President’s Day Celebrations in the Classroom

President’s Day is here! President’s Day was established to honor our two greatest president’s, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Since then, we now honor all president’s on this day. Today’s blog post is all about President’s day celebrations in the classroom.

If you are looking for general tips about holidays in the classroom, check out an old post HERE. For other February ideas visit my February category on my blog! For other seasonal activities, consider February Binder Tasks, February Directed Drawing, or February Vocabulary Activities.

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What Is President’s Day?

President’s day is so much more than a day off from school. It is important to teach kids the meaning of the day off from school! This social story helps introduce the holiday in an easy to read and understand format. You can print and bind it. You can also project it on your smart board to save on ink and paper. Different levels of this social story are included to meet the needs of all your students.

President’s Day Picture Books

I like to take holidays like President’s day to bring in all the picture books. These books below are some of my favorites for the whole month of February!

Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio
Duck for President by Doreen Cronin
This Little President: A Presidential Primer by Joan Holub
I am Abraham Lincoln by Brad Meltzer
I am George Washington by Brad Meltzer
If I Were President by Catherine Stier
President’s Day by Anne Rockwell
If I Ran for President by Catherine Stier
Ellie May on President’s Day by Hillary Homzie

Communication on President’s Day

I created a holiday communication book to help facilitate communication during President’s day. This is super simple to implement to help kiddos participate during art activities and discussions over President’s day.

President’s Day Crafts and Sensory Activities

Below are some fun ideas for the holiday that I wanted to share with you! Click on each image to be taken to the original author for more information!

I love this cute toilet paper roll president craft from Kix.com!

Check out these super cute masks from Sight and Sound Reading!

Looking for a patriotic sensory bin idea? I shared about my 4th of July sensory bin in the past that can also be saved and used for President’s Day!

Holidays can be a blast in the classroom if planned out ahead of time. I know this blog post is full of all sorts of goodies, and I completely understand if you can’t incorporate all of these ideas every year. I do hope you found some of these tips and tricks helpful for this holiday season. If you plan on discussing more holidays this year, check out my Holiday social stories discounted bundle!