Looking for a super fun small groups activity on the popular picture book There was an old lady who swallowed a pie activities? This craft is a great way to work on fine motor skills with cutting and pasting things they are grateful for onto the plate! Picture books make great companions when you are targeting social skills.
The old lady swallows a pie book is a fascinating one and kids love it! Add this cute craft when you do the next read aloud.
See tons more social skills printables and ideas here!
Fun activities favorite Thanksgiving books
This picture book goes through the stages that the old lady has when she swallows Thanksgiving pie, a whole squash, and entire turkey, it includes expressive pictures that kids love.
This fun book makes a humorous contribution to holiday festivities.
Paper plate gratitude craft
Themed books are a great way to get crafting with the kids. This fun activity will surely ignite a love of reading in children as they read the rhyming sentences.
The sentences are also repeated throughout the book and they’re great for speech therapy too.
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Story time special education ideas
Why not read this story with the kids when you want to do a familiar rhyme along with story vocabulary. Students will relate to the story since it is all about Thanksgiving. Comprehension skills are so important at this age too.
You will just need a few craft supplies for this activity:
- cardboard or card stock
- craft templates (download below)
- glue
- scissors
Gratitude craft for kids
This super fun craft can be made when you discuss gratitude with the students. What is it and why they should have gratitude. Have them list some things in their life that they love, like school, family and friends.
If your students are preschoolers, then you will need to help them write the words onto the food pieces for the craft.
Gratitude for kids turkey craft freee
If they are capable of writing, they can do this craft independently and write their own words of gratitude.
Each page picture includes the template you will need to create one craft, so you will need as many for the number of students in your class.
You could also print out the name tags and write the name by hand on each one so the kids can glue them on.
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- Disguise Turkey Template Alphabet Game
- Punctuation Marks PDF Printable Worksheet Craft Turkey Trouble
- Free Printable Scissor Practice Skills Turkey Templates
There was an old lady who swallowed a pie activities
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