I had adamantly resolved that this year, I was not going to get sucked in to buying an adorable Thanksgiving unit study made by [insert name of any wonderful homeschool curriculum publisher]. I’ve done this several times, and they always end up stressing me out trying to finish them before the designated holiday.
Not this year. This year we’re going to DIY our own unit study and fit in whatever fits in easily. I have a beautiful collection of Thanksgiving picture books that will do perfectly! Plus, I purchased a few additions at a library book sale. 🤷🏻♀️ What can I say? Hello, my name is heavenstobetty and I’m addicted to books!
I started our Thanksgiving unit study by reading these 3 “new to us” books aloud at evening reading time.
Turkey’s Gift to the People* (Navajo – this really wasn’t a Thanksgiving book at all, but the cover looked like it was!)
1621 A New Look at Thanksgiving* (Wampanoag) – this is a long picture book, we’ll continue reading it next week too
I want to include at least one cooking project and at least one art project this month and one “special project” (art, cooking, or something else) per week.
Our special project this week was decorating. My mom made leaf throw pillows. We got out our thankful paper chain, hung it up, and eventually we’ll each add a few new rings. We have a felt pumpkin garland, leaf fairy lights, a few salt and pepper shaker sets, and some crochet pumpkins.
I had seen a cute stack of books over at Hearth Ridge Reflections and even though we’re technically past Halloween, I checked them out from the library. We read these this week too.
My oldest two kiddos (the two teens) had a homeschool dance this weekend, so our “cooking” project was a special dessert for the pre-dance dinner at a new friend’s house. I was overwhelmed with some personal drama this week so I cheated and bought brownies, frosting, and pumpkin cookies. We assembled our store bought ingredients to make seasonally adorable brownies. My husband will go with the teens to the dance as a chaperone and my youngest and I will stay home for pizza and a movie!
Not related to Thanksgiving at all, but we ended the week with a family field trip to see a local live production of Les Miserables! 🎭 It was amazing!
Stay tuned as our Thanksgiving unit study continues next week!
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