Happy Presidents Day
Watching the nightly news can be confusing, boring, and sometimes even scary for our kids. Presidents day is a great day to talk about some of our amazing US Leaders of the past and begin to help our kids develop a curiosity for history and politics.
My daughter has taken an interest in learning about the first ladies and the impact they have had on american politics. One of her most recent interests was reading about Abigail Adams. She loved reading some of the letters that Abigail wrote with her husband John Adams and finding out about the kind of influence Abigail's words had on shaping the future of the country.
Here are a couple of pictures for Presidents Day that my kids have enjoyed coloring in - while they color we talk about the picture and how it relates to our life today (in a totally age appropriate way). If the picture reminds them of a frog then we talk about frogs but at least there will be that connection and perhaps someday it will even click.
It was fun for my kids to color in these pictures because they weren't like regular coloring book pictures. There is a link at the bottom of this post to more line drawings for coloring on Presidents day.
Comments from a mom with teens:
Make sure every teachable moment is a fun one. Sometime as moms we set out a project and have a picture in our minds of how our little cherubs are going to soak up the wise information we are bestowing on them. This information will surely lead them to be a future leader. Sometimes, our future leaders have different ideas about the project laid out in front of them. The main thing is to just have fun with them and let them explore too. Curiosity is goal - don't squash it with a firm lesson plan.
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All the pictures in this post are public domain: 1. Abagail Adams, wife of United States President John Adams.
Engraving based upon a portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Published in New York by Johnson, Wilson, & Co. 2. Federal Hall, The Seat of Congress / Peter Lacour delin. ; A. Doolittle sculpt. Front elevation of Federal Hall in New York City, site of George Washington's first inauguration, April 30, 1789, where Chancellor of the State of New York, Robert Livingston, administered the oath of office to George Washington on the balcony. Photograph of 1790 copper engraving in the private collection of Louis Alan Talley, Washington, D.C. Date Engraving c. 1830-1860, based on an earlier original.
My daughter has taken an interest in learning about the first ladies and the impact they have had on american politics. One of her most recent interests was reading about Abigail Adams. She loved reading some of the letters that Abigail wrote with her husband John Adams and finding out about the kind of influence Abigail's words had on shaping the future of the country.
Here are a couple of pictures for Presidents Day that my kids have enjoyed coloring in - while they color we talk about the picture and how it relates to our life today (in a totally age appropriate way). If the picture reminds them of a frog then we talk about frogs but at least there will be that connection and perhaps someday it will even click.
It was fun for my kids to color in these pictures because they weren't like regular coloring book pictures. There is a link at the bottom of this post to more line drawings for coloring on Presidents day.
Comments from a mom with teens:
Make sure every teachable moment is a fun one. Sometime as moms we set out a project and have a picture in our minds of how our little cherubs are going to soak up the wise information we are bestowing on them. This information will surely lead them to be a future leader. Sometimes, our future leaders have different ideas about the project laid out in front of them. The main thing is to just have fun with them and let them explore too. Curiosity is goal - don't squash it with a firm lesson plan.
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Happy Presidents Day!
For more line art coloring pages of the Presidents CLICK HERE
All the pictures in this post are public domain: 1. Abagail Adams, wife of United States President John Adams.
Source: Library of Congress Author: Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828, artist (original). 3. Portrait of George Washington(1732-1799) Date 1795 Source: The original is located at Metropolitan Museums of Art
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