Students will explore Thanksgiving parade traditions through a play-based snapshot walk, notice how colors, shapes, symbols, and size communicate meaning, and test a tiny parade prop idea with adult support to prepare for later audience-centered design work.

Students will gather audience ideas from families and older student buddies, sort what parade viewers need to see and understand, and turn those findings into a simple How Might We design brief for a Thanksgiving parade piece.

Students will present their Thanksgiving parade pieces to families and school peers, explain one revision they made after feedback, and participate in a brief reflection that connects design choices, parade traditions, gratitude, and audience understanding.