11/04/2025
We’ve officially started our Thanksgiving fun this week! The children are learning all about turkeys, thankfulness, and kindness through stories, songs, and art.
During circle time, we practiced what the turkey says — “Gobble, gobble!” — and everyone had so much fun making silly turkey sounds together! 🦃
We also began learning our Thanksgiving song:
🎵 We eat turkey, we eat turkey, oh so good,
Always on Thanksgiving, always on Thanksgiving, yum yum yum! 🎶
And then we sing about all the delicious foods — we eat carrots, we eat cranberry, we eat pumpkin pie, we eat corn, mushrooms, and more! 🍂🥕🥧🌽🍄
Our story of the day was “How to Catch a Turkey” by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton — a funny and lighthearted book that made everyone giggle while learning about teamwork and gratitude. 📚✨
For our art project, the children created beautiful turkey plates using bright fall colors — red, yellow and orange. They used cotton balls with clothespins to stamp their feathers, and each turkey turned out unique and full of color! 🎨
This activity supported fine motor development, hand-eye coordination, and color recognition, while also encouraging creativity and focus. Our story time helped build language development and listening comprehension, and our music and dancing to “Turkey Hokey Pokey” by Sing with Bella supported gross motor movement, rhythm, and body awareness. 💃🦃
We finished our morning with happy playtime outside on the playground — running, climbing, sharing, and working on social and physical development while enjoying the beautiful fall weather! ☀️🍁
It was a wonderful day filled with creativity, learning, and thankfulness at Country Club Child Care! 💛