Thankful for These Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies
If you’re looking for a super easy, super cute idea to teach phonogram th, then you should make three of these Oreo Turkey Cookies for Thanksgiving from the recipe below.
Check out the recipe below.
Phonogram TH
What better time to introduce phonogram than Thanksgiving? When introducing the ‘th’ phonogram, you may tell your children this is the only time they have permission to stick out their tongues at you.
Th makes two sounds: /th/ and /tz/. It is important that the placement of the tongue is in the right place.
th/ three (unvoiced) The tip of your tongue sticks out a little and touches the bottom of your top teeth. Push air out making a “hissing” sound.
/tz/ those (voiced) Same as above but make a sound. Touch your throat and feel the difference between the voiced and unvoiced ‘th.’
Point out th in the words you use on Thanksgiving day.
Unvoiced th words
- Thanksgiving
- thaw
- turkey thigh
- thick gravy
- three turkey cookies
Voiced th words
- Gather around the table.
- mother
- father
- Put these on the table.
- Wash those dishes with this soap.
Phonogram Hunts
Have a th phonogram hunt while your children help you prepare the meal.
Table Time Activity
Click picture do download Wordy's th coloring page.
Suggested Reading
Find the th phonogram in your Thanksgiving books.
Bake Your Way to Reading
Recipe of the Month
Thanksgiving Oreo Turkey Cookies
READY IN: 15 mins
INGREDIENTS
Oreo Double Stuff cookies
miniature peanut butter cups
malted milk balls
candy corn
4 ounces chocolate frosting
4 ounces white frosting
red food coloring
DIRECTIONS
Use one Oreo cookie as the base. Put a teaspoon of chocolate frosting on top.
Place one peanut butter cup on its side, and stick it into the frosting.
Take the second Oreo cookie, and stick some candy corn, pointy side down, into the Oreo white cream stuffing along one edge for the feathers. Fan out around the edge. You may have to stick them first into some white frosting to help hold them in place.
Place this second Oreo cookie on its edge. Add a dab of chocolate frosting, and stick it into the back of the peanut butter cup.
Place a dab of chocolate frosting on top of the peanut butter up, and place a malted milk ball on top for the head.
Mix a small amount of red food coloring into some white frosting in a separate dish.
Use a toothpick to make a red wattle and feet and white eyes. Add a dot of brown frosting for the pupils.
Pinch off the small pointy top of a candy corn, and dip it in chocolate frosting for the beak.
Gobble! Gobble!
