Thanksgiving Day Childrens Activity

Picture from the Dr Jean and friends blog

I came across this post today on how to teach children about Thanksgiving while making a bracelet!!  I loved it!!  It made me wish my kids were still little so that we could make this.  If your kids are little this is a great site with awesome ideas!!  You will need twine or pipe cleaners, white, blue, green, black, brown, red, yellow, and orange beads.  I might have to make one of these for myself.  The poem is off of Dr Jean and friends blog  I cruised through this site and was amazed at all the great ideas.
Enjoy!!
Nadine

^{With this bracelet you will know    (Start with a pipe cleaner.)}

^{The first Thanksgiving that was long, long ago.}

^{The Pilgrims set sail from far away}

^{On the Mayflower with tall white sails.   (Insert a white bead.)}

^{They sailed many days across the ocean blue.  (Add a blue bead.)}

^{The seas were rough, but the ship came through.}

^{At last they spotted land so green.  (String on a green bead.)}

^{They were so happy they cheered and screamed.}

^{The first year was so hard and black.  (Now a black bead.)}

^{Many died and wished that they could go back.}

^{But the Native Americans gave them a hand}

^{And helped them survive in the strange new land.}

^{They decided to celebrate in a special way}

^{And that became the first Thanksgiving day.}

^{They prepared a feast with turkeys brown  (Add a brown bead.)}

^{And red cranberries that they had found.   (Time for a red bead.)}

^{Yellow corn that they had learned to grow  (Insert a yellow bead.)}

^{And orange pumpkin pies, don’t you know!   (Last an orange bead.)}

^{But before they ate the turkey and dressing,}

^{They all held hands for a thankful blessing.  (Twist the ends of the}

                                                ^{pipe cleaner to make a bracelet.)}