Hi. At the synagogue preschool where I am librarian, we have a pretty traditional Thanksgiving curriculum, with a strong emphasis on turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indians. I'd like to see what alternative suggestions I can come up with to get us refocused more on the meaning of the holiday and less on the untrue history of the First Thanksgiving (and I'm not proposing we teach preschoolers the true history of how the settlers and Indians got along either too dark). Seems to me the best way is to avoid dealing with the history until they're older, and for now just to teach about thankfulness, harvest, and so on. If anyone can point me towards any specific online lesson plans (or share your own), unbiased Thanksgiving picture books, etc., I would be ahem thankful. Also, if you are on any early childhood education listservs and you don't mind posing the question there and forwarding any answers to me, I'd be doubly thankful!
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