Thanksgiving Day Activities has lots of printouts and ideas for last minute ideas. You can adapt the lessons to the Montessori approach.
Thanksgiving Pineapple Turkey Centerpiece
I like to make a simple Thanksgiving turkey centerpiece using a whole fresh pineapple. Use the leaves of the pineapple for the tail, the fruit as the body and attach a turkey head. You can make the head with paper, felt or use a summer squash.
Here is a turkey centerpiece that looks much better than mine!
This one has a nice pattern and more creative turkey pineapple centerpiece ideas.
This is a fun project to do with your children.
Fall Autumn Leaves
Why do leaves change colors in the fall? Find out at montessorimom.com Check out the free printouts too!
Color Lessons and Games
Montessori used color recognition to help prepare children for later learning. Knowing colors helps categorize information which prepares your child’s thinking process for reading and mathematics. The difference between colors helps children discern how objects are alike, similar or different. These concepts are used for learning reading and math.
Check out more free activities.
Pumpkin Time
I love pumpkins and the cool days of autumn.
Check out some ideas for pumpkin time fun!
Free Halloween Patterns
This has some nice pumpkin patterns.
Homemade Halloween Costumes
Hurricanes
A hurricane is a strong and intense tropical cyclone. Some people call them typhoons (eastern Pacific ocean), cyclones (Indian Ocean) or willy-willies (Australia).
Check out more and the free life cycle cards of a hurricane at montessorimom.com
Plankton Soup
Plankton is the most important part of the food web in the marine Polar ice biome. All life depends on the abundance of this floating biomass in the ocean.
Check out the Zooplankton newsletter and free reading cards at montessorimom.com
Plankton to the Rescue
Phytoplankton, or micro algae, usually blooms only once a year in the Arctic. Now it is blooming in the fall too. Phytoplankton is plant based and uses carbon dioxide in its photosynthesis. The Antarctic South Sea is also absorbing more carbon dioxide than previously thought. According to NASA, carbon dioxide is a moving, long term force in climate change. This new information about the Polar regions absorbing more carbon dioxide brings a new element in the challenges of climate change.
Read more at Live Science