The Turkey Protection Program

I love to think of ways to get parents involved in their child's learning.  At home parent/child activities are a great way to do this.  For this project, parents help their child disguise the turkey to save it from being eaten on Thanksgiving day.  The kids like this activity.  I can't wait to see their final products as they return them to school.  It can show humor and definitely creativity.

Before they take the project home, I read the story Turkeys in Disguise by Scarlet Honeycutt.  There are other books out there that you can use to introduce the concept of the turkey hiding from being cooked on Thanksgiving day.  The class and I have a discussion about the book and brainstorm ways they can disguise their turkeys at home.

Here are some of the new members in the Turkey Protection Program: