Thanksgiving in the Schoolroom

I've been looking forward to this since our school year started, friends!  I love Thanksgiving.  I love having an entire month to focus our hearts and minds on the One who opens His hand of blessing on us everyday. And although I'm ridiculously excited to teach our boys about the Puritans, the Indians, the Mayflower and everything in between, my sincere prayer for them is to have a heart of thankfulness to God and everything He offers us through His Son, Jesus.

As we learn about Thanksgiving the entire month of November, we'll be reading lots of great books, memorizing verses on giving thanks to God, reading poems, studying a famous painting about Thanksgiving and listening to an early American composer from the 16oo's.

Here are some of the books we'll be reading...SO excited!

{N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims by Robert D. San Souci}

{P is for Pilgrim by Carol Crane}

{Saying Grace - A Prayer of Thanksgiving by Virginia Kroll and Tim Ladwig}

{Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving by Eric Mextaxas}

{The First Thanksgiving by Jean Craighead George}

{The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh}

{Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness}

For our Picture Study:  "The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth" painted in 1914 by Jennie A. Brownscombe.

For our Music Study we'll be listening to and learning about Johann Frederich Peter.  Take a listen below:

http://www.folkways.si.edu/american-colonial-instrumental-music/folk-classical-historical-song/album/smithsonian

{A Psalm of Thanksgiving}

Blessings!