Let's Be Thankful (Tune of: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Let's be thankful for this day. For our friends and for our play.
Let's be thankful; let's be glad. For the food and things we have.
Let's give thanks for you and me, and our home and family.
Fingerplays:
Hello, Mr. Turkey, "How are You?" (Tune of: If you're happy and you know it)
Hello, Mr. Turkey, "How are You?"
Hello, Mr. Turkey, "How are You?"
With a gabble, gabble, gabble
and a wabble, wabble, wabble
Hello, Mr. Turkey, "How are You?"
Do the Turkey Trot (Tune of: Farmer in the Dell)
Do the turkey trot, do the turkey run
do the turkey gabble, gabble it's a lot of fun.
Now flap your turkey wings, like the turkeys do.
And run from the farmer before she catches you!
I'm a Nut
I'm an acorn, small and round
lying on the cold, cold ground
everybody steps on me
that's why I am cracked you see.
I'm a nut (knock, knock, knock, knock)
I'm a nut (knock, knock, knock, knock)
I'm a nut (knock, knock, knock, knock)
I'm a nut (knock, knock, knock, knock)
Scarves Songs:Leaves are Falling (Tune of: Are You Sleeping)Leaves are falling, leaves are fallingall around, all aroundthey are falling softly,very, very softlyto the ground, to the ground.I See YouI see you, I see you, tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-laI see you, I see you, tra-la-la-la-la-laYou love me and I love you and God loves me and God loves you!You love me and I love you and God loves me and God loves you!Colors Dancing Round the RoomJesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Ten Leppers Luke 17:11
Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!" When he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him - and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?" Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well."
Hold out 10 fingers and act out story...one finger comes back and sings "Oh, How I love Jesus"
Oh, how I love, Jesus. Oh, how I love, Jesus.
Oh, how I love, Jesus because He first loved me.
He healed my wounds, He healed my heart, He gave me new eyes to see.
He is the Savior, my rescuer. He's freed me from sin, I'm clean!
Oh, how I love, Jesus. Oh, how I love, Jesus.
Oh, how I love, Jesus because He first loved me.
Shaker Songs:
Shakers, "Where are You?"
Shakers, shakers, "Where are You?"
Here I am! Here I am! How do you do?
If You're Thankful and You Know It! (Tune of: Happy and You Know It!)
If you're thankful and you know it shake your shakers...SHAKE!
(Roll your shakers, Tap your shakers, etc.)
Bible Verse for November "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!" Psalm 118:1 (we used Steve Green's melody from "Hide 'em in your heart!"
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
His love endures forever!
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
Thank You by 33 Miles
Drum Songs:
Hallelujah
I Thank you, God, with All My Heart
I thank you, God, with all my heart, all my heart, all my heart.
I thank you, God, with all my heart, for you have been good to me, to me.
For you have been good to me.
Closing Dance:
"Turkey Pokey"
You put your right wing in, left wing, right leg, left leg, etc.
Do the turkey pokey and and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about...gabble, gabble.
Closing Song:
Thank You, for the World so Sweet
Thank you for the world so sweet. Thank you for the food we eat.
Thank you for the birds that sing. Thank you, God, for everything.