Wee Read - Thanksgiving

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: Don't be afraid to improvise. The words don't need to be read as they appear in the book. You can just talk about the pictures.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

If You’re a Turkey and You Know It

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

Flap your wings.

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

Flap your wings.

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

And you really want to show it.

If you’re a turkey and you know it,

Flap your wings.

Continue with wibble, wobble; gobble gobble; do all three.

--Miss Mollie

Open Shut Them

Book One

This is Thanksgiving by Harriet Ziefert

Did You Ever See A Turkey?

Sung to: "Did you ever see a Lassie"
Did you ever see a turkey a turkey a turkey
Did you ever see a turkey go this way and that
Go this way and that way and this way and that way
Did you ever see a turkey go this way and that?

--PreschoolEducation.com

The Turkey

The turkey is a funny bird,

His head goes wobble, wobble, wobble.

All he says is just one word,

“Gobble, gobble, gobble.”

--HomeSchoolCreations.com

Turkey Feathers

Sung to: “Are You Sleeping?”

Turkey feathers, turkey feathers,

Red, orange, yellow,

Green and brown.

Which color is this?

Which color is this?

Do you know? Do you know?

--from Felt Board Fingerplays by Liz and Dick Wilmes. Elgin, IL: Building Blocks, 1997.

Book Two

My First Thanksgiving by Tomie dePaola

The Leaves are Falling Down

Sung to: "The Farmer in the Dell"
The leaves are falling down
The leaves are falling down
Red, yellow, green, and brown
The leaves are falling down.

--PreschoolEducation

Hello Mr. Turkey 

Sung to: "If You're Happy and You Know It"
Hello, Mr. Turkey how are you?
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?
With a gobble, gobble, gobble,
And a wobble, wobble, wobble.
Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?

--PreschoolEducation.com

Read Together

Counting Kisses by Karen Katz

The More We Get Together