Teaching Kids Art Through Picture Books
Literature based art ideas for you and your family
Thanksgiving books for kids
This is a great week to pile up the Thanksgiving books, read with your kids, and discuss gratitude and the history of the holiday. (Hint: it's not about football!)
Here are some of my Favorite Thanksgiving Books to get you started. 
Here is one book that you could look at every day up to Thanksgiving break and incorporate an art study with history. You want to do that because:
a.) It's an effortless way to teach art appreciation and art history to your kids, making them more art literate and well rounded
b.) You can read one book to accomplish 4 things: teaching art, creative expression, history, and fluency/listening comprehension--all with one read aloud.
The book is N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims, with text by Robert San Souci. I love the book for pointing out the glorious colors N.C. Wyeth uses. He was a famous American painter and illustrator. Reading this book is like taking a short trip to an art museum without leaving your home!
Rather than describing this book in my own words, I fo...
