~An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving~
~An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Unit Study~
Enjoy the holidays AND your family with this relaxed holiday unit study!
Stories to read aloud together, recipes to try, games to play, crafts, history, family devotional ideas, and lots more.
Homeschooling through the holidays can be stressful.
Why not let the HOLIDAY BE THE LESSON !?!
It is totally possible to keep on learning, spend time together as a family, and check off all those items on your full “to do” list this season!
*You can read more about this in my other post -> Homeschooling Through the Holidays .
So… how do you use this unit?
If you haven’t ever done a unit study, the holidays are the PERFECT time to give one a try!
There isn’t a wrong way to work through this particular unit.
Just think of how you might naturally do these things in the course of a day- reading, cooking, a bit of written work, playing outside, creating some lovely Thanksgiving decorations for your table, and listening to some fun music. Those are the exact things you will find ideas for below!
I’ve done the time consuming work of finding all the ideas…all you have to do is work them into the natural rhythm of your own family. You will be amazed at how much your children can learn this way!
Holiday Binders.
We loved to create special holiday binders full of funny essays, coloring pages, lists of what everyone was thankful for, etc. Each year, the kids added a few more pieces of work they were most proud of. After all these years, I still have them (my youngest child is 23!!). I bring them out every single year and display them with my holiday decorations. It is so sweet to read the things they wrote and see their artwork. You don’t have to do this, but it is a fun way to cherish those days of learning together. I also have kept a binder of my own…just holiday ideas I’ve used with my family, printed out copies of our favorite Thanksgiving short stories, my Thanksgiving menus and planners (I have them going back to the 1990’s!!), a devotional or two, and even a few recipes. It keeps everything in one neat place for easy access year after year!
What can you add to these binders?
You could print out some of the short stories as well as any of the worksheets you’d like to try that I’ve suggested in the links below. Add in drawings, recipes, photos, coloring pages, copy work pages, and anything else your child has especially been proud of!
I’ve also included a link here to the Printable Activity Pack that I created as a companion resource for this unit study.
It is NOT required, but it is extra fun! 🙂
NEW!
You can add to the fun with these Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Printables !
*Last note!
This post contains some links to products on Amazon for which I am an affiliate.
I appreciate it so much when you click on one of my links and make a purchase because I get a small commission, and it costs you nothing extra.
It’s a WIN WIN! Thanks everyone!
So here we go!
*Main Text-
+”An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving” by Louisa May Alcott
(Google Reader, book format)
OR…
+Print it out—> “An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving” Printable Version (See Grammar Activities below for ideas!)
*Don’t worry the yellow background doesn’t print!
+Listen to “An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving” Audiobook (FREE version!)
After reading the short story, you might enjoy one of the movie versions, but truly they aren’t anywhere NEARLY as good as the story!
+Watch the Hallmark movie version of “An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving” online
-> Watch it on Amazon Prime
–> “An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving” DVD
*Other “Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving” short stories and poems-
The following stories are all found free by clicking the links below.
They would be great for further Reading, Grammar, Narration, and/or Copy Work!
I listed ideas for this in the Grammar Activities section below.
You could use these simply by visiting the sites, or you could print them out and put them together into a Thanksgiving notebook or binder for this unit. I highly recommend doing this if you have time, it is super fun to pull out every year for November reading whether you are doing this unit again or not!
* “The Silver Party“ by Louisa May Alcott
–> Listen to the audio version of ‘The Silver Party’
* Celebrating Thanksgiving Day with Literature .…a VERY nice collection of short stories & other writing all in one place. Excellent resource !!
* “We Thank Thee” by Robert Louis Stevenson,
* Thanksgiving Poetry Selections from Ambleside Online
* “Hunting the Deceitful Turkey“ by Mark Twain (read online)
* “The New England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day”
—> Listen to a choir sing this “Thanksgiving Song”!
* “Aunt Susanna’s Thanksgiving Dinner“ by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Listen to the audio book (16 minutes)
* ”Thanksgiving Time” , an essay by Laura Ingalls Wilder
* Louisa May Alcott Unit Study
*More Holiday Short Stories by Louisa May Alcott-
*”Effie’s Christmas Dream“
(This is written as a play & I think would be great fun to act out when all the kids & cousins are gathered together! )
* “Tilly’s Christmas”
—> Listen to ‘Tilly’s Christmas’
*”A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True“
*Listen to Louisa May Alcott’s Christmas Stories on Audible
(This is a link to Amazon of which I am an affiliate)

