• Thanksgiving

    Creating Thanksgiving Memories

    I’m not sure if it’s my mother’s sweet potato casserole or the fact it’s a low-key holiday, but I always look forward to Thanksgiving. In the classroom, we can have Thanksgiving activities for preschoolers that are special yet simple. We can create Thanksgiving memories for our students that will last a lifetime. Let me show you how with some of my favorite holiday ideas! Keepsake Thanksgiving Placemats Children love making them and parents always treasure them, so be sure a cute Thanksgiving placemat is written in your November lesson plans! Here are a few favorite placemats my students have crafted over the years! This quilt-like placemat is filled with colorful…

  • Five for Friday,  Thanksgiving

    Peek at My Week

    Here’s a quick peek at my busy conference week!  Many blogging friends are sharing what they did this week at Doodle Bugs Teaching, too! For my November door, I displayed an old Scrabble game board!  I hot glued letter tiles which spell words celebrating the Thanksgiving season.  The board is a bit heavy with all those letters so I found the best way to keep it on the door was to attach a long strip of Velcro to the paper on the door and another to the back side of the game board.        I’ve done these paper plate Pilgrims for a couple of years and I love how they turn out every time!   …