Thankful Turkey

Choose 8 to 10 songs that the children love to sing including some "thankful" songs.

Using the Turkey from the November 22, 2014 blog post:

• cut 1 large circle and one small circle
• draw the face as shown 
• Cut out 10 to 20 (or more) feathers from colored paper
• Tape the turkey on the board with no feathers
• Give each teacher 3 or 4 (or more) feathers and ask them to help the children write something they are thankful for on each feather.
• choose one class (I look for reverent classes) and ask 3 or four children from that class to bring up the feathers and read what was on each feather
• tape them around the big circle (the body of the turkey)
• Sing one or two of your chosen songs
• Choose another class and repeat the process, singing a song after the feathers are place on the turkey

Instead of cutting out the turkey, you could draw it on the board and tape the feathers around it's body.

This activity can be long or short to meet your music time.