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PRESIDENTS’ DAY PICTURES
- Art
Invite your child to honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln by doing the activities below.
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Washington Cherry Picture: Use a crayon to draw a branch on white or light blue paper. Let your child use a hole puncher to punch circles out of red paper. Then have him brush glue over the crayon branch and sprinkle the circle “cherries” on top of the glue. |
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Lincoln Log-Cabin Picture: On a piece of white or light blue paper, draw a simple house shape, using a brown crayon. Give your child strips of brown paper cut to fit inside the house shape. Then help him glue the strips onto the house shape for logs. |
PRESIDENTS’ DAY COIN ART
- Art
Using double-stick tape, attach new Lincoln pennies and Washington quarters, face up, to a tabletop. Then try the activities below.
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Cover the coins with a sheet of thin white paper. Have your child color over the coins with the side of a crayon to create rubbings of Lincoln and Washington. |
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Place a thin piece of white paper on top of the coins and color over them with a white crayon, pressing down hard. Let your child brush slightly thinned poster paint over the paper to make the president faces appear “like magic.” |
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PRESIDENTS’ DAY COUNTING CARDS
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Number Recognition/Counting
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Number five index cards from 1 to 5. Read the numeral on each card and trace around a penny on the card to make that many circles. Set out 15 pennies. As you sit with your child, ask her to name the numerals on the cards and count as she places matching numbers of Lincoln pennies on top of the circles. |
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Follow the same directions to make Washington quarter counting cards.
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PRESIDENTS’ DAY MONEY SORT -
Sorting
Select several each of one dollar and five dollar bills. Point out the picture of George Washington on the one dollar bills and Abraham Lincoln on the five dollar bills. Mix up the bills and place them in a box. Then ask your child to remove the bills and sort them into piles of Washington ones and Lincoln fives. |
PRESIDENTS’ DAY TREASURE HUNT - Movement
Put a few Lincoln pennies and Washington quarters into a small bag and hide the bag in a room where your child can easily reach it. Attach one end of an extra-long piece of yarn to the bag and carry the other end into an adjoining room, letting the yarn fall behind chairs, on top of floor pillows, under tables, and so forth. Then give your child the loose yarn end and invite him to follow the yarn to find the treasure. |
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PRESIDENTS’ DAY COIN CLEANING
- Science
Provide several dull Lincoln pennies and Washington quarters for your child to make shine like new. When she has finished, give her a small coin purse for holding her coins, if you wish.
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Penny Polish: Squirt some lemon juice into a small glass bowl and mix in a drop or two of water. Add pennies. Wait about 5 minutes, remove the pennies and rinse them, then polish them dry with cotton balls. |
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Quarter Shine: Make a paste of baking soda and water. Rub the coins with the paste, using cotton balls. Rinse, then use cotton balls to dry and polish the coins. |
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IT’S PRESIDENTS’ DAY TODAY
- Music
Tune: “The Bear Went Over the Mountain”
Let’s sing a song for Abe Lincoln,
Let’s sing a song for Abe Lincoln.
Let’s sing a song for Abe Lincoln—
It’s Presidents’ Day today.
It’s Presidents’ Day today,
It’s Presidents’ Day today.
Let’s sing a song for Abe Lincoln,
Let’s sing a song for Abe Lincoln.
Let’s sing a song for Abe Lincoln—
It’s President’s Day today.
Heather McPhail
Continue with a second verse: “Let’s sing a song for George Washington.” Follow up by singing about other presidents, if you like.
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PRESIDENTS’ DAY SNACKS
- Food Preparation
Try one of the ideas below for snacktime.
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Serve stick pretzels for Abraham Lincoln logs and offer cherry yogurt to honor George Washington. |
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Together, make a birthday cake for Abe and George. Decorate it with white frosting and red and blue sprinkles. Add a few candles and sing “Happy Birthday” to George and Abraham. |
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PRESIDENT'S DAY 
