Posts
12:23 PM
Daily Record photograph by Sarah Nader Dressed as a Pilgrim, Kaitlyn Ethan, 6, left, and Benicio Diaz, 5, who was dressed as an Indian, admired the turkey while the two kindergartners were in line waiting to get food at a Thanksgiving feast in their class at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Bentonville. When Kaine Elam, a second-grader from Centerton, wakes up this morning, he doesn't plan on eating breakfast.
He knows that there's a big Thanksgiving feast coming, and he wants to be plenty hungry, he said last week.
"My grandma usually makes me eat my breakfast, but I'm not going to on Thanksgiving," he said. "I'm going to save my hunger for lunch."
What people look forward to - and how much they understand - regarding a given national holiday varies with each person. That's no different for children, who can have both humorous and insightful ideas about the day when we, as a nation, give thanks.
For Brayden Bice, a kindergartner who lives in Bentonville, the best part of Thanksgiving this year is all about the turkey. Sure, he's excited about the eating part, but in his own words, he's looking forward to "shooting the turkey."
Don't worry, he's not doing any out-of-season turkey hunting. He later explained that "shooting the turkey"means using the meat-seasoning injector - that to him looks like a syringe used to give shots - when he and his father fry the turkey.
First-grader Kayleigh Dru Dancer is looking forward to family time, the pint-size Rogers resident said. She's especially looking forward to seeing Uncle Matt, her mother's brother, who lives in South Dakota. The family will have turkey and mashed potatoes, she said.
Dancer and her family got to experience firsthand some of the meaning behind Thanksgiving when they cut pies for their church, which was delivering meals to people in need.
"We celebrate to be helpful," she said. "It's to give someone joy by being nice."
Second-grader Reece Anderson of Bella Vista is excited about going to his cousin's house for the holiday, where he will play video games. Anderson agreed that it's important to be thankful, even on days when we aren't "thanking the Pilgrims. "He said he's thankful for his parents the most - because they give him video games.
Shaed Cates, who lives in rural Benton County near Pea Ridge, will also visit family for Thanksgiving. The second-grader will go to his grandmother's house for the holiday. He looks forward to eating and playing outside.
"You get to get with family and see people you don't get to see very often," he said about the holiday.
Cates said it's "nice to be thankful," and he's thankful for his family, his pets, his animals - the family lives on a farm - and his home.
Sam Crain, a kindergartner who lives in Bentonville, proves that often the most serious of answers comes out of the youngest mouths. To him, Thanksgiving is "when we all gather and thank God for what he's given you. "
Crain said he has been learning in school about how the "Pilgrims and Indians celebrated Thanksgiving for several nights," and about how it is important to be thankful.
Crain is thankful for his family.
"If you didn't have family, you wouldn't have anyone to play with or to buy you video games," he said.
"But why is it important to be thankful ? "Crain was asked. By being thankful, we are acknowledging the good things in life and how they help us, he explained with some help.
"If we didn't have anything to eat, we would be hungry. If we didn't have anyone to teach us, we wouldn't be smart. If we didn't have pets, we wouldn't have fun," he said.
Gracen McRae, a thirdgrader who attends school in Bentonville, will travel to Magnolia to see family for the holiday.
"It's spending time with family and getting to see Grandpoppy," she said. "I have a cousin I haven't gotten to see in a long, long time."
McRae said spending time with family and friends at the holidays is important. It's important to be thankful for family and for the food, she said.
"It's important to be thankful for a loving family because they take care of you and feed you," she said.
Kindergartner Caroline Haynes of Rogers said she's thankful for her mom, dad and puppy - "because I love my family," she said.
Haynes' family will take a long-distance trek to Maryland to see family for the holiday. She plans to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Dallas Cowboys game.
"I'm seeing cousins I (usually ) only get to see in the summer," she said. "I'll be happy because I'll be eating ham."
First-grader Lucy Summerford of Bentonville will also travel for the holiday, but she wasn't sure about the name of the place where the family will be.
"We're going to this place we went to last year, and everyone on the side of my mom's (family ) is going to be there," she said.
Summerford is excited about the idea of being able to eat turkey and pumpkin pie, but also for being able to celebrate a day of giving thanks.
"I think it's cool you get to be thankful for all the people in the world," she said.
Because of Austin Easley, a fourth-grader who attends school in Bentonville, another family will have turkey for Thanksgiving. He won a frozen turkey at a school contest, but he told his principal to donate the bird to a needy family. After all, he said, his family will be traveling for the holiday and unable to enjoy the meal themselves.
