Corn Activities
Cornbread
Practice those ECC skills (expanded core curriculum) by making cornbread. Get everyone involved by connecting switches to mixers if you have students with complex needs, ask your OT to join in. An adaptable and “kid friendly” recipe.
LEGO stamping corn craft
These LEGO Stamped Indian Corn at Crafty Morning have such a cool texture and design.
Cheerio Corn on the Cob from Glued to My Crafts, is great for very young kids and is one of the healthier options in the crafting-with-edible-materials category. Suggested by Caroline Siegrist.
The Thanksgiving Tree
The Hugging Tree book inspired this teacher to make a variety of tree themed activities during this Thanksgiving season.
Thankful Turkey Jar
Thanksgiving craft activity for kids who are blind, deafblind, low vision or with other special needs focusing on what they are thankful for.
Tactile Turkeys
Designed to give students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities, practice with fine motor skills and tactile discrimination.
Tree of Thanks
This Thanksgiving craft gives students with visual impairments and other special needs the chance to write about what they are thankful for.
What Are You Thankful For?
An activity that allows students to use real objects and tactile symbols to help students illustrate what they are thankful for.
Thanksgiving Cards with Braille Message & Craft
A fun craft for students who are blind, visually impaired, or deafblind that can be shared with families.
Color and Label the Turkey Graphic
Use these turkey activities from Perkins School for the Blind to introduce basic concepts to young students who are visually impaired through coloring activities.
Braille Designs: Thanksgiving!
Create braille designs of a pie and turkey for Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving books and poem
- Clifford’s Thanksgiving Visit. Available on The Braille Bookstore website.
- Squanto and the First Thanksgiving. Available on the Seedlings website.
- Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday. Available on the Seedlings website.
- Many Thanksgiving books available in print on Amazon
Thanksgiving day poem to practice braille skills
Over the river, and through the wood,
To grandfather’s house we go;
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh
Through the white and drifted snow.
Over the river, and through the wood—
Oh, how the wind does blow!
It stings the toes
And bites the nose
As over the ground we go.
Over the river, and through the wood,
To have a first-rate play.
Hear the bells ring
“Ting-a-ling-ding”,
Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!
Over the river, and through the wood
Trot fast, my dapple-gray!
Spring over the ground,
Like a hunting-hound!
For this is Thanksgiving Day.
Over the river, and through the wood,
And straight through the barn-yard gate.
We seem to go
Extremely slow,—
It is so hard to wait!
Over the river and through the wood—
Now grandmother’s cap I spy!
Hurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin-pie!
This poem is in the public domain.
Read Alouds
Parent Resource Article
Making Holiday Traditions Through Teaching is found at APH (American Printing House for the Blind) and is a short article worth reading.
