Thanks!

Last week we got to celebrate Thanksgiving early with our precious, too-cute-for-words, 2 year old preschool class.  If giving thanks with these little ones won't put you in the holiday spirit, nothing will!

We started our day exploring with feathers and play-doh.

We also worked with our family manipulatives.

Finally, we used the computer to learn a finger-play, 5 Little Turkeys.

Then it was time to eat. 

The theme for our party was "Thank You".  

What a wonderfully simple way to teach young children about this special tradition of gathering with friends and family to say, "Thank You".

Each child's place-mat featured a picture of themselves with the word thank you written in one of many languages.  F's says thank you in Chinese.  

We got to wear traditional Native American jewelry that was shared with us by a family member.

After our delicious snack, we took off on a turkey hunt.  

Look who caught the turkey!

As they left, each child got to take home a flower to plant. 

Hope your Thanksgiving is as happy as ours was!