*For all you book lovers like me, this list only made you want more book ideas for the holidays!
I’ve made a book list with even more great reading at the end of the unit! Be sure to scroll down and check it out!
*’An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving’ Creative Writing Ideas-
+Idea #1- “If I Were One of the Bassett Children…”
The Bassett parents rush off to help a sick relative, leaving the children at home to prepare the holiday feast all by themselves.
What could possibly go wrong?
Imagine you are one of the Bassett children left in charge of Thanksgiving dinner.
What would you have done differently? Would your dinner have turned out better — or worse?
Write your own version of what happens next!
+Idea #2- A Thanksgiving Gone Wrong (and Right!)
In ‘An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving’, the Bassett children do their very best to make dinner without their parents — but things don’t go exactly as planned! Somehow, even with burnt pies and mixed-up recipes, the day still turns into a memory they’ll never forget.
Now it’s your turn to write your own Thanksgiving gone wrong!
Imagine this- you and your family are getting ready for the big day. The kitchen smells amazing, everyone’s busy, and then — something unexpected happens!
Maybe the turkey burns, the dog runs off with the pie, or the power goes out right before dinner.
Use your imagination to tell the story of how a funny or frustrating mistake turns into a story your family will tell for years.
Be sure to include lots of details — what you hear, smell, taste, and feel — to make your reader feel like they’re right there in the middle of your Thanksgiving adventure!
+Idea #3- An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving… Today”
‘An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving’ was set in a time that was very different than today! There were no phones, no grocery stores filled with ready-made pies, no electricity! But what if the Bassett’s story took place today?
Imagine the Bassett family living in the modern world.
How would their Thanksgiving day look now?
Would Tilly and Prue be watching cooking tutorials on YouTube?
Would the younger kids text their parents updates, or call them on FaceTime from the kitchen?
Would the famous “cooking disaster” happen when someone presses the wrong button on the Instant Pot?
Rewrite your own Thanksgiving story in a modern-day setting!
+Idea #4- The Missing Recipe!
The Bassett children try their best to make a proper Thanksgiving meal while their parents are
away — with some very interesting results!
Imagine if one very important thing went missing before they even started cooking: Mother’s special recipe!
Your challenge:
Write a story about what happens when the famous family recipe disappears on Thanksgiving morning. Maybe someone accidentally used it as kindling for the fire or the dog ate it!
What do the kids do?
+Do they try to remember the ingredients and end up making something totally new?
+Do they send someone running to a neighbor’s house for help?
+Does everyone secretly add their own ingredient and hope for the best?
Describe the chaos, the smells, the laughter, and the suspense as everyone waits to taste the mysterious dish.
Then — tell us what happens when they finally do! Was it a delicious surprise or a funny disaster?
*Fun Thanksgiving Writing Prompts with Printables
+ More Creative Writing Ideas
+ Thanksgiving Writing Prompts
*Thanksgiving Grammar Ideas-
*Thanksgiving Mad Libs
(15 different stories!) from Are We There Yet
If you like free and simple, you’ll like these ideas 🙂
One of my favorite ways to teach grammar in a unit study is to simply use the text of one or more of the books we are reading together. How?
I simply make a copy (or print out) a page or more of the book. For this unit, there are lots of Louisa May Alcott’s short stories listed in the reading that are PERFECT for this. Next, I choose whatever grammar skills we are working on and give my children their favorite colors of gel highlighters, and tell them to loose their inner grammar detectives. Maybe it’s a genetic thing, but we ALL love to highlight stuff 😀
Here are some ideas to get you started (and also that might make this more clear)–
+For the Littles (Increase the font size before you print)-
-Highlight every other row from right to left
-Highlight a certain letter throughout the page
-Find all the letters to spell your name out
-Find sight words
-Find and match a list of words you have written on a card
+For Older Students-
-Highlight a different part of speech each day (nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, etc)
-Highlight any figurative language you can find (similes, metaphors, personification, etc)
-Highlight subject/predicates with different colors
-Dictate a paragraph
-Copy a paragraph (paying close attention to things like capitalization, punctuation, etc)
-Highlight any words that you do not know…look them up and add them to a vocabulary page for this unit
->For anyone interested these are our –> FAVORITE gel pen highlighters.
They won’t bleed through the page, smear the ink, or get all over your hands. Also, if you like to make notes in your Bible, these are a game changer! SEE ?!?! I told you we (ok…ME!) were kinda obsessed with our highlighters lol.
*Thanksgiving Creative Writing and Grammar Printables
*Thanksgiving Vocabulary and other fun grammar activities

