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.
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.
