10 Awesome Thanksgiving Literacy Activities for Preschoolers

Before you know it, we’ll be carving the turkey and giving thanks! But not without some fun Thanksgiving literacy activities for preschoolers!

Thanksgiving is about so much more than the turkey, and incorporating Thanksgiving into lesson plans can be difficult.

These activities are full of fun, and are a great way to teach help your kids learn! Here are 10 awesome Thanksgiving literacy activities for preschoolers.

Thanksgiving Literacy Activities for Preschoolers

10 Thanksgiving literacy activities for preschoolers

Preschoolers are always learning. We don’t always realize it, but they are constantly picking up new information.

At my house, we say, “the recorder is always on.” You know what I mean by that. You and your spouse are talking about something and you think your kids aren’t listening, and then on the way to Taekwondo three weeks late your kid repeats that thing you had been talking about.

Yeah, I know that’s happened to you, too.

The point is that preschoolers not only love to learn, but they are always learning, (even if sometimes we don’t want them to).

So, this fall, foster a preschooler’s insatiable love of learning even during the holiday season with these fun Thanksgiving literacy activities!

There are 10 activities to choose from, based on what level of learning your preschooler needs.

These also make wonderful activities for a Thanksgiving-themed literacy center in November.

10 Preschool Literacy Activities for Thanksgiving

Teach preschoolers letters with a printable Feather Letter Turkey.

Preschoolers will learn basic letters, sight words, and simple CVC words with this Talking Turkey Phonics activity!

Thanksgiving literacy activities for preschoolers - initial letter matching

Part of early literacy is reading! Make it fun with this Thanksgiving Book Reading Challenge that preschoolers (and you) will LOVE!

Reading the book Thanksgiving with Emily Ann? This fun Emily Ann Story Time activity and Printable will help bring the book to life.

Children can learn how sentences work and guided reading with this super cute Thanksgiving Turkey Interactive Activity! This activity is perfect for the classroom, but you can use it at home, too.

Help children learn to recognize their names, a simple sentence, and have Thanksgiving fun too in this adorable Thanksgiving Literacy Activity!

Thanksgiving literacy activities for preschoolers - predictable chart

Nothing is better for learning letters than tracing! This Fall Letter Tracing activity makes it fun!

Part of learning to read is learning the sounds that letters make. Turn this activity into a game with this Turkey Initial Sounds activity!

Kids can keep active and learn letter matching at the same time with this Thanksgiving-themed Alphabet Movement Activity. Print the leaves out and kids race across a room to match the leaf to the correct letter. It’s tons of fun and burns off energy, too!

Preschoolers need to learn how to recognize their name. The Turkey Feather Name Recognition activity helps them do that in a super cute way!

Thanksgiving literacy activities for preschoolers - name turkey

Looking for More Thanksgiving Activities?

For more preschool Thanksgiving fun, check out these preschool activities. They are some of my favorite preschool Thanksgiving traditions.

Faux Sand Thanksgiving Turkey Puppets

The “First Thanksgiving” Snack

Corn Kernel Counting and Fine Motor Craft

Gratitude Leaf Garland

                                

Need Some Thanksgiving Printables for Preschoolers?

Be sure to take a look at these…and grab your FREE Thanksgiving printables, too!

Catch the Turkey Number Identification Card Game

Thanksgiving Ten Frame Counting Cards

Turkey Activity Pack