*Object Lesson: Overflowing With Gratitude

Main Idea: Gratitude fills our hearts and overflows to others.
Scriptures To Read:
+Psalm 100:4-5 —
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever.”
+1 Thessalonians 5:18 —
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
What You’ll Need:
+2 clear cups or jars (one labeled “Thankful Heart,” one labeled “Unthankful Heart”)
+A small pitcher or cup of water
+Food coloring (optional, to make the water visible)
+A tray or towel to catch spills
Let’s Talk About It!
+Ask:“What are some things you’re thankful for today?”
(Let everyone share a few ideas — from little things like a warm blanket to big things like family or God’s love.)
+Show the Two Cups.
+Hold up the cup labeled “Unthankful Heart.”
+Say: “This heart forgets all the good things God has done. It complains or compares instead of thanking God.” (Don’t pour anything into this cup — it stays empty.)
+Hold up the “Thankful Heart.”
+Say: “This heart remembers God’s goodness and gives thanks — even in hard times.”
+Pour the water.
Begin slowly pouring water into the “Thankful Heart” cup.
Each time you pour, have family members name something they’re thankful for — from God’s creation, family, friends, to things like Jesus’ forgiveness or answered prayers. Keep pouring until the cup begins to overflow a little.
Make the Connection:
+Say: “When we fill our hearts with thankfulness, it overflows! It blesses others around us.
Gratitude changes our attitude — and it reminds us that ‘the Lord is good, and His love endures forever’ (Psalm 100:5). Even when things aren’t perfect, we can still ‘give thanks in all circumstances’ (1 Thessalonians 5:18).”
+Ask:
-“How can we show our thankfulness to God this week?”
-“What are some ways our thankfulness might overflow and bless someone else?”
+End by reading Psalm 100 aloud together or singing a simple praise song like Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart or The Doxology.
*More Thanks-giving Bible Study Ideas-
* Bible Study/Film Study/Discussion
based on the film, “An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving”
* Giving Thanks Bible Study for kids
* Family Thanksgiving Devotional Ideas
* Here are my favorite Gratitude Builders for All Ages
(And some ways my family gives thanks!)
*The History of Thanksgiving (You Might Be Surprised About!)
* The Feast of Tabernacles
the very first Thanksgiving … audiobook (Librivox)
*American Thanksgiving in a nutshell (video)
*Today Is Thanksgiving
(short video especially good for your Littles)
* The History of Thanksgiving from Plimoth.org
* William Bradford’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
* Sarah Josepha Hale and an American Thanksgiving from Pilgrim Hall
* Sarah Josepha Hale, and America’s Holiday
Short video from the History Channel
* Thanksgiving Proclamations by various US Presidents
George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789
Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863
John F. Kennedy’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1961
George W. Bush’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 2001 and 2008
Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 2019
–>And if you want to add in some Thanksgiving History, you can learn more about how people celebrated “An Old Fashioned” Thanksgiving (all the way back to the Ancients!), you can check out the following post–
+History & the Holidays- Thanksgiving Throughout History .
+You could also add the History of Thanksgiving Printable Notebook for relaxed and FUN homeschooling through the holidays!
*History of Pioneer America
‘An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving’ is set in around the Pioneer era in the early to mid 1800’s (maybe around the 1820’s?).
These units are FULL of all kinds of ideas that would be a great addition to this Thanksgiving unit, including lots of hands-on projects, craft ideas, recipe ideas, YouTube videos, and LOTS MORE!
+Pioneer America- Free History Unit
+A Pioneer Christmas- Free History Unit


* Thanksgiving Themed Math Printables (from Basic to Geometry)
*Thanksgiving Logic and Math Puzzles
*Thanksgiving Dinner (online game)
* Creative Math Ideas for Thanksgiving
*Thanksgiving Math Activities (K-6)
*Turkey Touchdown (online game)
* Sweet Math an idea for the littles
* Turkey Roll and Cover (Littles)
*One of my family’s favorite non-worksheet kinds of holiday math fun-
+Thanksgiving Grocery Store Math-
Look at the coupon insert for a local grocery store. Have your child circle the foods they think you’ll need for your thanksgiving meal. Practice different math scenarios (ex. total cost, tax, if you double that list, how much change from different bills, etc…)
+Kitchen Math-
Choose your favorite Thanksgiving recipe. Use that recipe to practice fractions…figure out how many times you’ll need to make the recipe for the number of guests you will be inviting to dinner… practice measuring out those amounts of ingredients. This is a super way for kids to be able to “see” fractions in action!

