Thanksgiving multi-sensory bingo
Complex needs students have opportunity to review Thanksgiving items through a multi-sensory bingo game with a switch activated spinner.
Parent resource article
Ways to Meaningfully Include Your Child with a Visual Impairment in Thanksgiving Day Preparation
Make this Thanksgiving more memorable by using this time to create meaningful involvement with your child.
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
- 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
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