Materials
pastel construction paper
1" x 4" pieces of brown construction paper
5" circles of green construction paper
glue stick
plastic lid or small piece of aluminum foil
red fingerpaint or poster paint
Instructions
* George Washington's birthday is February 22nd. President's Day is
celebrated the third Monday of February.
1. Discuss the story of young George Washington chopping down his
father's cherry tree.
2. Give each child a 1" x 4" rectangle of brown paper and a sheet of pastel
construction paper.
3. Demonstrate how to hold both papers in a vertical position and glue the
brown rectangle to the bottom half of the pastel paper.
4. Give each child a green paper circle. Show them how to glue the green
circle to the top of the brown rectangle, forming the shape of a tree.
5. Put a small amount of red fingerpaint into a plastic lid or small piece of
aluminum foil.
6. Encourage the children to dip their fingers into the red paint and make
thumbprint "cherries" on their trees.
More to do Social Development: Draw a large tree on tagboard and let the children
add thumbprint cherries. Have each cherry symbolize an act of kindness by
that child.
Related poem I'll pick some cherries from the tree, (pretend to pick cherries)
Five for you and five for me. (show five fingers on each hand)
We'll eat and eat (pretend to eat)
5 4 3 2 1 (count down with fingers)
Until the cherries are all gone! (show empty hands and look surprised)
