Thanksgiving Worksheets for Preschool

Thanksgiving worksheets support preschool children as they practice early literacy, math, and fine motor skills using familiar holiday themes. Children practice skills such as counting, tracing, letter recognition, and word recognition.

These printable worksheets include activities such as counting Thanksgiving items, tracing lines and words, identifying beginning sounds, and completing simple tasks using turkeys, pumpkins, leaves, and harvest images. Each worksheet focuses on one task to keep practice clear and focused.

These worksheets are used during centers, small group instruction, or short practice sessions. Teachers and parents can use them during Thanksgiving activities to reinforce skills using familiar holiday images.

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Thanksgiving Activities for Preschool

Thanksgiving activities give children additional ways to practice early skills using drawing, simple writing, and hands-on tasks. These activities support vocabulary development, early language use, and creative thinking using harvest and family themes.

Thanksgiving Facts

These short facts can be shared during circle time or small group discussion.

  • Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in the fall.
  • Families often gather together for a meal.
  • Turkeys are a common Thanksgiving symbol.
  • People use Thanksgiving as a time to express gratitude.

These facts are simple for children to listen to, repeat, and discuss.

Thanksgiving Vocabulary Words

This word list introduces common Thanksgiving and harvest words that children can practice during themed activities. These words support early language development and can be used for speaking, labeling, and simple sentence practice.

Thanksgiving Words

turkey, pumpkin, feast, family, gratitude, harvest, corn

Harvest Words

apple, leaf, field, farm, basket, autumn

Action Words

share, gather, thank, eat, celebrate, help

Drawing & Story Prompts

Drawing and story prompts allow children to express ideas through pictures and early storytelling. These activities support language development and simple sentence use.

Drawing Prompts

  • Draw a Thanksgiving turkey
  • A family Thanksgiving meal
  • A harvest basket
  • Things you are thankful for

Story Starters

  • On Thanksgiving Day, I…
  • I helped prepare a Thanksgiving meal and…
  • One thing I am thankful for is…

Thanksgiving Crafts

Thanksgiving crafts support preschool children as they practice fine motor skills using hands-on activities with holiday and harvest themes.

Children practice cutting, gluing, coloring, and assembling simple projects while working with turkeys, leaves, pumpkins, and harvest items. These activities build hand control and coordination.

These crafts are used during art centers, small group activities, or theme-based lessons.

1. Handprint Turkey

Supplies:

  • Construction paper
  • Brown, red, orange, and yellow paint or markers
  • Glue
  • Scissors
  • Googly eyes (optional)

 Steps:

  1. Trace your child's hand on colored paper or make painted handprints.
  2. Cut out the handprint (the fingers become the turkey feathers).
  3. Cut out a brown turkey body and glue it onto the handprint.
  4. Add eyes, a beak, and a wattle.
  5. Write something you're thankful for on the feathers.

2. Thankful Tree

Supplies:

  • Brown construction paper
  • Colored paper (red, orange, yellow)
  • Glue
  • Scissors
  • Marker

 Steps:

  1. Cut out a tree trunk from brown paper and glue it to a sheet of paper.
  2. Cut out several leaf shapes from colored paper.
  3. Write one thing you are thankful for on each leaf.
  4. Glue the leaves onto the tree branches.
  5. Display your Thankful Tree for Thanksgiving!

Mini Thanksgiving Lesson Plan (3 Days)

This simple lesson plan organizes Thanksgiving activities across three days using literacy, math, language, and hands-on tasks.

Day 1 – Thanksgiving Symbols

  • Read a short book about Thanksgiving
  • Identify Thanksgiving symbols (turkey, pumpkin, corn)
  • Practice letter recognition (T for Thanksgiving)
  • Color a Thanksgiving picture

Day 2 – Counting Thanksgiving Items

  • Count turkeys, pumpkins, or leaves on worksheets
  • Match numbers to sets of objects
  • Sort items by type or size
  • Trace numbers

Day 3 – Gratitude and Celebration

  • Create a Thanksgiving craft
  • Draw a Thanksgiving scene
  • Talk about things to be thankful for
  • Complete a themed worksheet

Teachers and parents may repeat activities or add worksheets based on time and skill level.

Related Worksheets

Themed-Based Worksheets

Continue worksheet practice with activities from other preschool themes. These printable worksheets include counting, tracing, matching, and coloring tasks using familiar pictures and theme-based images.

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