THANKSGIVING THEME

March 9, 2026
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Learn all about Thanksgiving with this fun week-long Thanksgiving theme! Your kids will study this national holiday in November celebrating the harvest the Pilgrims had thanks to the help of Squanto and Native American Indians. This Thanksgiving themes is full of fun hands-on thanksgiving activities, and thanksgiving themed language arts, math, science, and art perfect for pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students.

Learn all about Thanksgiving with this fun week-long Thanksgiving theme! Your kids will study this national holiday in November celebrating the harvest the Pilgrims had thanks to the help of Squanto and Native American Indians. This Thanksgiving themes is full of fun hands-on thanksgiving activities, and thanksgiving themed language arts, math, science, and art perfect for pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students.

Thanksgiving Theme

Are you looking for a fun and educational way to celebrate Thanksgiving with your kids this November? Look no further! Our week-long Thanksgiving theme is designed to immerse children in the rich history and traditions of this beloved holiday.

Thanksgiving is a national holiday that not only celebrates the bountiful harvest but also highlights the incredible story of how the Pilgrims survived with the help of Squanto and Native American tribes. This theme is perfect for kids from Pre-K through 6th grade, making it ideal for a diverse range of learners.

Throughout the week, children will engage in a variety of hands-on activities that make learning about Thanksgiving exciting and memorable. From crafting Thanksgiving decorations to cooking simple recipes, these activities foster creativity and cooperation.

Incorporating language arts, math, science, and art, our Thanksgiving theme delivers a well-rounded educational experience. Kids can write stories about what they are thankful for, solve Thanksgiving-themed math problems, and conduct science experiments that relate to the autumn season. Art projects might include creating turkeys using fingerprints or weaving colorful fall leaves to enhance fine motor skills while celebrating autumn’s beauty.

You can easily adapt the activities to suit different age groups, allowing everyone from young learners to older children to enjoy this enriching experience. Parents and teachers will appreciate the variety of engaging lessons that will keep kids excited and eager to learn.

Whether you’re a teacher looking to enhance your curriculum or a parent wanting to introduce your children to the spirit of Thanksgiving, this theme is sure to offer a wealth of knowledge infused with fun. Join us in exploring the significance of Thanksgiving and create lasting memories with your kids this holiday season!

We have lots more thanksgiving activities, fun holidays, free worksheets for kids, and kids activities to choose from!

Thanksgiving Unit Study

Start out your Thanksgiving lesson plan by picking up some really fun-to-read Thanksgiving books for kids.

Thanksgiving Themes

Now pick an activity or two from each of the disciplines below for a weeks worth of thanksgiving learning ideas!

  • Grab thanksgiving color by letter worksheets for a fun, engaging alphabet activity for November! This set of thanksgiving color by letter printable free is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten age students to practice letter recognition. Thiscolor by letter thanksgiving activity allows students to color by code to reveal thanksgiving pictures of pilgrims, turkey, the Mayflower, and more! Simply download and print the turkey color by letter pack to practice identifying letters A-Z and improve alphabet recognition with a Thanksgiving activity.
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  • It’s so important for kids to be writing and reading all year long. Writing is like math, it requires daily practice to maintain.  To keep your kids writing during the month of November,  I created these Thanksgiving Writing Prompts. This no prep, easy Thanksgiving Writing Activities make it fun for kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students to improve writing skills this fall!
  • Thanksgiving turkey word family
  • Help inspire kids with fun ideas to keep writing all month with this November writing prompts calendar. This free printable creative writing prompts calendar is perfect for kindergarten, first grade, 2nd graders, 3rd graders, and 4th graders. This month you can fill each day with a famous birthday, fun fact, or historical even all tied to a writing prompt with this Free November Calendar.
  • Practice closed syllable "wild words" with this fun, hands-on glued words activity for first grade students. Simply print this phonics turkey activity to review challenging glued sound words like ind, ild, old, ost, and olt.
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  • i am thankful Turkey-Paper-Craft
  • Looking for a fun way to help your first graders with their phonics skills? We've got a free printable game focusing on words with "ey" sounds, and it's all turkey-themed for November! This ey phonics activities is educational and entertaining, perfect for enhancing their reading abilities. Simply print the phonics ey words game to practice words that say long e spelled ey. Happy learning and gobble gobble! 

Thanksgiving Language Arts Activities

Choose a Turkey language arts activity or two for you and your children to enjoy.

Thanksgiving Language Arts Activities
Your older children will love testing their spelling ability with this Thanksgiving Spelling Activity!

 

  • Are you looking for a fun way to practice math this November? These free printable Thanksgiving Color by Number are a fun, engaging way for pre-k and Kindergarten to practice addition within 10. Simply print the Thanksgiving math pages and you are ready to play and learn!
  • FREE Turkey Subtraction Worksheets - fun, hands on educational activity to help kindergarten and first grade kids practice math while having fun with a turkey theme for Thanksgiving
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  • Sneak in some practice with number recognition and fine motor skills this November with this Thanksgiving Color by Number!  This free printable color by number for thanksgiving is a great way to keep kids engaged and learning, even with the holidays right around the corner. Simply print the thanksgiving worksheets and you are ready to color by code to reveal pilgrims, pie, turkey, and more!
  • Turkey Spin and Cover Early Math for preschool and kindergarten
  • Turkey Skip Counting by 10s Math Activity
  • super cute counting activity using candy corn fall candy and free printable turkey counting mats

Thanksgiving Math

Looking for some fun turkey math activities and free printable thanksgiving math – check out these fun ideas:

Thanksgiving Math

Keep your kids busy on Thanksgiving with these color-by-number math sheets! You have a choice between a very simple sheet for children just learning their numbers, to basic addition and subtraction facts.

