Celebrate President's Day with this fun & easy craft that teaches about currency and the Presidency.

Supplies:

• White paper
• Pencil or crayons
• Coins – a quarter, dime, nickel and penny

Directions:

• Place the coins underneath a piece of white paper.
• Rub a crayon or pencil on the paper over the top of the change and watch the imprint of the money appear.
• Using the imprints, teach your child how to count the money and name the Presidents on each coin.

Here’s a list to help:

• Penny – Abraham Lincoln
• Nickel – Thomas Jefferson
• Dime – Franklin Roosevelt
• Quarter – George Washington
• 50 Cent Piece – John F. Kennedy
• $1 – George Washington
• $5 – Abraham Lincoln
• $10 – Alexander Hamilton (not a President)
• $20 – Andrew Jackson
• $50 – U.S. Grant
• $100 – Benjamin Franklin (not a President)
• $500  – William McKinley
• $1,000 – Grover Cleveland
• $5,000 – James Madison
• $10,000 – Salmon P. Chase (not a President)
• $100,000 – Woodrow Wilson

Use this activity to discuss President's Day with the following talking points:

• Who is our current President?
• How do you become President?
• When do we vote and how?
• How many Presidents have we had?
• Who was President when you were born?
• What does the President do?
• If you were President what would you do?

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