Last week I shared with you a set of Thanksgiving coloring pages and algorithm activities. Due to the number of steps in the algorithms, older children will probably enjoy them more than younger children. Younger children will enjoy this turkey coloring pages and algorithm set. The first turkey coloring page walks children through how to make a simple turkey. The second coloring page invites children to illustrate a scene from the book A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting. If you are participating in the Hour of Code, these coloring pages will introduce your children to coding.
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If your children haven’t heard or read the book A Turkey for Thanksgiving, you will want to share it with them. It brings new meaning to having a turkey for Thanksgiving. Your children will love how the dinner turns out. I love to read a book to my children based on an activity we are going to do.
Before Starting the Algorithm Activity
You will need to print out one or both of the turkey coloring pages from the Turkey Coloring Pages and Algorithm Activities. They will download as a PDF. You can open it up with Acrobat Reader.
If you are having your children work on A Turkey for Thanksgiving coloring page, you will want to read them the book. You will also want to have them brainstorm what kinds of messages they want to display on their signs.
If your children are working on drawing a turkey algorithm, you may need to share with them what a wattle is. They may not be familiar with that term.
Starting the Turkey Coloring Pages
You will need to share with your children that an algorithm is the series of steps a computer works through to complete a task. They will be working through an algorithm displayed on Blockly blocks. (Blockly blocks are a coding tool created by Google. Blockly blocks are used by a number of Hour of Code sites including Code.org.) It will be great for them to know they are used on computers and not just displayed on these coloring pages.
Then you can walk your children through what they need to do on blocks one block at a time.
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