Fall and Thanksgiving Resources
We have many fall and Thanksgiving-themed resources for you to enjoy during your homeschool journey. Here’s a roundup of lessons on the site that we hope you and your family enjoy! And don’t forget our Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, Reformation Day, Veterans Day resources, and Canadian Thanksgiving resources.
- Adventures with Books: Apples and Autumn; Pumpkins and Christopher Columbus
- Daily Writing and Writing on This Day in History: Daily writing prompts
- Drawing with Realism: Drawing a Maple Leaf
- Everyday Copywork: Literature: Grades 6–9: “Autumn” (Longfellow) and Lower and Upper Elementary: “Autumn Fires” (Stevenson)
- Everyday Easels: Apple Butter Making by Grandma Moses; The Harvesters by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (10-Day Unit Studies)
- Everyday Games: Numerous fall-themed reading and math games
- Lapbooking: “To Autumn” (Middle School–High School)
- Nature/Outdoors: Various units depending on geographic location including Unit Six: Owls and Unit Eight: Acorns
- Photography Challenge: Check out Challenge #37 and Challenge #38
- Reader’s Theater: “How the Leaves Came Down” and “Autumn” (3 Readers)
- Simply Shakespeare: Fall Festival
- Studio Art for Teens: Thematic Lesson: Fall Master Art
- Writing with Janice Campbell: “The Pumpkin” (Whittier)
- If the Thanksgiving season has you thinking about making things from scratch, don’t forget that Heritage Crafts, Homesteading, and Whole Foods Cooking with Sue Gregg all have wonderful homemade crafts and foods for you to explore as a family.
- Adventures with Books: Thanksgiving (Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving)
- Age of Revolution I: Week 6: Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock
- American History for Beginners: Weeks 7-10 (includes fun, interactive components)
- American History in Picture Books: Unit Two: Colonial Times
- Daily Writing and Writing on This Day in History: daily writing prompts
- Drive Thru History: American History: Episode Two: The Pilgrims
- Everyday Copywork: Thanksgiving lessons found under Holidays in Everyday Copywork
- Everyday Games: printable turkey-themed games
- Exploring Poetry with Notebooking: “The Landing of the Pilgrims” (p. 13)
- Getting Started with American History for Kindergarten: Week Nine (pp. 63–71)
- History of Holidays in America: Thanksgiving (pp. 42–45)
- Studio Art for Teens: Thematic Lessons: Thanksgiving in Art; Turkeys and Thanksgiving from Different Perspectives
- Thanksgiving Fun and Pilgrim Puzzles: coloring sheets and crafts for the little ones, word puzzles and decoding activities for the older ones, and word searches and scrambles the whole family will enjoy
- Click here for still more resources
- Hands-On Learning Activities through Crafts: Unit Five: Tracking Our Blessings
- Holiday Unit Study: Writing Lesson: Thankful Expository Essay
- Learning About Character Traits: Week 1: Grateful (pp. 6–8)
- Music/Voice: Thanksgiving Voices
- Photography: Lesson 8 – Be Ye Thankful
- Photography Challenge: Challenge #43
- PreK Activities: Read and Play: Thankfulness Activities in the Holiday Themes section
- Thanksgiving Centerpiece Craft: A craft to practice gratefulness
- Click here for still more resources
