A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Yesterday,

I received...

...the

BEST Happy Mail Package

EVER!!!

 It was filled with Peanuts themed Thanksgiving goodies,

all intended to be used while watching

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

The package came from the fabulously creative and encouraging...

...Katherine Marie.

As we have been getting to know each other via

Instagram,

(My Account, Her Account)

we discovered we both have a love

for all things Peanuts related,

so she sent me this little

"Movie-Nigh-in-a-Box"

to TOTALLY brighten my day!

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Coincidentally,

I discovered that TODAY

(November 26th)

is Charles Shultz's birthday-

he would have been 91 if he were still living-

so we HAD to celebrate

using our happy mail package from Miss KM...

Right before lunch time,

Jungle Girl read aloud the book from the care package...

...with the Puppy Prince as her attentive audience.

That allowed me the time to set up

our lunch table...

..."Peanuts Thanksgiving Dinner" style

There were the essentials, like...

...buttered toast, pretzels...

...and popcorn.

For dessert,

Scooby Snack graham crackers,

Peppermint Patties,

and

jelly beans

seemed appropriate.

I used the care package as a center piece...

...and the kiddos used our school lunch cafeteria trays

to load up on the goodies.

(The school trays remind me of the

school lunch Thanksgiving meal they served every year

when I attended public school.

Since my kiddos are homeschooled,

these trays-

which I scored at a garage sale-

add a little something special to our lunches

every now and again...)

The kiddos greatly enjoyed the meal,

especially Jungle Girl,

my oldest.

She is a picky eater,

and would MUCH prefer the real Thanksgiving dinner

to be more like this one!

Fall and Thanksgiving Tot Trays and Activities

Over the past couple of weeks,

Smiley B has been working through the following

tot trays and activities,

all anticipating 

Turkey Time on Thanksgiving Day...

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Pumpkin and Scarecrow Patterns

From the Scarecrow Pack at 2TeachingMommies

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"I is for Indian Corn" Alphabet Book Page

The older kiddos wanted to help out Smiley B
make his Indian corn...

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"Which is Different?"
and
Pre-Writing Pages

From the Leaves Pack at 2TeachingMommies

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Fall Dot-a-Dot Pages

From Make Learning Fun

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Lite-Brite Letter I

I traced the Letter I onto some
Lite-Brite grid paper
for Smiley to practice making the letter.

Pretty good for a 3 year old's first time...

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Thanksgiving Stamping Strips

From the Thanksgiving Pack at 2TeachingMommies

(Love those little finger prints!)

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"Pilgrims' Journey"
Pre-Writing Practice

From the Thanksgiving Pack at 2TeachingMommies

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Pilgrim, Indian, Turkey Patterns

The Pilgrim and Indian cards are from the
Thanksgiving Tot Pack...

...and I made the turkeys a couple of years ago
with flowers, buttons, googly eyes, felt, and ribbon.

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Plenty 'o Puzzles

From the Thanksgiving Pack at 2TeachingMommies
and
the Fall Fun PreK Pack at Homeschool Creations

Little Wild Man loves to help B with the puzzles...

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Sizing Up the Mayflower

From the Thanksgiving Tot Pack

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Turkey Toss

After reading The Best Thanksgiving Ever!...

...we used the cards and mat from
Education Cubes
to play Turkey Toss.

To play the game,
roll the dice, count the turkeys,
and mark them off of the sheet.

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Pilgrim Count

After reading
One Little, Two Little Three Little Pilgrims...

...Smiley B worked on counting the Pilgrim boys and girls
as he loaded them on the Mayflower.

(I CANNOT remember where I got this printable from-
Sorry!)

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Feed the Old Lady

While Jungle Girl read aloud
I know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie...

...the other kiddos took turns feeding
the old lady using
THESE printables from Make Learning Fun.

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Puppet Play

After reading
The Amazing Turkey Rescue...

...the kiddos all made little turkey puppets

for playtime.

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During our Fall and Thanksgiving studies,

Smiley B also completed...

...a Thanksgiving Lapbook...

...and...

...a hand print turkey painting.

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And what learning fun is complete

without...

...a gobbledy-good Muffin Tin Monday meal...

...or a sweet afternoon snack? ;0)

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