Friday, February 17, 2012

wigs and a log cabin

The boys and I have been doing a little unit study on presidents, particularly Washington and Lincoln the last two days. We've read books, colored and done some simple crafts. This Mom is grateful for the internet and all the ideas out there for uncreative people like me!

Conner loves word games. Here he is cracking an alphabet code to solve a puzzle about George Washington. The answer: "George Washington was the first US president."


Yesterday, we talked about George Washington and made wigs.












Today was Lincoln and we made a log cabin. Conner was very intrigued by the book recounting how when Lincoln was 7 years old he helped his father build the family a new log cabin when they moved to Indiana. He said he wants to do that when he's 7.








You can see from the picture there was quite a bit of peanut butter licking going on.




Zack's been out of town, so it's been a fun project for us. Tomorrow we're going to make a top hat like Lincoln and do a money sorting game since most of our coins have presidents on them.


Happy President's Day!

3 comments:

  1. these are the cutest ideas ever! might have to try them next year. love that wig!

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  2. Wow, great ideas! And yes, I love having the internet as a reasource, it really helps. Good job mom!

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  3. You are so crafty Molly, I am afraid I have taken after my mom's lack of craftiness (bless her heart, her mom wasn't crafty either) and my kids will not be crafty. Although maybe we'll have a kid that is born with craftiness, lol!! I don't know, guess we'll see.

    Can't believe you're getting so close to your due date!

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