Presidents Day
Subject: US History, Social Studies
Description:
Ask your child to look at a penny and a quarter
through a magnifying glass. Ask whose
picture is on the penny? Ask whose picture is on the
Quarter? Teach them a chant about each of
these presidents.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the presidents that are on these coins
- Learn some facts about President s Washington and Lincoln
- Learn the names of the penny and quarter
- Learn and say the
chants about each president
Keywords:
- President Lincoln, President Washington, Emancipation Proclamation
Materials needed:
- Apenny and a quarter
- Magnifying glass
- Words to the chants
Activities: Ask your child what he knows about President Lincoln. Follow the same procedure with President Washington. Teach these concepts:
Abraham
Lincoln
- 16th President
- Born in a cabin
- Emancipation Proclamation
- No more Slavery
- Abraham Lincoln
George
Washington
- 1st President
- Born in Virginia
- Father of our Country
- Never told a lie
- George Washington
