Importance Of Thanksgiving In The Classroom

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7 Thanksgiving Print Tools to Try in The Classroom

Hey teachers! Thanksgiving is around the corner and it’s time to start thinking about creative thanksgiving activities to get students excited for the holiday! Get off the beaten path by coming up with innovative approaches that will give your students the chance to learn, have fun, and fuel their imagination. The good news is that you don’t have to spend long hours creating complicated craft, clipart, games, quizzes, trivia or lesson ideas. You can simply browse our catalog online and order custom printing materials and make your thanksgiving lesson memorable. Are you on a tight budget? That’s not an impediment to get print products from us: You can get 30% OFF your first order by …show more content…

Select some of the children’s artworks and print personalized drink coasters. They are so easy to print - just upload your artwork, choose their specifications, and place your order here. Host a Thanksgiving dinner for your students and their families and decorate your tables with your custom drink coasters. #3 Stickers Organize a fun race where students have to find out hidden questions about the history of Thanksgiving. Divide your students into small groups and ask them to answer each question correctly before passing on to the next one. Make students run, jump and crawl to make the activity fun and entertaining. Put stickers on the envelopes that contain the questions or use them as rewards when they reach the goal. #4 Table Tents Print table tents of pilgrim hats, pumpkins, pine cones, acorns or turkeys and use them to decorate your tables during the Thanksgiving season. Add gratitude quotes to encourage children reflect on their blessings or put together a list of things children are most thankful …show more content…

In the front, you can include a Thanksgiving picture and a word that best describes it; on the back you can include its definition, key facts or information that helps the students recall the concept without much effort. Use these flash cards for playing memory games. #5 Pin-back Buttons Ask your students what they are thankful for. Give them some time to brainstorm a short-list of five aspects. Collect the answers and choose one appreciation per student. Transform the sentence into a keyword or symbol and order pinback buttons. Each kid will show off a different pin-back button – ask them to share with the class things in life that make them happy. #7 Calendars Personalize a calendar for your class. Select a different color for each season or add an image that represents the activities and weather of each month. Highlight Thanksgiving Day in the calendar and use stickers for a Thanksgiving Day countdown. This will get students excited about the holiday