Presidents’ Day
– 3rd Monday in February
(Tune: "Hail to the
Chief!")
On Presidents’ Day
we remember all the leaders (Children
stand and
In our nation’s
history. march
as you sing.)
Washington, Adams,
Jefferson and Lincoln—
We stand and
salute our Commanders-in-Chief! (Salute.)
In the great White
House
In Washington,
D.C.,
They have worked
to keep our nation strong.
From seventeen
eighty nine till today,
We celebrate all
our Commanders-in-Chief!
drjean.org/February, 2007, Monthly Activities
Letters – Have children write letters to the
President. Don’t be surprised when
you get an answer!
whitehouse.gov/kids/
– This is a great website
to learn more about past Presidents, take a tour of the White House, find
games, etc.
If I Were the
President I Would… Let
each child write a story or draw a picture about what she would do if she were
President. Put them together to
make a class book.
The Presidents
The Presidents
(Tune: “Ten Little Indians”)
History’s full of
people and times.
We can learn them
with this rhyme.
President’s of the
USA
Have made our
country great today.
Washington Adams Jefferson Madison
Monroe Adams Jackson Van Buren
Harrison Tyler Polk Taylor
Fillmore Pierce and Buchanan
Lincoln Johnson Grant Hayes
Garfield Arthur Cleveland Harrison
Cleveland McKinley Roosevelt Taft
Wilson Harding and Coolidge
Hoover Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower
Kennedy Johnson Nixon Ford
Carter Regan Bush Clinton
Bush and Obama