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Welcome back to Latticed Learning! This year, we're continuing to learn while we play - repeating many of our favorites from the past while adding in all sorts of new activities as well.
This day's post is devoted to our weekly themes - some weeks have more activities than others, but each lesson will be fun for you to explore with your little one!
Read All About It
This Little President, which I reviewed here, continues to be a favorite of ours.
John, Paul, George & Ben is a silly book that introduces some of our most famous founding fathers.
Gv has really enjoyed Yankee Doodle - both the detailed illustrations and the song!
Christopher Columbus is a good, introductory biography on this famous explorer.
Dancing with the Indians tells the story of a slave who escaped and took refuge with the Seminole Indians - told in a way that's easy for youngsters to understand.
If I Ran for President
A Picture Book of Rosa Parks
Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King
Presidential Pets
I Grew Up to Be President
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Welcome to the White House
My Community Long Ago
Let's Read About...George Washington
Journeys in Time
Let's Read Biography: George Washington
Life in Colonial America
Young Clara Barton
Let's Read About...Abraham Lincoln
U.S. Presidents: The Oval Office All-Stars!
The Pledge of Allegiance
Wackiest White House Pets
The entire You Wouldn't Want to... series is so much fun, too!
Sing Some Songs
This Schoolhouse Rock album covers several American History topics - plus it's tons of fun to listen to!
We watched these videos to go along with the songs.
This short work is fun for President's Day.
There's a ton of fun history information on the BrainPop site!
There are so many fun, interactive clips on this BBC site.
We did a few things to correspond to our topic this week, but the majority of our time was spent reading books!
First, we slid these cute action cards (pages 24 & 25 of the pack) into our foam dice and then got moving.
Then we made some American History paper projects with ideas we got from this little book.
Finally, we sorted a pile of coins using this little printable.
Watch Some Videos
This short work is fun for President's Day.
There's a ton of fun history information on the BrainPop site!
There are so many fun, interactive clips on this BBC site.
Play and Create
We did a few things to correspond to our topic this week, but the majority of our time was spent reading books!
First, we slid these cute action cards (pages 24 & 25 of the pack) into our foam dice and then got moving.
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| I ended up folding these cards a bit to get them to fit in our dice - if I'd paid closer attention before I printed, I would have just shrunk them a tad first. |
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| One of the actions is to hold up your torch like the Statue of Liberty...Gv would also lift up one leg - every time! |
Then we made some American History paper projects with ideas we got from this little book.
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| I cut out the blue hat and newsprint head for Gv, then she glued everything down. (I also added the words and the nose and mouth, obviously.) |
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| Again, I cut out his hat and face, then Gv ripped pieces of paper for the beard and glued everything down. |
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| I did the cutting for everything but the feet, Gv glued it all down (don't you love the eyes she chose?). She didn't want to cut a paper beak - but wanted to draw one, instead. |
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| I cut, Gv glued. This one was easy. |
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| We decided to not use construction paper, but just color in a flag onto this heart (guess who is still boycotting coloring?). Gv wanted to add drops of glitter stars and a little sparkle on the red stripes, as well. |
Finally, we sorted a pile of coins using this little printable.
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| Besides making a connection between the presidents on the coins and those we'd been reading about all week, we continued to talk about the names of the coins and how much they are worth. |
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What's your favorite thing that we did this week? I'd love to hear! Either leave a comment below or email me at lisahealy (at) outlook (dot) com.
Also, if you don't want to miss a single minute of great tips like this and all the fun around here, be sure to sign up for free updates and then look forward to having each post delivered straight to your inbox!
