Thanksgiving is the perfect time to help young learners slow down, notice God’s blessings, and celebrate His love. In this post, I’m sharing the meaningful, faith-based placemats and activities I use to teach gratitude in my Christian classroom. These simple, print-and-go ideas help students connect Scripture to everyday blessings in a way they truly understand — and they create keepsakes families will treasure!
Make November less hectic with these no-prep Thanksgiving-themed digital literacy and math centers! Perfect for kindergarten and first grade, these engaging Google Slides and Boom Cards focus on rhyming, letter sounds, alphabet matching, number sense, addition, and shapes. Simply assign to your students for independent or group center time—no printing or laminating required. With easy differentiation, audio support, and interactive elements, these centers make learning festive, fun, and manageable!
Bring the pumpkin patch to your classroom with fun, hands-on counting practice! Learn how to set up a differentiated pumpkin patch counting center, use hundred chart puzzles for extra math fun, and engage students with digital activities. Perfect for counting by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s, this activity supports Common Core standards K.CC.A.1 and K.CC.A.2.
If you’re looking for a simple, no-prep way to keep your students engaged before Thanksgiving break, these Thanksgiving Roll & Cover games are one of my favorites! They’re easy to set up, fun to play, and give students meaningful practice with counting, subitizing, and addition. You’ll find both print and digital Seesaw versions (with virtual dice rolling!) so every learner can join in. Plus, I’m sharing the Thanksgiving version as a freebie along with a few other seasonal ideas you can use right away.
Discover fun and engaging candy corn math and literacy activities perfect for fall, Halloween, or Thanksgiving! Practice patterns, counting, number sense, comparing numbers, and alphabet skills with hands-on games and interactive Boom Cards. Ideal for centers, small groups, party stations, and more, these activities make learning fun and rewarding—plus, who doesn’t love eating candy corn as a treat?
The Legend of the Five Kernels of Corn is one of my favorite Thanksgiving traditions to share with young learners. It helps students understand what the Pilgrims endured and gives them a simple, meaningful way to reflect on their own blessings. In this post, I’m sharing an easy paper-plate craft that brings the story to life, along with a fun Thanksgiving tradition you can send home for families to enjoy together.
I was looking for a way to make common core math standards practice more meaningful and fun for students and it hit me – combine a favorite game concept with learning math! My students love playing Stuff the Turkey during Thanksgiving week – they toss stuffing ingredients into a paper bag turkey. I wanted to […]
Our Thanksgiving party is one of my favorite school celebrations. It is a day filled with fun activities and culminates with a wonderful school feast prepared by parent volunteers. I like sending a little something special home with my students as well as putting a little “surprise” by their place setting at our class table. […]
I normally use our sensory bin/table for isolated learning experiences such as a dinosaur dig or digging for letter C clams or just have it open for exploratory and sensory experiences. But after seeing how much fun students had at the school’s hoedown digging through straw for prizes I decided to try straw in the […]
Planning ahead to November and added a few new features and ideas to both Thanksgiving Turkey centers, and they are now available together in a money-saving bundle! These hands-on centers are great for practicing and assessing common core standards and are the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving theme or curriculum. Both centers include color and black and […]