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I love celebrating Thanksgiving. It is a refreshing reminder that we should be thankful every day for the many blessings that God has given us. For our family, it tends to be a less busy and hectic time of year than Christmas, and it is easier to relax and enjoy.
We are doing gratitude journals for our writing this month and a few other thankful activities around the dinner table. We are also studying the Native Americans as part of our history this month. We are skipping a formal study of the pilgrims as we covered this in history in September, but there are other years when we take a week or two and focus on that part of history.
I’ve created this list of free and inexpensive resources for Thanksgiving to help you study and enjoy Thanksgiving in your homeschool. Some of these resources talk about the history of Thanksgiving, some focus on gratitude and thanks, others talk about Thanksgiving through history, and a few more are fun activities featuring popular Thanksgiving items like turkeys.
They can be used during your school day, in the car if you need to travel, or as a family. I pray that they are a blessing to you during this season.
Thanksgiving Lessons and Activities
Not Consumed Hymn Studies (You can purchase a set with several holidays or the Thanksgiving one.)
More Hymn Studies (These are more basic than the ones at Not Consumed, but they are free.)
Free Thanksgiving Lego Brick Challenge
Proverbial Homemaker also has a great printable Thanksgiving Calendar and writing prompts, as well as a devotional. Just click on her Freebies link.
Thanksgiving In History (Thanksgiving during the WWI and WWII time periods)
Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart Card Set
Free Pumpkin Art Tutorial (There is also a full set you can purchase including a turkey.)
Thanksgiving Books
Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks
The Pilgrims First Thanksgiving
Pilgrims Fact Tracker (Magic Tree House Research Guide)
Tapenum’s Day, A Wampanoag Indian Boy
Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy
Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl
Cranberry Thanksgiving (This one we found through Five in a Row, but it has become a family favorite.)
Deals and Freebies
Amazon has put Heroes Next Door: Hornet 24 on sale, and a coupon is on the page to make it even cheaper! This is a great Christmas gift.
Free I”m Thankful For…. Book from Amazon! (Always check prices as they are subject to change)
FREE Fall in Love with Science e-book from Apologia
The World of Peter Rabbit and His Friends Only .99 on Kindle! We love Beatrix Potter’s stories and this one includes her original illustrations.
Sunny Under the Sea Free (always double-check because Amazon changes prices regularly!)
Wind in the Willows on Audio for only $2.95
Alice in Wonderland on Audible for less than $1!!
FREE: Check out this great new FREE resource for classical and Charlotte Mason education! Classical Christian Education & Charlotte Mason. Great for folks already homeschooling or if you have friends that are looking into it!
Resource Library
When you sign up for the Schoolin’ Swag free resource library you will get a link and password to the library, we are adding to the library each month with new items. You will also get a bi-weekly newsletter email to keep you up to date on what we have going on.
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