*You will also find lots of other “kitchen math” in the next section!

*Thanksgiving Science (& more Math) in the Kitchen:
*An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Menu*
(Based on the meal prepared by the Bassett Children)
*Roast Turkey with Stuffing and fresh herbs
From Mrs. Hale’s New Cook Book, 1857
* Turkey Mini Unit from one of my favorites, The Homeschool Scientist
* All About the Turkey
*Puddings & Pies
*Hasty Pudding or Indian Pudding-
– Watch this short video first 🙂
– Modern Hasty (Indian) Pudding Recipe (This is SO good!)
*Plum Pudding Recipe
*Mince Meat Pie (from 1832)
*Apple Pie
A history of how Apple Pie fits into the Thanksgiving Feast !
* Pumpkin Pie, and other Thanksgiving Pie History
* ‘Thanksgiving, Lincoln, and Pumpkin Pudding’
(A bit of Thanksgiving history and a traditional recipe)
*Hot Apple Cider!
*Cider (A history and some recipes)
*How Apple Cider is made (Short video, good for younger students)
*Making Apple Cider the Old Fashioned Way (video)
*Popcorn
+ Popcorn math, science, grammar, and more !
+ How it’s made– youtube video
+ Popcorn popping in slow motion…just for fun !
*Holiday Nuts!
*Why Are Chestnuts a Holiday Food?
– Try buying a bag of whole nuts & cracking them while watching a movie one night.
– Notice the differences and similarities between the different kinds of nuts.
*Why Are Chestnuts Always Roasting ?
*”The Christmas Song” … Something to listen to while roasting the chestnuts
*Christmas Oranges
*Oranges
– Oranges were once considered a very special treat and still are a holiday tradition in many families today.
*An Orange For Frankie (Read aloud on YouTube)
*Doughnuts
– Old Fashioned Doughnuts recipe
*More Thanksgiving Recipes from the 1800’s-
* Louisa May Alcott’s Apple Buckle Recipe~
This recipe has both a literary and cultural history. Louisa May Alcott’s favorite dessert recipe includes baking powder, which wasn’t available until after 1856, when it was introduced to the area. Also of note is that she cooked it on her own free-standing stove, considered a new-fangled invention at the time.
Ingredients:
3 c peeled and sliced apples
¼ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
3 tbsp maple syrup
3 tbsp lemon juice
For the topping:
1 c flour
1½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
dash of cinnamon and nutmeg (¼ tsp total)
1 beaten egg
4 tbsp butter
Combine the apples, spices, maple syrup, and lemon juice in an 8 x 8 baking pan. Sift the dry ingredients together, and then add the egg, stirring until the mixture is crumbly. Spoon this over the apples and dot with the butter. Bake at 350º for 30–40 minutes. Serve warm.
Blueberry, Peach or Pear Buckle can be made by substituting other fruits for the apples.
Serves 6–8
*If you’re feeling frazzled and want some pretty printables to organize your Thanksgiving holiday, I made some for you (and me!).
You can find them in the Book Store, or by clicking the image below-

