Make Turkey Tracks
In our school distr ict in West Virginia, public school students have no classes the en tire week of Thanksgiving. This is because the first day of rifle deer hu nting season is Monday of that week . This is a rural area. When I was child, we got Monday off, were supposed to go to school Tuesday and Wednesday, and got Th anksgiving Day and Black Frid ay off. Well, hu nters gonna hunt. So the distr ict allowed hunting students to take "education al leave", guarantee ing th em ex cused ab se nces for Tuesday and Wednesday. I don't know why or when the county s tarted giving students the whole week off. If you're looking for something your children can do while they're off from school before Thanksgiving, have them make place cards for the dinner table. I found this idea on line a few years ago -- probably from Family F un ma gazine. All you need is some white cardstock (colored would wo rk too), tempera or other washable p aint in a variety of colors and their ...