As I was preparing for our annual eight days of Thanksgiving School, I realized that for the last few years, I’ve been using the same outline. In addition to our month-long “Thankful Tree,” we have eight days of special, Thanksgiving-related themes, and read the same favorite books out loud. The crafts change from year to year (as do field trips and cooking/baking activities), but I do have a rotation for those, as well…and we always make hand and footprint turkeys.

It’s so nice not having to plan it out every year, so I thought I’d share what’s been working for us:

• Day One–Native Americans
• Day Two–The Mayflower
• Day Three–Pilgrims and other Early American colonists
• Day Four–The First Thanksgiving
• Day Five–Thanksgiving in the 1800s
• Day Six–Modern Thanksgiving celebrations
• Day Seven–Thanksgiving Fun
• Day Eight–Teacher’s Choice

As always, this is one of my favorite parts of the school year!