Thursday, July 4, 2013

Summer Fun Day 40 - Founding Fathers Go Fish



We're passing some of the time before the fireworks today by finding the faces behind the signatures on the Declaration of Independence.


I copied pictures of the signers from www.ushistory.org, and edited them in Paint to add the colony each man represented at the Continental Congress, across the top. Then, I printed two wallet sized copies of each image, glued them, individually, onto 3''x4'' pieces of construction paper, and sandwiched them in contact paper...


...ready for a rousing game of "Find the Founding Father".


Do you have a Thomas Jefferson from Virginia?


 Go find a founding father.


Do yoooou have a John Hancock from Massachusetts?


It's great to be a homeschooler.

5 comments:

Phyllis said...

What a fun way to learn.

Natalie PlanetSmarty said...

Very clever! Are they able to recognize the names from the faces without having them written on the cards? Happy Independence Day!

Ticia said...

Ooohhh, that is a very fun idea.

An Almost Unschooling Mom said...

Raising a Happy Child - Not all 56 faces, but we are all becoming more familiar with them.

Kim said...

As a retired "Homeschool Mom" turned "Nana" (and current Pre-K teacher)

I think this would be fun to play at the 4th of July Family gathering... grandkids, college kids and all! Thanks for posting...