Presidents

P is for president!  This week we talked about presidents.  We discussed what a president does,  we learned that  President Obama is our president now, how we vote for the person we think would do the best job, and we even talked about some of our more famous presidents!

The kids practiced writing the letter Pp 3x on their president sheet, and then they did coin rubbings to discover pictures of presidents!
It was MAGIC!!!

We also talked about how Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin.  The kids LOVED making a log cabin of their very own!

We had many different centers set up around the room to build up their fine motor strength.  The kids loved hammering golf tees into Styrofoam!

Making shapes out of play dough and craft sticks!

And making bracelets from pipe-cleaners and straw bits!

But my favorite activity of the week was sitting down and talking to the kids about what they would do if they were president.  Here are a list of some of the great things they would do:

buy a car
ride in a plane
sell things to grandma and grandpa
have a party
live in a big house
do art

The possibilities were endless!!!  Here they are working hard on their president sheets.  They did an awesome job drawing their face ( I kept them for their portfolio, it was definitely a keeper)!

Have a wonderful Presidents Day with your future presidents!