Thanksgiving

If You’re Thankful and You Know It
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

If you’re thankful and you know it,
Clap your hands.

If you’re thankful and you know it,
Stomp your feet.

If you’re thankful and you know it,
Shout “I am!”

If you’re thankful and you know it,
Do all three. (clap your hands, stomp your feet, shout “I am!”)

FLANNEL RHYME: Old Tom Turkey
Pattern for this flannel board can be found in Judy Sierra’s Flannel Board Storytelling Book. All you need is a turkey, a duck, and a hill.  Before starting this rhyme have children practice tilting heads from side to side whenever you say “gobble, gobble, gobble” and flapping their arms with “quack, quack, quack.”

Old Tom Turkey lived on a hill.
Gobble, gobble, gobble (tilt head from side to side)
If he’s not gone, he lives there still,
Gobble, gobble, gobble.
A duck came by and said hello,
Quack, quack, quack (flap arms)
Gobble, gobble, gobble. (tilt head)
Goodbye now friend, it’s time to go.
Quack, quack, quack (flap arms)
Gobble, gobble, gobble. (tilt head)