Our lesson plan ideas for teaching Thankfulness. The special names (Lighthouse Cafe, et al) are the names of our workshops.
FIRST WEEK in NOVEMBER
- Lighthouse Café: Will put together a cookbook of faithful generation recipes. I will get all families to bring recipe in and this class will put it together. I will later photocopy the whole project and distribute. Book – Rag Coat
- Mission Possible: Courts of the King games and string web games
- Holywood: Storytelling – will give story stems and children will act out, write a Thanksgiving blessing – learn Thanksgiving songs – Read book Follow Your Dream
- Creation Station: Apple Cinnamon Sugar Dip – set a Thanksgiving table. Read Stone Soup.
- Special Assignments: Thanksgiving Poem Placement. Read Henry’s Song
SECOND WEEK in NOVEMBER
- Lighthouse Café: Stone Soup – will get the children to bring in soup ingredients
- Mission Possible: Attitude is Gratitude – presents will be on the floor – they will be empty inside except for colorful strip of paper. Kids must refill box with gifts they have abstract or real written on paper
- Holywood: Storytelling – The Giving Tree (book)– prepared lesson plan
- Creation Station: Seeds of Thanks project – you will be making dirt – chocolate pudding with crushed oreo cookies
- Special Assignments – Thanksgiving potholder craft
Books to be used are Stone Soup, The Giving Tree, The Rag Coat, Henry’s Song, and I’m Thankful Each Day