It seems like Thanksgiving is sometimes shadowed by Halloween and Christmas if not overlooked all together. However, here is a way to emphasize Thankfulness the entire month of November. In this month's Colorado Parent magazine, they suggested creating a wall of gratitude or if you are crafty, a turkey with "thankful" feathers. Each day, each member of your household writes what they are thankful for on a sticky note or feather and then places it on the wall. On Thanksgiving day, all of the notes are read.Here is a basic turkey coloring sheet that you can use for your Thankful Turkey.
Another option for those of us who facebook is to include something you are thankful for in your status each day.
Do you have something special that you do with your children that focuses on Thankfulness? If so, please share it with us.
Last year to keep the kid busy while getting ready for turkey day I had them make a giant paper turkey together, it looked kina funny, and then we sat together after the Thanksgiving meal and went around the table and everyone, including grandparents, said what they were thankful for. We wrote them all on the turkey and kept it. I hope we do it again this year.
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