Presidents Day is just one of the many celebrations in February.  My team and I like to teach about presidents and American symbols together and my kindergarten students always seem to enjoy learning about these two concepts.  One of my students even said, "I wonder if we are going to learn when he was born" (referring to learning about Barack Obama).  I love that they are so interested in learning about presidents.  

I created a "Race to the White House" game for my students to use during math as a math warm-up.  I thought it would be a fun way to connect our Social Studies unit to math.    To play this game students will need the following materials: *Race to the White House game board  *2 dot cubes or number cubes *2 playing pieces

  To play this game I had my students take turns rolling two dot cubes.  They had to add the dots together, say the addition number sentence to their partner, and then they moved that many spaces on the board.  The first person to the White House was the winner.

My students loved this Presidents Day game and were so excited when they reached the White House.  They even were saying that their president made it to the White House.  It was the cutest!   If you want to grab this game to use with your students, just click the image below to grab your "Race to the White House" Presidents Day FREEBIE!

  Are you looking for more Presidents Day resources?  These are some of the books I like to use with my students to teach about the presidents. 

  And here are some other Presidents Day resources you might be interested in:

I used this with my students last year and took pictures of my students as George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.  They were adorable and it makes a cute picture to send home to families.  The original idea is from Lakeshore Learning. Presidents Day Masks  

 Suzanne, from Kindergarten Planet, has a wonderful Presidents Day Directed Drawing FREEBIE in her Teachers Pay Teachers store.  Directed drawings are so much fun and I think they really help students build their skills as artists.  

Presidents Day Directed Drawings

 Deanna Jump, from Mrs. Jump's Class, has a great George Washington emergent reader to use with your students.  It's a FREEBIE on her blog.

George Washington Emergent Reader

 Jennifer, from Simply Kinder, has compiled a great post with Presidents Day videos for kids.  Lots of choices to use with your students. Presidents Day Videos   I thought this was a powerful quote from Abraham Lincoln about education:

  What are some of your favorite Presidents Day activities? 

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 I'm linking up again with Lisa over at PAWSitively Teaching and Marissa over at Inspired Owl's Corner for the February Pinterest Linky Party! 

I love all the great ideas I find on Pinterest and giggle whenever I see this:

I'm sharing 3 pins that I plan to use in my classroom this month!  Just click the images to go straight to the pin and pin for yourself!

Our 100th Day of School is this month and I definitely want to do something like this for my students!  The 100th day is one of my FAVORITE days of school!  I love this idea and have seen a lot of different variations on Instagram.  This one can be found over at Crayons and Cuties in Kindergarten for FREE!!

 

President's Day is in February!  We are going to teach about presidents and American symbols.  I used this poem last year with my students and plan to use it again with my students this year!  It is a FREEBIE on TpT!

 Seriously, how cute is this!!  Super easy to make!  The directions are actually found on Lakeshore Learning's website.  I am thinking I am going to have to take pictures of my students as George Washington or Abraham Lincoln!  These would be SO cute hanging up!

Hope you were able to find something you can use in your classroom this month!  I'm excited to check out what other bloggers shared and do some pinning!!!  Be sure to link-up with your Pinterest pins below!

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