Each November we do a
Thanksgiving pen-pal exchange with another daycare
in our area. One year we are the Indians and they
are the Pilgrims and the following year we switch
roles. Our pen-pal letter exchange always tells of
some Thanksgiving history, such as, why the pilgrims
left their land, how the Indians grow their food,
and what life was like during that time. We print
our letters on a piece of poster size butcher paper
so they can we hung on the wall for the children to
view each day.
The week of Thanksgiving we have
our annual celebration in a tradition Thanksgiving
style...the Pilgrims always visit the Indians and we
exchange homemade gifts.
In conjunction with this activity
the Indians earn feathers to apply to a headdress
and the Pilgrims earn "beads" (colored pasta noodles)
to add to a necklace. Each feather and bead
represent a specific age appropriate accomplishment,
ex. counting to 10, singing A,B,C's, colors, shapes,
etc. The headdress and necklaces are worn at our
annual celebration.
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