Attach a large, brown paper circle to the center of a bulletin board or wall. Add a red turkey head and turkey legs cut from paper. Children can cut out feathers from colored paper. Attach all feathers to the turkey. Children can trace their hands on paper.
Children can add feet and color.
Turkey Games . Play one of these turkey games with your students. For directions see This Month's Language Activities from the Kaufman Children's Center . Encourage children to make up their own turkey games or make up turkey names for familiar games. Encourage students to read what Benjamin Franklin had to say about the national seal of the United States of America on the The Thanksgiving Turkey Web page .