HONEST ABE'S BIRTHDAY

February 12 is Abraham Lincoln's birthday.  You might want to integrate one or two of these ideas in your lesson plans next week.


Abraham Lincoln 

(Tune:  “Pop Goes the Weasel”)

Abraham Lincoln, past President,         (Point to a picture of Lincoln.)

Loved and honored by many.

To help us remember this famous man,

We put his face on a penny.

Hold a penny in your hand                           (Hold up a penny.)

And his face you’ll see.

He always tried to tell the truth.

He’s Honest Abe to me.

You can download this book on my February, 2007, website.

Hint!  Why do people call Abraham Lincoln "Honest Abe"?

Log Cabin Snack – Give children pretzel twist sticks and a spoonful of peanut butter or cream cheese.  Children try to build a log cabin by stacking the pretzels with the peanut butter.

Penny Inspection – Let children look at pennies with a magnifying glass.

Rubbings – Make rubbings of pennies.

Penny, Penny – Three children leave the classroom.  The other children cup their hands as if holding a penny.  The teacher hides the penny in one child’s hand.  When the three children return to the room, they walk around the room and open their friends’ hands.  The first one to find the penny gets to choose 3 new friends to leave the room and she gets to hide the penny.

Time Line – Give children a sentence strip.  At the left write the year they were born.  Write each additional year up until the present.  Children take the time line home and try to find a penny with each year’s date.

Hint!  Explain that’s it’s O.K. if they don’t find all of them.