“Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge”

i’m always a little loathe to repeat holiday stuff at FUN CLUB…especially since schools usually do that stuff so well, and i’d rather reinforce in a different way.

so.

instead of the usual pilgrims and american indians and whatnot of thanksgiving, i opt for the following book:

this book is about a little boy with four names who isn’t very big…he lives next to an old folks’ home (good way to introduce a place that can sometimes be scary or confusing for little ones at the holidays) and is friends with a lady who also has four names…but sadly, she has lost her memories. so our hero sets out to discover what memories are…and to help his friend.

i love thinking of thanksgiving as a day for remembering all we are grateful for…and for creating new memories with our friends and family. our “turkey tree” project had children decorating a paper cut-out of their hand like a turkey, and then listing something they were thankful for. children also made “turkey tamborines” to take home–they could call everyone to the table with their crazy rattling turkey!