I follow a blog by Julie Lee, another kindergarten teacher, and years ago she had written about her “Pilgrim Life” centers. I loved the idea so much, I decided to copy it and apply my own thoughts and creativity! Using the book, The Littlest Pilgrim by Brandi Dougherty, I created a few different centers for the children to pretend.
Here’s some examples of the centers:
The first center was to practice “cooking” during Pilgrim times. I made a turkey out of a styrofoam dome and feathers. The children then “plucked the turkey” and to add some academic skills, they sorted the feathers by color.
The second center was “sewing.” The children were given lacing cards and practiced how to sew as the Pilgrims did!
The fourth center was a “fishing” center. The children went fishing and when they caught a fish it had a number on it. The children then had to match it to the card with that many tens and ones.
The fifth center was “stacking wood.” The children stacked cardboard blocks in neat “woodpiles” and then counted how many blocks they used.
The sixth center was “stuffing the mattress.” The children estimated how many plastic bags it would take to fill up their “mattress” which was actually a pillow case.
The seventh center was “picking the berries.” On a big piece of felt, I attached pom-poms with velcro and stuck them on as if they were berries in a bush. Once the children picked all the berries off the bush, they graphed them to see which “berry” had the most and which had the least.
Each time the children finished a center they wrote a page in their pilgrim booklet which downloadable from Julie Lee. www.mrsleeskinderkids.blogspot.com
Feel free to Download my free “Pilgrim Life” centers pack. Just click on the picture!
Here are some other pictures of the fun we had for Thanksgiving!
We made a Wetu!! Made out of flexible PVC pipe, paper bags, and LOTS of tape! :)
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Now on to Christmas...
