Look for large cardboard turkeys in a store
that sells Thanksgiving display decorations. Cut each
turkey into five or six puzzle pieces and store the pieces
in a separate envelope. Invite your children to work the
puzzles by putting the pieces back together again.
FOLLOW THE TURKEY
Put on some lively music (or sing the song below). Have
your children follow behind you in a line and copy your
movements as you strut around like a turkey. Then let
the children take turns being the "turkey leader."
Since turkeys like to eat corn, encourage the children
to add some pecking movements to their turkey strut.
LET'S DO THE TURKEY TROT
Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It"
Oh, let's do the turkey trot, turkey trot.
Oh, let's do the turkey trot, turkey trot.
With a wobble, wobble, wobble,
And a gobble, gobble, gobble,
Oh, let's do the turkey trot, turkey trot.
Elizabeth Scofield
PEANUT BUTTER TURKEYS
Cut turkey shapes out of slices of wheat bread with a cookie
cutter. Let your children spread peanut butter on the shapes.
Then give them some grated carrot to sprinkle onto their turkeys
for feathers.
TURKEY GOBBLER