Presidents Day Preschool

Today was our turn to have preschool at our house. After introducing the topic to the boys, I started off with a few questions:

Me: "Who is our President right now?"

Brigham: "President Monson!" (Good job, Lisa!)

Me: "That's true, President Monson is the President of our Church, but who is the President of the United States?"

Wesley: "Barack Obama!"

Me: "That's right! And what does a President do?"

(Lots of blank stares)

Wesley: "He gets all the presents?"

Me: "Close. He is the leader of our country and he makes important decisions for our country to make it better." (more blank stares)

Me: "What would you do if you were the President?"

Brigham: "Nah. I want to be a nice ninja. And a doctor like my dad."

Gavin: "I like chicken. And I dip it in ketchup!"

Wesley: "I would drive cars around. I love Lightning McQueen!"

Logan: "I don't want to do this."

So we moved on. I told a few short stories about some of the presidents, then we talked about the presidents pictured on our money. I gave the boys a pile of coins for them to sort. That lasted a few minutes, but soon the table became an air hockey table and quarters were literally flying across the room.
Then we did a science experiment. What cleans a dirty penny best: milk, soapy water, or vinegar and salt? The boys were pretty excited to see the vinegar mixture make the pennies bright and shiny before their eyes!We finished off with a craft - Abraham Lincoln's log cabin made from popsicle sticks. President Lincoln (a penny) is peeking out the window!

This craft took them about two minutes to make; they were in such a hurry to finish so they could play with the Star Wars toys at playtime. Remind me never to let a three-year-old boy build me a house!