This Presidents Day Unit Study includes all you need to learn with your students in a fun way with dozens of videos, crafts, games, printables and recipes!
The most enjoyable way to learn about something is to explore it from every angle and in every way possible. With this Presidents Day Unit Study, your children AND you will enjoy learning about Presidents Day as you watch videos, read books, do crafts, play games and even make food together. Have fun!
Check out the craft section to make a hand print cherry tree, a log cabin, face mask wig, puppets and a tricorn hat!
In the printables section there is no end to keep everyone busy; find word scrambles, word searches, I spy and coloring pages.
There are also virtual field trips to take, educational videos to watch, new books to check out, songs to sing, jokes to enjoy together and lots of delicious recipes you will love.
Follow my Presidents Day Pinterest Board for dozens of ideas from all around the web! I am constantly finding new things to add so there will be new things all the time!
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Videos about Presidents Day
There is a small line across the top of things you could buy but scroll down just a little bit and there are some great videos about President’s Day.
This is a great list of movies to watch about Presidents’ Day for kids.
Songs
Songs are a fun and easy way to learn facts and history!
Here is a great list of Free President Songs and Rhymes.
Poems
Here is a poem about Abe Lincoln and one for George Washington. The link goes right to a PDF printable from Lakeshore Learning.
Virtual Field Trips
Full Hall of Presidents at Walt Disney World
8 Former Presidents’ Homes You Can Virtually Tour
Virtual Tour of Ford’s Theatre
Lincoln Home National Historical Site
Tour of George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Books
Children always enjoy reading about their favorite characters in a story about something new they are learning; or something old! Here are several great choices for President’s Day. Some are about specific presidents, others are about being a president, about the presidents when they were kids, trivia and some other neat angles! There is a good summary of each book in this list of Children’s Books about Presidents.
Some Jokes
Kids love jokes so I had to include some good ones here for them! These are coming soon—still working on them! 😊
Educational
History.com is a good place to start if you just want to read about Presidents Day. It contains a lot of good, clear information.
If I were President for the day free worksheet. Have fun with the kids either at homeschool or just on their day off school.
This drawing tutorial will teach you how to draw Abraham Lincoln. It will take you from start to finish, from drawing the president to coloring your drawing! The free printable pages include step-by-step instructions, picture tracing and grid drawing worksheets, and a coloring page.
This Presidents Day, teach your kids about the founder of our country with this George Washington unit study.
Free Presidents of the United States Book to download, cut out and fill in the details. A great activity!
A Unit Study about Abraham Lincoln
Free Presidents Day Spelling Activity; See how many words can be made with the words Presidents Day. Includes spelling tile manipulatives for younger students.
Here are Fun Facts about Presidents Day. Your child may enjoy creating a trivia quiz out of these facts.
Printables
Everyone can play with these two Free Printable Presidents Day Word Searches in Two Levels for Home School, Classroom or even Adult Fun!
These Presidents Day Word scrambles are an entertaining way to practice putting letters together into words by playing a game at the same time! They come in 2 levels so all can play and are free of course!
Just click and print these Free coloring pages from Crayola.
Here are 2 different versions of Free Presidents Day How Many Words Printables! Just print and use for your home or classroom.
A fun, free printable American-themed I Spy worksheet filled with imagery of American presidents, landmarks, buildings, and more!
Crafts
Abraham Lincoln Paper Plate Craft
George Washington Paper Plate Mask
Presidents Day Puppets with wooden spoons
Games
Presidents’ Day Pictionary list
Presidents Day Name That President
Play Hangman using only president’s names! Use paper, whiteboard or your real game boards.
Recipes
Presidents Day Cookies for Kids
Abraham Lincoln Banana and Peanut Butter Log Cabin
President’s Day Abraham Lincoln Pancakes
President’s Favorite Foods Past and Present Some recipes and others just listed but several of our presidents recorded with their favorite foods.
These Over 100 Red White and Blue Patriotic Recipes aren’t presidential exactly but very patriotic. They will fit in with the theme of presidents very well if you would like some more ideas.
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Cindy
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