Playing Thanksgiving games is a fun way to celebrate Thanksgiving in the classroom. Here are 13 free Thanksgiving games, worksheets for kids and crafts. Most are designed for kindergarten through second grade.
I think you’ll love them!
Thanksgiving Crafts and More in the Classroom
1. Turkey Feather Headbands – This Thanksgiving craft is the most adorable turkey headband and super easy to make. Get the tutorial on how to use construction paper to get it done.
2. Sight Word Color Book – Using a sentence pattern, this sight word book features a different color turkey on every page.
3. Turkeys in Disguise – This is by far the most inventive craftivity for this time of year. Have students disguise their turkey template to help save him from being dinner on Thanksgiving day! (Alternative templates and family letter)
Thanksgiving Games
4. Gobble Ten Frame Math Game – A workmat and ten frame cards make this matching game great for reinforcing numbers to ten.
5. Adding On 2 Turkey Bump Game – Practice this cool math game by playing bump! Students roll a die and add two!
6. Thanksgiving Subtraction Doubles Center Game – This matching or memory game will have students seeing their subtraction doubles equations as they play.
7. Thanksgiving Math Pack – This entire pack is filled with math activities like graphing, sudoku, fractions, measurement and skip counting.
8. Gobble Gobble Blank Gameboard – You decide which skills to practice with this blank Thanksgiving game board. Use it for anything!
Thanksgiving Worksheets for Kids
9. Thanksgiving Word Problems – Focus on addition and subtraction with these word problems. Great for first grade and second grade.
10. November ABC Order Worksheet – Put the November words like pilgrims, cranberries, feast in alphabetical order.
11. I Am Thankful For Writing Template – Get students drawing and writing with this one page template with the prompt of writing what they are thankful for.
12. Gobble Gobble Making 10 Number Bonds – Making 10 is a kindergarten and first grade skill. This number bonds are featured in a worksheet card format with an additional recording sheet.
13. Thanksgiving Word Cards with Task Cards – This is a great set of worksheets for kids. You’ll find Thanksgiving task cards, November vocabulary cards and writing recording pages that all go together.
Thanks talented teachers – your Thanksgiving ideas are great! Feel free to grab the “I’m a Featured Teach Junkie” blog button as your creations are definitely worth the shout out. {{high fives}}
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Leslie {aka the original Teach Junkie} loves learning new things to make teaching easier and more effective. She enjoys featuring creative classroom fun when she's not designing teacher shirts, making kindergarten lesson plans or planning her family's next trip to Disney World.