*Thanksgiving Art Appreciation-
*Norman Rockwell-
+ Freedom from Want (also, The Four Freedoms collection)
+ Home for Thanksgiving
+Thanksgiving Day Blues
+ Classic Covers: Thanksgiving
(Saturday Evening Post)
*Norman Rockwell Art Appreciation Lesson
* Art Appreciation Lesson- Norman Rockwell
(from Garden of Praise… scroll down to the very bottom for printable coloring pages, crossword puzzles, etc… LOVE this resource !!!)
*Other Art Ideas-
*Thanksgiving Art Appreciation Unit (Wide selection of artists)
* Draw a Hand Turkey
* Draw an easy step-by-step Turkey
*8 Thanksgiving Paintings To Enjoy (and Study!)
OR
10 Thanksgiving Themed Art Words
-> How To Study a Piece of Art
(from my favorite Kitchen Table Classroom! Includes FREE Printables!)
*Old Fashioned Thanksgiving- Decorations:
The Bassett children worked hard to make their Thanksgiving table special!
An old fashioned holiday was made by whatever families had on hand! Try some of these Old Fashioned Thanksgiving decoration ideas.
*Orange Pomanders
Or try making a different type of pomanders
*Old fashioned Hand Dipped Candles
*Make Popcorn Garlands
* Decorate with the outdoors!
Take a basket or two along on some of your daily nature walks to collect whatever catches your eye, and bring the outdoors in for the holidays!
*Pinecones
*Acorns
*Fruits
*Holiday Decorations From Nature
*Jive Turkey Centerpiece (I really love this one!)
*Origami Turkeys (would be cute place card holders!)
*Thanksgiving Spice Turkeys
(The Bassett girls weren’t quite sure about which spices to use. This activity could really be fun- maybe play a guessing game with the spices before you make your turkeys!)
*Paper Christmas Ornaments & Decorations
*Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Fun and Games:
*Nine Men’s Morris as the Basset children played in the story
(printable with instructions)
*Blind Man’s Bluff and a few other fun colonial kids games
*Why FOOTBALL On Thanksgiving?
*The Game of Graces and other Early America Children’s Games
* Old Fashioned Games to play for Thanksgiving or any day!
*20 Thanksgiving Games for the Whole Family
*Games for your holiday car trip!
Are you traveling for Thanksgiving this year? Don’t stress! A car trip can be extra time for Thanksgiving Family Fun!!
I have the PERFECT list of super easy games and fun ideas for kids of ALL AGES…and NO PREP!
And actually these are really fun car trip ideas for any time of the year!


*Old Fashioned Holiday Music-
* “Money Musk” as Eph played on his fiddle
*Over the River and Through the Woods (song history and simple activities for all ages)
–> Or try these in the ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’ Music Unit
–>More history of Over the River song
*Polly Put the Kettle On“, “Cotton Eyed Joe“ for some fiddle fun ! 🙂
* Jingle Bells – A Thanksgiving tune ???
*NOT old fashioned, but a little chat about the emergence of Jazz and Vince Guaraldi is FUN!
What are the holidays without at least a few of these tunes?

* A Child’s Thanksgiving Traditions (from Pilgrim Hall Museum)
* A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
(ok…not so “old-fashioned”, but traditional! 🙂 )
*When Did People Start Breaking The Wishbone?
*America’s Thanksgiving Traditions
*Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Traditions
(From Little House on The Prairie)
* Ideas for starting your own traditions-
+Thanksgiving Memory Books
+ Giving Thanks Thanksgiving Family Traditions
+ Fun Family Activities
(nice ideas to get outside too! from Parenting Magazine)
* A Very Homeschool Thanksgiving
(I added this just for fun. Here’s the story of one VERY memorable Thanksgiving at our house… a very Homeschool kind of Thanksgiving! We STILL re-tell this story every year at the table, and it has in itself become one of our favorite traditions)
*Extra Thanksgiving Activities Just For Fun:
*Fun Printables
from Enchanted Learning… Mini-Books, Crossword Puzzles, Coloring Pages, etc.
* Coloring Pages
from Doodle Art Alley (including a super cute turkey)
*Hidden Pictures Coloring Pages
(including Thanksgiving and Christmas)
*Pilgrim Thanksgiving Coloring Book (printable)
*Fields of Daisies Fall Coloring Pages for All Ages
*Favorite Books & Movies for An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Unit Study –
**Note: The resources below are mostly direct links to Amazon.
*Louisa May Alcott Books/Movies-

