Mini Mayflower boats and the beginning of Thanksgiving unit study

Last week we read some of the Thanksgiving books in our book basket and also worked through a few of the activities from my big list of Thanksgiving links.  If you missed it...here it is: Thanksgiving Links

We first worked on our calendar---they enjoyed figuring out how many days until Thanksgiving.

We did a worksheet on items that are orange---but I don't know if you notice...little Sissy--spelled her name!!!

She's pretty proud of that;)

Little Bear using an orange marker to color his Pumpkin

Then I let them all mix red and yellow to make orange---I think he liked this, don't you?

Then we worked on a Mayflower voyage map and a mini Mayflower

the finished boat

We also did a float or sink experiment before we tested to see if these boats would float.

There they go

It floats!

I loved these coloring pages and copywork pages from Christian Preschool Printables

Resources we used this week:

thankful character trait tune charts by Hubbards Cupboard

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/Joyful_Heart_Character_Trait_Tune_Chart_Thankful.PDF

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/map/Help from the Lord scripture pages
http://www.christianpreschoolprintables.com/Pages/Thanksgiving/HelpFromLord.html 

calendar

http://www.calendarlabs.com/printable-calendar.php?template=tL1m

Help from the Lord scripture pages

http://www.christianpreschoolprintables.com/Pages/Thanksgiving/HelpFromLord.html

table turkey tracer craft

http://www.christianpreschoolprintables.com/Pages/Thanksgiving/ThankfulTurkeyCraft.html

orange color sheet

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/colors/colorworksheets/orange/page.shtml?p

pumpkin coloring page for extra paint

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q258/missfattyfat/other%20uploads/pumpkin-clr.gif

Books we read:

Thanksgiving Day by Gail Gibbons

http://www.amazon.com/Thanksgiving-Day-Gail-Gibbons/dp/0823405761

On Thanksgiving Day by Judy Zocchi (with Spanish)

http://www.infosoup.org/search/q?author=Zocchi%2C%20Judith%20Mazzeo&title=On%20Thanksgiving%20Day&searchscope=77

We watched:

Mayflower Voyagers (Peanuts)

http://www.amazon.com/Mayflower-Voyagers-America-Charlie-Brown/dp/6303152767