Thanksgiving

Through our two week study of the Indians and Pilgrims, we had many learning opportunities to prepare for Thanksgiving.  We studied the life of Native Americans through our social studies series Let's Find Out.  Learning more about Squanto and his knowledge of the land, connected us to the farming at that time.  We took a tour of a Native American village and met some modern day Wampanoag Indians in a video. Then, we spent an entire day studying the life of pilgrims.  We first used an interactive video to "sail" to the new world.  The students heard of the hardships and tight spaces on the boats.  We learned about the pilgrim's games, hunted and gathered, wrote on chalkboards for reading time, learned more about their clothing and homes.   For Jesus time, we worked in our Jesus Journals to web prayers.  We copied bible verses about being thankful and sang songs.  Check out the pictures to see some of the exciting things we did for Thanksgiving.

We also celebrated Alex's 6th birthday!