Materials
small American flag
Instructions
* June 14th is Flag Day. The week in which Flag Day occurs is National Flag
Week.
1. Recite the following rhymes, modeling each line's appropriate action.
2. Have the children practice the rhymes several times.
Wave the Flag
Wave the flag high, (wave a small flag or hands in the air)
Up to the sky, (point to the sky)
Red, white and blue, (show one finger for red, two for white, three for blue)
We salute you. (put right hand over the heart)
See Our Flag (Tune: "Farmer in the Dell")
See our flag wave
In the land of the brave,
Red, white, and blue,
To our country we are true.
Art: Have the children make copies of the original American flag. Give each
child a 4" x 6" piece of white paper with a square in the upper left-hand
corner and 13 uncolored stripes. Starting at the top, have the children color
every other stripe red and the square blue. Give them 13 silver adhesive
stars to place on the blue square. Help the children tape a craft stick to the
backs of the flags for a flagpole.
More Art: Have children cut out pictures of red, white, and blue food from
old magazines and use them to make collages.
