What will the cool kids be doing this week? It’s all presidential.
Go to the library and check out some of my favorite presidential books:
- Duck For President by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. It’s smart, funny and good for kids of all ages.
- Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes and Bryan Collier. One of the first children’s books out about our new president.
- Write a letter to President Obama
- Read President Obama’s letter to his daughters
- Go to PBS Kids and hear what other kids are telling President Obama he should focus on as President, and than add your two-cents.
- Go to Enchanted Learning for some good printable activites about President Obama
- And then you older kids (parents!), watch this video The 39 Words That Make a President for a bit of history.
These are some very good suggestions. I’ve been wondering how I can help my kids understand how momentous and historical this inauguration will be. Think I’ll see if they want to write him a letter, as per that link – thanks!
My daughter wrote a letter to Bush and rec’d all KINDS of stuff (signed photo, letter, photo of dog, dog stickers). She is itching to write to Obama. Imagine how many people will have to be employed to write back to the zillions of kids who have the same plan.
It’s an old teacher trick to get kids writing, but we do it because it makes things that seem so removed a bit more accessible to them. So Mudslide Mama, I’m sure that whatever you do to help your kids “get” it will be great. And Jamie, you’re right I can’t imagine the mail room right now, maybe it will help to employ more people.