Who's Who

Materials

digital or 35-mm camera

computer and printer (if using a digital camera)

cardstock paper

glue

scissors

markers

Instructions

1. Show the children pictures of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.
Explain what a president does and talk about what each of these past
American presidents did.
2. Give each child an outline (coloring-book style) of both presidents to color.
Cover them with clear contact paper to make place mats.
3. Tell the children that Lincoln grew up in a log cabin (and that this is how
"Lincoln Logs" got their name!). Let the children make their own "log cabins"
by gluing sticks to small, empty milk cartons.
4. Tell the children the legend about George Washington and cherry trees.
Encourage the children to make their own "cherry trees." Provide straws and
watered-down black paint. Demonstrate how to use a straw to blow a spot
of black paint on white paper until it forms a tree-like shape. After they have
dried, let the children use red paint to make fingerprint "cherries" on the tree.