Teaching Thanksgiving to Children

Since I am homeschooling, last week, this week, and next week, for Five in a Row, the girls and I have been rowing Cranberry Thanksgiving.
Last week we focused on just a few things, such as Onomatopoeia's, Similes, Coloring Thanksgiving pictures, etc. As I have been trying to explain the history aspect of Thanksgiving with the girls, it just seems to be going over their heads; just a wee bit.
For example. I tried telling the girls who the pilgrims were, and why they came to America. One night at dinner, Bean told her Daddy, that we were pilgrims too. When I asked her why, she said, "because we are good people."
I remember them asking me if Pilgrims were good or bad people, and I said, they were good people, that wanted to read the Bible and pray the way the Bible taught. But they were not allowed to read the Bible. If they did, they had to go to jail.
So, hence the question, were they good or bad people. Which then explains the misunderstanding, of Bean thinking we too were pilgrims because we were good and read the Bible. At least in her child like eyes we are good. ;) ( Technically she is right. We are pilgrims on this earth. Our true home is in Heaven; if we have have believed on Jesus as our Saviour by faith alone through grace alone. We are on a journey to Heaven, but that would way to over the top for her. :) )

I had a few Thanksgiving books besides Cranberry Thanksgiving, but they were not doing the trick. The girls think it is just a big feast, for good people! :)

So I went online, and looked in our library's system for any child's book or video that had to do with Thanksgiving. I placed what I could find on hold, and had them sent to our library. So this is what I got. There is a really great story type book of the whole Mayflower journey, a video of William Bradford cartoon style. A factual child's book on the history of Thanksgiving. Then there is a child's book, telling what life was like for a pilgrim girl using real photos.

Hopefully this will do the trick in giving them a better idea of what Thanksgiving is all about.

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