George Washington
Kindergarten
50 minute lesson
¶ To learn about George Washington and President’s Day
¶ To recognize that George Washington as a leader and first president of the
¶ Smart About the Presidents by Jon Buller and Susan Schade
¶ …If You Grew Up With George <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> by Ruth Belov Gross
¶ Don’t Know Much About the Presidents by Kenneth C. Davis
¶ Quarter and dollar bill
¶ Worksheets
ª If I were president
ª Missing letters
ª Match the cherry trees
¶ Four coloring pages of George Washington and the Washington Memorial
¶ Discussion
ª Explain to the children that because George Washington was such an important person and did so many things to help our country that we want him to be remembered.
ª Ask the children if they know ways in which we honor and remember George Washington.
ª Discuss some of the ways we honor George Washington including
« Celebration of his birthday (February 22)
« Placement of his picture on our money--the quarter and the one dollar bill.
« Have pictures of the Washington Memorial
« Highlight his birthday on the class February calendar
« He is the number one president
¶ Read the George Washington fact books:
ª Smart About the Presidents by Jon Buller and Susan Schade
ª …If You Grew Up With George <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> by Ruth Belov Gross
ª Don’t Know Much About the Presidents by Kenneth C. Davis
¶ Activity 1
ª Write the missing letters worksheet
« There are four words on the worksheet
« Students have to fill in the missing letter
« At the bottom students write the sentence
© I can write the missing letters.
ª Match the cherry trees
« There are four sets of cherry trees on the sheet
« Each one has 1-4 cherries on it
« Students are to match up the cherry trees with the correct number
« At the bottom students write the sentence
© I can match the cherry trees.
ª There are four coloring pages of George Washington and the Washington Memorial
¶ Activity 2
ª Children can use colored pencils to make rubbings of the portrait of George Washington on the head of a quarter.
ª If I were president worksheet
« Draw a picture of what you would do if you were president
« Write a sentence on what you would do
© If I were president, I would…
ª Draw a picture of one thing you learned today:
« About George Washington
« Something that you have in common with George Washington
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