  • Turkey-Name-Craft
  • FREE printable Thanksgiving hats like turkey, pilgrim hat
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  • Looking for some fun and creative turkey craft ideas for your little ones? You'll adore this adorable turkey pom pom craft perfect for toddlers and preschoolers this November! Not only is this an easy Thanksgiving craf, but it's also super cute and fully customizable to match your child's unique style. Get ready for a fun-filled crafting session!
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  • simple construction-paper-turkey craft for November
  • simple construction-paper-turkey craft for November
  • paper plate turkey craft ideas
  • Even little kids can make a cute turkey craft this Thanksgiving using our free printable turkey template. This construction paper turkey is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders. Simply print our thanksgiving crafts printable and follow our simple step-by-step instructions for how to make a turkey craft and you are ready to make this simple turkey craft ideas.
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  • Are you looking for creative, fun, and new november craft ideas? This bubble wrap turkey craft for kids is sure to be a hit as an easy thanksgiving crafts for kids of all ages from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too. all you need are a few simple materials to make this simple thanksgiving crafts that will make lovely decorations for the holidays.
  • Simple Turkey Craft for Kids - this cup craft is perfect for toddlers, preschool, and kindergarten during November to celebrate Thanksgiving. #craftsforkids #turkeycrafts #thanksgivingcrafts
  • paint swatch Toilet-Paper-Roll-Turkey

Thanksgiving Crafts

Crafts are not only fun, but help work on essential fine motor skills they will need to write plus it builds confidence, learning to express themselves!

Thanksgiving Crafts

Older children will love trying their hand at making this Block Turkey!

  • SKittle Turkey Science Thanksgiving-Activities
  • Life Cycle of a Turkey
  • turkey-slime thanksgiving activities
  • Looking for a fun thanksgiving science idea? This dancing corn is a perfect fall science activity with a harvest theme. In this simple baking soda and vinegar experiment children will get to observe a fun reaction that will cause the corn to appear to dance. Try this thanskgiving science experiments with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders too.
  • I love doing fun seasonal science experients to get kids excited about exploring the world around them. This turkey science experiment combines growing your own crystals with hands-on turkey activities for November. Try this thanksgiving activity for kids from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 students with a couple common household items.
  • This simple thanksgiving science experiment featuring a melting turkey is a great way to enagage young kids and get them curious and excited about science.  This november science experiment for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders allows children to explore the simple chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar while having fun with a turkey activity for kids!
  • This turkey science project is SO MUCH FUN! This is a creative, thanksgiving themed elephant toothpaste activity that is sure to impress kids of all ages! This simple thanksgiving science experiment uses common items and is easy to do in just 5-10 minutes! Your toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grader will be impressed as they grow colorful turkey feathers with this november activity for kid.
  • turkey-balloon-races-game-for-november-science-experiments

Thanksgiving Science

Thanksgiving always means the weather is changing and we wake up to frost in the mornings.

Thanksgiving Science

Check out these fun Thanksgiving Stem Projects for more science learning!

  • pilgrims for kids - Fun, hands on Homeschool History learning about the Pilgrims with lots of history projects #pilgrims #history #kidsactivities
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  • Thanksgiving-Books-for-Kids
  • Simple Thanksgiving Costumes for Kids

Thanksgiving History

Put on a play about Thanksgiving with your children! It’s an easy play to adjust to to various group sizes. Of course you’ll also need Simple Thanksgiving Costumes for Kids to go along with the play.

  • These free Thanksgiving Worksheets are filled with so many math printables and literacy activities for children from toddler, pre k, preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students while keeping children engaged in the material. There are over 80 pages in this huge pack of Thanksgiving worksheets with cute clipart of pilgrims, pumpkins, cornucopias, teepee, mayflower, turkey, squash, and so much more!
  • Looking for a fun thanskgiving activity that is no-prep because it uses free printable thanksgiving worksheets? This super cute Thanksgiving I Spy is a great way to have fun, work on visual discrimination, and work on counting too. This I spy thanksgiving printable is great for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten and even first grade and 2nd grdaers. Simply print free thanksgiving printables and you are ready to play and learn!
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  • free-thanksgiving-pictionary-for-families
  • turkey coloring pages
  • turkey color sorting
  • FREE Turkey Colour Matching Game - toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners will have fun working on one to one correspondence and color recognition with this fun turkey printable for thanksgiving. Use bingo markers, pom poms, stickers, or crayons to complete #colors #toddler #preschool
  • Thanksgiving Bingo Printable

Thanksgiving Printables

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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