sditz1 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Where to begin with a young six year old? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 What are you hoping to accomplish? Are you wanting to study each one? Are you wanting your DC to memorize them? Are you just wanting to introduce what presidents are and hit on the most popular ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetzi Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 We loved info cards at that age. Nat Geo makes some. Each president has a card and some info about him along w/a picture. When you want dc to memorize the presidents, try Yo, Millard Fillmore! Silly cartoon book that doesn't tell you anything about each president, but both of my kids memorized all presidents in about 15 minutes and still remember them (years later.) One of my children is learns visually and the other aurally. HTH, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 At that age, I got the $1 Target section book about the presidents. It basically has a picture and interesting facts and stats about each president. We go over one new one a week along with a new state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sditz1 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Are you just wanting to introduce what presidents are and hit on the most popular ones? Something like this. She is in K. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 At that age, I got the $1 Target section book about the presidents. It basically has a picture and interesting facts and stats about each president. We go over one new one a week along with a new state. This is what we are using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sditz1 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 would you share the name of the book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 would you share the name of the book? It's not very helpful. "Presidents of the United States." :tongue_smilie: (A Reading Discovery Fast-fact book by Dalmation Press.) When the school supplies go up again in the Target Dollar Spot, hopefully it will be there again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Thanks! Added that to my Amazon list. :001_smile: We loved info cards at that age. Nat Geo makes some. Each president has a card and some info about him along w/a picture. When you want dc to memorize the presidents, try Yo, Millard Fillmore! Silly cartoon book that doesn't tell you anything about each president, but both of my kids memorized all presidents in about 15 minutes and still remember them (years later.) One of my children is learns visually and the other aurally. HTH, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Hmm. Tricky. We are only hitting upon Washington and Lincoln this year. DD will study Washington this Presidents' Day (and briefly touch upon Lincoln). We will study Lincoln a little ways down the road so she doesn't get the two confused. Have you studied American symbols yet? I know it's not presidents, but that might be a good place to start...to learn more about our nation. We use this book for social studies, in general. If covers the American flag, Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell, bald eagle, Uncle Sam, the White House, but also Presidents' Day and Abraham Lincoln. There's a lot more to it...holidays, other famous Americans as well as a touch of early American history. (Bought the eBook version for $1 when Scholastic had their dollar deals.) http://teacherexpress.scholastic.com/nonfiction-literacy-building-booklets-activities Other than that, maybe hit the picture books. Maybe cover the presidents that are on Mount Rushmore and have monuments throughout Washington D.C. And/Or, maybe study the ones on our money. If you can't track down paper activities, etc. for them (or easy and cost-efficient ones), you could do simple lapbooks. That's all I've got. Wish I had something more. I tried running some searches for you at some of the teacher resources company sites. Came up dry. Something like this. She is in K.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deniseibase Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 My six year old is learning the Animaniacs song - there are some brief and unflattering references to whiskey and smoking, tho, so not suitable for all families - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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