Presidents

We had an awesome week learning all about some of our past presidents and what a president does.  We started the week learning about our 1st president, George Washington.  We learned that he was a soldier, and was nicknamed the father of our country.  The kids then made a hat that George Washington would have wore in battle.

We also talked about the fact that since the United States was a new country they had to make a flag.  We looked at pictures of how the American Flag changed over time and discussed how the flag has 13 stripes for the original 13 colonies and 50 stars for the 50 states, and we learned the Pledge of Allegiance.

On Tuesday we learned about another famous president, Abraham Lincoln.  We learned that he was president during the Civil War and he fought for equality for all people.  We also learned that he lived in a log cabin and wore a big tall black hat that he kept his speeches in.  The kids then got to make their very own log cabins and Abraham Lincoln masks.

 

On Wednesday we discussed what a president does and the kids wrote what they would do if they were president, designed their very own dollars,

and made campaign posters to get kids to vote for them for president.  They even got to hang them around the room!  They loved decorating them and it was a great way to have them practice writing their full name!

We are continuing to work on whole group seat work to get the kiddos ready for Kindergarten.  This week the kids followed step-by-step directions to draw Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.  The kids did an awesome job with this, and their drawings all turned out so unique!  I just loved them!

They are getting so big and so smart!  Mrs. Jen is so proud of them!