Thanksgiving Worksheets for Preschool Kids
Age Group: 3–6 years No. of Pages: 11 Format: Printable PDF
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. This 11-page printable pack for children aged 3–6 combines gratitude activities with counting, mazes, word puzzles and drawing, all with a turkey, pie and autumn theme.
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About This Worksheet
Thanksgiving is a good time to help children notice what they are thankful for. Pages such as I am thankful for and the gratitude jar, where children cut and glue pictures that make them happy, give that idea a simple, hands-on form.
The pack also practises early skills: dotting the right number of circles, counting autumn items, guiding a turkey to the pie, two word searches, a crossword with words like Harvest and Gratitude, a dot to dot and finishing a half picture.
Activities in This Pack
- I am thankful for: draw or write what you are thankful for
- Colour the pie orange
- Dot the number: dot the right number of circles for each Thanksgiving item
- Thanksgiving maze: help the turkey find the pie
- Thanksgiving word search (cranberry, pumpkin, turkey, pie, family and more)
- Thanksgiving word search 2 (food, corn, fall, bird)
- Fall counting: count each item and write the number
- Thanksgiving crossword puzzle
- Happy Thanksgiving dot to dot
- Gratitude jar: cut and glue things you are thankful for
- Finish the picture: draw and colour the other half
Skills Your Child Practises
- Gratitude and talking about feelings
- Counting and number recognition
- Pencil control through mazes and dot to dot
- Word recognition
- Symmetry and drawing
- Scissor skills
How to Use This Worksheet
- Talk about what your family is thankful for before starting.
- Do the gratitude jar together and display it at mealtime.
- Use real autumn items such as leaves or corn for counting.
- Give the word search and crossword to older children.
- Spread the pages over Thanksgiving week.
What’s Next?
Next in the November calendar is Super Friday (the Friday after Thanksgiving). For more themed days, see our General Knowledge worksheets.
Where This Worksheet Fits
Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November) is one of twelve November days in the IdeazSuper themed-day collection. Use the packs in date order to plan a full month of activities:
- World Kindness Day (13 November): kindness and kind words
- World Diabetes Day (14 November): healthy food choices
- International Day for Tolerance (16 November): respect and friendship
- International Students’ Day (17 November): school and learning
- World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse (19 November): body safety and trusted adults
- International Men’s Day (19 November): dads and male helpers
- World Children’s Day (20 November): children’s rights and all about me
- World Hello Day (21 November): greetings around the world
- World Television Day (21 November): TV words, mazes and drawing
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25 November): respect and kindness
- Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November): this pack
- Super Friday (the Friday after Thanksgiving): days of the week and money
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Frequently Asked Questions
When is Thanksgiving?
In the United States, Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November.
What age is this pack for?
Children aged 3–6. Younger children can do the colouring, dotting and maze pages.
What is the gratitude jar?
Children cut out pictures of things that make them happy or thankful and glue them into a jar shape.
How many pages are there?
The pack has 11 printable pages.
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Looking for more themed days? Browse all our General Knowledge worksheets for preschool and kindergarten, with printable packs for special days across the year.