"It's important that they have something to eat," he said. "It's important to be thankful and to share what you have."
Source: nwanews.com
He knows that there's a big Thanksgiving feast coming, and he wants to be plenty hungry, he said last week.
"My grandma usually makes me eat my breakfast, but I'm not going to on Thanksgiving," he said. "I'm going to save my hunger for lunch."
What people look forward to - and how much they understand - regarding a given national holiday varies with each person. That's no different for children, who can have both humorous and insightful ideas about the day when we, as a nation, give thanks.
For Brayden Bice, a kindergartner who lives in Bentonville, the best part of Thanksgiving this year is all about the turkey. Sure, he's excited about the eating part, but in his own words, he's looking forward to "shooting the turkey."
Don't worry, he's not doing any out-of-season turkey hunting. He later explained that "shooting the turkey"means using the meat-seasoning injector - that to him looks like a syringe used to give shots - when he and his father fry the turkey.
First-grader Kayleigh Dru Dancer is looking forward to family time, the pint-size Rogers resident said. She's especially looking forward to seeing Uncle Matt, her mother's brother, who lives in South Dakota. The family will have turkey and mashed potatoes, she said.
Dancer and her family got to experience firsthand some of the meaning behind Thanksgiving when they cut pies for their church, which was delivering meals to people in need.
"We celebrate to be helpful," she said. "It's to give someone joy by being nice."
Second-grader Reece Anderson of Bella Vista is excited about going to his cousin's house for the holiday, where he will play video games. Anderson agreed that it's important to be thankful, even on days when we aren't "thanking the Pilgrims. "He said he's thankful for his parents the most - because they give him video games.
Shaed Cates, who lives in rural Benton County near Pea Ridge, will also visit family for Thanksgiving. The second-grader will go to his grandmother's house for the holiday. He looks forward to eating and playing outside.
"You get to get with family and see people you don't get to see very often," he said about the holiday.
Cates said it's "nice to be thankful," and he's thankful for his family, his pets, his animals - the family lives on a farm - and his home.
Sam Crain, a kindergartner who lives in Bentonville, proves that often the most serious of answers comes out of the youngest mouths. To him, Thanksgiving is "when we all gather and thank God for what he's given you. "
Crain said he has been learning in school about how the "Pilgrims and Indians celebrated Thanksgiving for several nights," and about how it is important to be thankful.
Crain is thankful for his family.
"If you didn't have family, you wouldn't have anyone to play with or to buy you video games," he said.
"But why is it important to be thankful ? "Crain was asked. By being thankful, we are acknowledging the good things in life and how they help us, he explained with some help.
"If we didn't have anything to eat, we would be hungry. If we didn't have anyone to teach us, we wouldn't be smart. If we didn't have pets, we wouldn't have fun," he said.
Gracen McRae, a thirdgrader who attends school in Bentonville, will travel to Magnolia to see family for the holiday.
"It's spending time with family and getting to see Grandpoppy," she said. "I have a cousin I haven't gotten to see in a long, long time."
McRae said spending time with family and friends at the holidays is important. It's important to be thankful for family and for the food, she said.
"It's important to be thankful for a loving family because they take care of you and feed you," she said.
Kindergartner Caroline Haynes of Rogers said she's thankful for her mom, dad and puppy - "because I love my family," she said.
Haynes' family will take a long-distance trek to Maryland to see family for the holiday. She plans to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Dallas Cowboys game.
"I'm seeing cousins I (usually ) only get to see in the summer," she said. "I'll be happy because I'll be eating ham."
First-grader Lucy Summerford of Bentonville will also travel for the holiday, but she wasn't sure about the name of the place where the family will be.
"We're going to this place we went to last year, and everyone on the side of my mom's (family ) is going to be there," she said.
Summerford is excited about the idea of being able to eat turkey and pumpkin pie, but also for being able to celebrate a day of giving thanks.
"I think it's cool you get to be thankful for all the people in the world," she said.
Because of Austin Easley, a fourth-grader who attends school in Bentonville, another family will have turkey for Thanksgiving. He won a frozen turkey at a school contest, but he told his principal to donate the bird to a needy family. After all, he said, his family will be traveling for the holiday and unable to enjoy the meal themselves.
"It's important that they have something to eat," he said. "It's important to be thankful and to share what you have."
Source: nwanews.com
0 comments:
Post a Comment