Thanksgiving and The Mayflower

In an effort to teach the kids about Thanksgiving and what it means, we have been doing a lot of reading and talking.

My first thought was to try an educational video on YouTube. It was alright but a lot of talk and well not much action. They were quickly bored.

I found a cartoon about the Mayflower and the pilgrims but it wasn't very long. I then began to read them a book and that seemed to get their attention. Then Sebastian found the cartoon from Charlie Brown about The Pilgrims. This certainly hit home to him.

So we made some Mayflower boats and I explained how the Pilgrims came to America

We used some construction paper and popsicle sticks. 

This is Sebastian's:

This is Braedon's:

Well this is Jillian's, I finished hers for her...

We will continue our study about The Mayflower and The Pilgrims with more books and activities.