Presidents' Day for Toddlers

Presidents' Day Learning!

 Washing pennies in warm soapy water...Then rinsing them and drying them to make them all shiny.

 Then 'counting' them as we put them in a piggy bank for fine motor practice. 

 Free Painting while others were getting their hands painted to make Abe Lincoln.

We also colored a book about pennies and read about Abe Lincoln.  We focused on the color brown for the color of the penny and had a brown scavenger hunt where the toddlers brought items that were brown from around the room to the sensory table.  They then played with the brown items for awhile. As they played, I encouraged them to say brown.

We also focused on the letter P for penny. To go along with the letter P, we learned all about prayer.  We learned how to fold our hands and bow our heads during prayer.  We also focused on who we can pray for by learning the five finger prayer: Pinkie-for themselves, Pointer-for those that teach them and direct them, Middle-for our president, pastors, and those that run our country and churches, Ring finger- for those that are weak, little or sick, Thumb-for those that are closest to us (our family and friends).

A few things that we had planned but never quite got to were: penny rubbings, flag handprint, sorting coins, making our own monument out of play dough and blocks, and coloring or painting a flag. This week fell on a week that we ended up with lots of snow and some were not able to come because of it, but we still fit in as much as the toddlers could handle without getting bored or upset.