Free Thanksgiving Unit Study Ideas for Early Elementary

We have been enjoying a fun collection of free Thanksgiving unit study ideas for early elementary. I want to share some of the free Thanksgiving ideas we have found on the web. Making the holidays special helps my young homeschooler to look forward to schooling and help break up the normal everyday homeschool routine.

By Rankin/Bass, a great 45 minute young child appropriate story of the Pilgrim's voyage on the Mayflower as told by a little mouse on board the ship named the Mayflower Mouse. You can find it on YouTube.

Scholastic has a very detailed interactive online resource including the First Thanksgiving virtual  field trips.

Fall word wall printable

National Geographic Wild Turkey Video

Lots of Thanksgiving Craft Ideas

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Marshmallow Snowman

I enjoy getting to do the crafts with my youngest again. Yesterday we made a cute winter snowman made of marshmallows.

I saw this idea here. Great site by the way so check it out. Anyway, who doesn't have these things lying around right. Partial bag of stale mini marshmallows, glue, black marker and construction paper.

I first drew the snowman in pencil and let Q draw the eyes, mouth, buttons and arms. I then, one at a time covered the circles of the body with glue so she could glue the mallows on one at a time. I told her to stand them up. Great idea for working those fine motor skills.

Yep, she was proud of her marshmallow frosty.