This week our PreK students stepped back in time by dressing up like pilgrims and doing pilgrim activities. Students wrote with feathers and ink and discussed what they would pack in their suitcase for our trip on the mayflower. We also played a pilgrim game called “log toss.” Our students had fun throwing logs (paper towel rolls). Students even went on a turkey shoot. We shot our turkey with soda straw wrappers. It was a fun morning

We concluded our thanksgiving unit by dressing like Native Americans and doing activities. The students learned a fun game, called sticks, a memory game. They even made a game of sticks to take home and play with their family. They also drew Native American symbols on deer hide (aka a softened grocery sack).  One student went home and taught her family her new game.

Kindergarten students also joined in the fun. After learning how Squanto helped the pilgrims learn to plant corn, students had their own Native American naming ceremony complete with a campfire!