*An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (book) & DVD
*Louisa May Alcott (Childhood of Famous Americans)
*Little Women
*Little Men (This is my favorite !! Your kids will LOVE it !!)
*Jo’s Boys
*A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott)
*Aunt Jo’s Scrapbag
*Eight Cousins
*Thanksgiving Movie Suggestions-
*The Walton’s Thanksgiving
*Anne of Green Gables : Fire & Dew
*Thanksgiving Reading and Grammar-
*Thanksgiving Mad Libs
*Thank You, Sarah
*Thanksgiving on Thursday and Pilgrims (non-fiction companion- Magic Tree House)
*Thanksgiving Thief (Nancy Drew)
*What Was the First Thanksgiving ?
*Thanksgiving Books for the Littles-
*Thankful
*Over the River and Through the Wood
*Sharing the Bread: An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Story
*Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie
*The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving Blessings
*Sweet Potato Pie
*Cranberry Thanksgiving
*The Night Before Thanksgiving
*Give Thanks to the Lord
*Thanksgiving Books for the Bigs-
*Sarah Gives Thanks
*Sweet Potato Pie (not the same as the one listed above)
*Louisa May Alcott- Childhood of Famous Americans
*Louisa
*Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing
*Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving
*Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember (This book is for the entire family to enjoy!)
*Little House in the Big Woods
*Thanksgiving Art Study-
*Who Was Norman Rockwell ?
*Norman Rockwell: Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists
*The Saturday Evening Post (Spot the Differences)
*Norman Rockwell Puzzle (Great idea for a Thanksgiving Day family activity !)
*Thanksgiving Gratitude Ideas-
*Giving Thanks
(A Holiday Guest Book to fill out- I have similar notebooks from years of Thanksgivings ! This is so much prettier !)
*Gratitude Journal
*The Thanksgiving Ceremony
*Thanksgiving Science & Math Ideas-
*Cool Thanksgiving Dinner (Cookbook for Kids- Beyond the Basics)
*The Little House Cookbook
*Thanksgiving Miscellaneous-
*Little Women
*Little House on the Prairie (Season 1- Includes holiday episodes)
*A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (DVD)
*The Story of the Pilgrims (Dover Coloring Book)
















17 Comments
Bethany Nelson
This is absolutly wonderful! Thank you very much for putting it all together! Binders are a great idea. Also excited about your American Girl doll themed studies. Makes me sad they don’t make Felicity.. or the vast majority of the orginal dolls…..anymore.
willowchenoah
Hi Bethany!
Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and leave a comment! I’m so glad you found this unit and the American Girl ones too 😊. I’m right there with you- I absolutely love the Historical American Girl books and am sad the old dolls are “retired” now lol. Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving and blessed year ahead ! ❤️
Debi Lyn
I don’t see anywhere to leave a comment except in a reply sooooooooooooooooo I just want to echo all the positive remarks! This is absolutely amazing. I just shared the link on my FB wall as I know a few homeschoolers [including my daughter]. What a wonderful layout. Thank you!!! <3
willowchenoah
Ha! I’m not sure why the comment box isn’t showing up, but I’m sure glad that didn’t stop you from leaving such a nice message 😊
And I so appreciate you sharing the link with other homeschoolers!!
Wishing you a very good holiday season!
~Chenoah
Debi Lyn
YOU BET! I was searching the holiday for the purpose of my own writing. It saddens AND MADDENS me to see how Thanksgiving is being choked out of the line up by Halloween and Christmas! In MY opinion, none of the other holidays have as much value without it! SOME don’t have value anyway, but that’s not my point. 😉
I want to share something to emphasize this very important holiday! And I was very excited to see your page [including a Bible study even]. You’ve put an awful lot of work into this. I think I’ll go change my “audience” to public now! <3
willowchenoah
If you can’t tell, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I think it sets my heart in just the right place to receive Christmas fully ☺️ I have another more detailed Thanksgiving post that you may enjoy also. It’s more a history than a full unit, but there are a lot of really interesting bits in there!
The History of Thanks-giving
Jennifer Schultz
Is this thanksgiving unit not all together and downloadable with 1 button? You have to scroll thru hit all the links 1 by 1 then download your stuff? That sounds time consuming. I also didnt see a price anywhere? Confused and need help plz.
willowchenoah
Hi Jennifer~
Thank you for taking the time to write.
There is nothing to download for this free unit- it’s just an organized, all in one place list of ideas that you could use. Believe me! Finding all of those resources and putting them together was VERY time consuming 😀 The only thing I have to use along with this unit is the Printables- which are not required, just for extra fun!
Some people like the freedom of clicking and choosing which resources suit their family…no fuss, no printing, and best of all FREE!
Personally, I always chose the resources I wanted and printed out what I could- for example, I still have our favorite Thanksgiving short stories (like “An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving”) printed and kept in my 3 ring “Thanksgiving Binder”. As we came across stories, activities, coloring sheets, recipes, MadLibs, etc…that we especially liked, I added them to the binder for a quick hands-on version of this unit.
I hope this helps you out a bit!
~Chenoah
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Bianca
Thanksgiving is a really great Holiday.
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