Montessori-Inspired Thanksgiving Math Activities and Free Thanksgiving Printables

It’ll be Thanksgiving soon! I’ve used free printables to create Montessori-inspired Thanksgiving math activities … lots of hands-on holiday math fun!

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Free Printables Used to Create Montessori-Inspired Thanksgiving Math Activities at PreK +  Sharing

Top the Pie Activity

This activity uses the Thanksgiving Printables ~ Kindergarten from Homeschool Creations. There are pictures of whipped cream that you can use along with the suggestion to use cotton balls for the whipped cream. Since I like to use 3-dimensional objects whenever possible, I used cotton balls for the whipped cream. The tray is an inexpensive wooden tray from the hobby store.

Thanksgiving Count and Clip Cards

This activity uses the Thanksgiving Printables ~ Kindergarten from Homeschool Creations. This tray was very simple to prepare. I used a medium-size tray from Montessori Services, which is very handy and more difficult to find locally than larger trays. I just printed out the cards, laminated them, and cut them out. If your activity will have heavy use, be sure to cut out your cards before laminating and leave a laminate edge. I found these cute autumn leaf clothespins on sale at Michaels hobby store.

To follow Montessori principles perfectly, it would be best for the clothespins to be all one color so that only the number of objects changes (Montessori principle of isolation  of quality). But the clothespins were just too cute in the three colors, so I used them as is. If you have a child who would be confused by that, you can always use plain clothespins or even leaf clothespins all in one color. I use a ¼” round color coding label in the color of the tray on the back of each card to correlate with the correct position of the clothespin. This serves as a control of error (instant self-correction devise).

Thanksgiving Say and Clap Activity

This activity is both a math and language activity and uses the Thanksgiving Printables ~ Kindergarten from Homeschool Creations. I would typically introduce an activity like this at circle time so that the children can begin to understand the concept of clapping and counting the syllables in words.

Thanksgiving Greater Than, Less Than Activity

The Thanksgiving greater than, less than activity uses one of the printables from 3 Dinosaur’s Thanksgiving Pack. This greater than and less than activity actually involved food, so I couldn’t resist the idea of using the greater than alligator and less than alligator from my Greater Than Less Than Alligator Math at PreK + K Sharing. You’ll find directions for making the alligator manipulatives in that post. Update: You can see all my greater than, less than alligator math printables and activities in this post: Fabulous, Hand-on, Greater Than, Less Than Alligator Math.

Thanksgiving Fraction Activity

This fraction activity uses the Thanksgiving Printables ~ Kindergarten from Homeschool Creations. I just printed out, laminated, and cut out the materials and added them to a medium tray from Montessori Services.

Pilgrim Hat Hundred Chart Art

I love hundred chart art as an extension for the Montessori hundred board. I added a sugar tong for a practical life activity as well along with brown and black glass gems.

More Free Thanksgiving Printables

• Free Gratitude Printables and Montessori-Inspired Gratitude Activities (my post)
• Free Gratitude Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download) – my post
• 30+ Free Thanksgiving Gratitude Printables for Kids (my post at Bits of Positivity)
• 20+ Free Year-Round Gratitude Printables for Kids (my post at Bits of Positivity)
• Thanksgiving Printables ~ Preschool from Homeschool Creations
• Read! Build! Write! Thanksgiving Vocabulary Cards from Homeschool Creations
• Turkeys from A Teaching Mommy
• Thanksgiving from A Teaching Mommy
• Thanksgiving Pack Extras: Dot Markers from 3 Dinosaurs
• Dishes Pack from 3 Dinosaurs (more about this for Thanksgiving on Monday at Living Montessori Now!)
• Thanksgiving Kindergarten and 1st Math Pack from Royal Baloo
• Thanksgiving Preschool Printables from Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Thanksgiving Preschool Pack from 1+1+1=1
• Thanksgiving Tot Pack from Lawteedah
• T is for Thanksgiving from Oopsey Daisy
• My ABCs of Thanksgiving from This Reading Mama
• Thanksgiving Printables from 3 Boys and a Dog
• Free Thanksgiving PreK Pack from This Reading Mama
• Thanksgiving Tot School/PreK Pack at From ABC’s to ACT’s
• Thanksgiving Printables from Homeschool Share
• Turkey Freebie from Pre-K is Special
• Turkey and Thanksgiving from Make Learning Fun
• Turkey Fractions from Classroom Game Nook
• Thanksgiving How to Writing Pack from Learning Is Something to Treasure
• Odd and Even Numbers Turkey Coloring Freebie from Learning Ideas – Grades K-8
• Fall and Thanksgiving Printables by Carolyn from Wise Owl Factory at PreK + K Sharing
  
• Thanksgiving Printables at Teachers Pay Teachers

More Montessori-Inspired Thanksgiving Activities

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