11/21/2025
Learn and Play Activity Thursday: Thankful Turkey 🧡🤎🦃 This week’s activity is a Thankful Turkey DIY project. This is a fun meaningful way to help children explore gratitude while practicing communication and social-emotional skills. For this activity, create a simple turkey with colorful construction paper. The feathers should be separate from the turkey, and blank with enough space to write. Encourage your child to share something they like or appreciate, this could be their favorite food, toy, person, or activity. The child can write their answer or have their parent or caregiver assist. Next add the completed feathers to the turkey. This interactive approach helps children express themselves in a low pressure supportive way. Whether they communicate using words, pictures, or gestures every child gets a chance to contribute and feel proud of their turkey. This activity can help target expressive communication, emotion recognition, and turn taking!