminated them and put them on jumbo craft sticks)

Five little turkeys by the front door,

One waddled off, now there are four.

Four little turkeys out under the tree,

One waddled off, then there were three.

Three little turkeys with nothing to do,

One waddled off, now there are two.

Two little turkeys laying in the sun,

One waddled away, now there is one

One little turkey - better run away!

Soon it will be Thanksgiving Day!

Both rhymes Turkeys (taken from Totline Books 1001 Rhymes & Fingerplays)

Songs:

Open Shut Them (opening song)

Turkey Pokey- Lyrics found at 123Holiday.net

 More We Get Together (closing song)

Craft:

Thankful Thanksgiving Turkey from Enchanted Learning