When choosing worksheets for children, it’s often good to choose ones that are centered around some sort of theme, because they can be both relatable and fun, and hence more engaging than a lot of the other worksheets out there.
One such theme is thanksgiving – a holiday recognized throughout North America that anyone can take part in and enjoy regardless of their religion or background.
It is a time for getting together, appreciating all that you have, and showing thanks for your circumstances and for those around you.
In this article, we’ve pulled together a list of Thanksgiving worksheets, that are all centered around the holiday, that will gently challenge children and help them build on the skills they learn as part of their education.
All the worksheets listed in the selection are completely free to download and are printable. Here goes!
This worksheet is great for preschoolers in particular because it requires very little reading. They get to color in a big, huge turkey, perhaps the most emblematic of Thanksgiving motifs.
And they do so by number – each section is given a specific number and each number is associated with a particular color, as specified above in the drawing.
The child must color the turkey according to the code, which helps reinforce their learning of both colors and numbers.
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This worksheet tests the child’s ability to recognize colors, and to follow instructions. They are presented with two grids, one with squares numbered 1 through 100, and one with 100 blank squares.
The child must color each square on the blank grid, as per the corresponding number on the numbered grid. When finished they will have a picture of a pilgrim’s hat.
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This turkey themed set of worksheets test the child’s reading and comprehension.
First they read a passage of text, complete with a handy glossary, and then there are a series of questions for them to answer on the next sheet to check their comprehension.
These questions are presented in multiple choice format. And on the final sheet, there are even some handy extension ideas, too.
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One of the key features of thanksgiving is taking the time to reflect and consider what you are grateful for in your life. And this worksheet asks that of the child.
They get to draw a picture of what they are thankful for.
And then there’s a sentence that has been started for them reading “I’m thankful for…” followed by several lines on which the child can practice their writing and specify one (or preferably more) things that they are thankful for.
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Sometimes it’s the simple things that are the most effective.
This worksheet features rows of thanksgiving related pictures, and the child is to count them all and write the number in the corresponding box on the left.
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This is a great set of thanksgiving worksheets for kids. First they get to write a cool story about a turkey in disguise and draw and color a corresponding picture.
Then the next worksheet gets them counting coins to work out how much each turkey in a list costs.
And then in the final worksheet, they have to put 20 different thanksgiving themed words into alphabetical order.
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With this fun little set of worksheets, the children get to solve a Thanksgiving Riddle puzzle.
The children have to work out the answers to 12 different sums, using a mixture of addition and subtraction.
Each answer corresponds to a particular letter, and there’s a question at the bottom of the paper and the child can reveal the answer to the question by entering the correct letter above each number, according to the sums they worked out earlier. Super fun!
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This is a great set of worksheets for kids because not only does it require them to read a lengthy set of instructions, but they also get to show how well they understand the instructions by coloring a cute picture of an emblematic thanksgiving turkey.
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Now, this worksheet pushes kids a little further in their math than merely addition and subtraction, and also requires them to sometimes know tables.
But it is much more fun than regular math worksheets. First they need to look at four sums to work out what numbers are represented by certain pictures.
Then once they have worked this out they can work out the remaining sums lower down on the page.
Then at the bottom of the worksheet, they use their answers as a code to solve the thanksgiving joke!
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This worksheet gets the kids thinking about the key features of their writing, specifically how sentences should start with a capital letter and end with a period.
The worksheet is composed of 5 different statements relating to the theme of thanksgiving.
The sentences are written incorrectly, and the child is required to write the sentences out again underneath with their corrections.
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When it comes to doing math, kids need to learn how to apply math in their day-to-day life, and this requires them being able to understand math problems described in words.
And that’s where worksheets like these come in.
There are 9 different word problems presented altogether across two worksheets, and they are all based around the theme of thanksgiving.
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This thanksgiving themed worksheet is a twist on the traditional style of word search puzzle, in that instead of having a list of words to find in the grid, the child instead has to think up all the words they can on the theme, and study the grid to see if those words are there.
If they find these words correctly spelled out in the grid, then they can use their writing skills to write these words on the lines provided.
And there’s a similar puzzle to do for Halloween, as well.
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Now, this is a thanksgiving worksheet with a difference! The first worksheet features sets of coordinates that the child is to plot out onto a graph on the second worksheet provided.
This is a great way to test children’s mathematical abilities. And as they draw lines from point to point, they should eventually create an image of a Thanksgiving turkey on the graph, if it is all done correctly.
We recommend that the children do this activity in pencil so that if they make a mistake they can simply erase it and try that section again, so they can still finish with a nice picture even if they have to make several attempts.
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Final Thoughts
So, as you can see there are a great many worksheets based around the Thanksgiving theme.
Most of them predominantly challenge the child’s ability in reading, writing and math, but there’s plenty of variation there, and there are worksheets available for a range of different abilities.
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