Things to Do: November

November is a time for family, stories, crafts, thankfulness, and Thanksgiving celebrations! Here are dozens of things to do this holiday season:

  1. Enjoy a great read about Abraham Lincoln {review & go-along activities}.
  2. Try these 8 ideas for enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday.
  3. You might also enjoy these 25 DIY Thanksgiving treats!
  4. Write a persuasive essay — perhaps on the benefits of being thankful!
  5. Prepare for winter by making a bird feeder.
  6. Get outside with these six ways to encourage active recreation.
  7. Share a laugh!
  8. March along with John Philip Sousa (November 7).
  9. Older students can learn the background behind the hydrogen bomb (November 1).
  10. Download these 7 free Thanksgiving stories.
  11. Make a never-fail pie crust!
  12. Create things with Robert Fulton (November 14).
  13. Start mentoring your budding writer: copy!
  14. Learn the art of napkin folding in time for the holidays.
  15. And thinking holidays, here are 6 time-saving ideas that you may find helpful during the holidays — and year round!
  16. Read the Boxcar Children series (or the free version) aloud.
  17. Explore Pike’s Peak (November 15).
  18. Enjoy one of these 6 Thanksgiving read-alouds.
  19. Make thankful pumpkins!
  20. Put an eye on the sky with Hubble and telescopes (November 20).
  21. Read one of our favorite Thanksgiving books.
  22. Take a virtual educational field trip with one of these 10 options.
  23. Create an alliterating pyramid poem about things you are thankful for.
  24. Learn what gerrymander means and more about the man for whom the word is named (November 23).
  25. Try a Thanksgiving poetry study.
  26. Learn about oceans.
  27. Consider these tips for choosing and supplementing your math program.
  28. Celebrate Thanksgiving (November 23).
  29. Make pumpkin pie … in a cup!
  30. Ramp things up: get more out of your homeschool experience!
  31. Take notes!
  32. Enjoy one of these free eBooks (and activities):
  33. Study owls … with Tennyson.
  34. Get ready for snow with Emerson.
  35. Take advantage of one of these great finds:

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