Turkey Real Photo Movement Book & Cards | Brain Breaks Gross Motor | SPED OT

Gobble up some movement fun! This Turkey Movement Book (and Cards!) — "Can You Walk Like a Turkey?" — gets students moving like turkeys with the help of real photos of turkeys doing each action. Built to strengthen gross motor, imitation, and following-directions skills, it's the perfect movement break, brain break, or circle-time activity. The teacher reads and models while students copy the turkey's moves — or students use the movement cards to act them out!

📦 What's Included

• The "Can You Walk Like a Turkey?" movement book — with real photos of turkeys doing each action
• A set of turkey movement cards (also with real photos) — great visual support for prompting
• Print, laminate, and bind/cut for repeated use

📖 Sample Text

"Can you sit like a turkey?

Can you stretch way up high?

Can you peck like a turkey?

Can you spread your wings and fly?

Can you flap like a turkey?

Can you spread your feathers wide?

Can you lean like a turkey?

Can you duck your head and hide..."

📚 How to Use

• The teacher reads the book and models the movements while students copy the turkey
• Use the movement cards as a visual support, or to let students choose and perform each movement
• Use as a brain break or movement break before/after transitions, or any time there's a quick five minutes
• Great for circle time, whole group, small group, 1:1, or therapy sessions

🎯 Skills Targeted

• Gross motor development and movement
• Motor imitation
• Motor planning
• Following directions
• Self-regulation (movement and brain breaks)
• Turkey and Thanksgiving vocabulary
• Listening and attending

💛 Perfect For

• Special education and autism support classrooms
• Occupational therapy, physical therapy, and adaptive PE
• ABA programs (imitation skills)
• Speech-language therapy (following directions, vocabulary)
• Preschool, PreK, and early elementary
• Movement breaks, brain breaks, and circle time
• Thanksgiving and fall units, early childhood, ECSE, and homeschool

🌟 Why Teachers Love This Resource

• A book PLUS movement cards — flexible, two ways to use it
• Real photos of turkeys make the movements clear and engaging
• Builds gross motor, imitation, and following directions
• A ready-to-go movement break and circle-time activity for November
• Keeps students engaged and gets the wiggles out
• Reusable year after year once laminated

🦃 More hands-on Thanksgiving, turkey, and fall activities:

• Hands-On Thanksgiving Activities
• Hands-On Turkey Activities
• Hands-On Fall Activities