Statue of Liberty

Social studies is such an important subject and unfortunately it seems to get pushed to the back and ignored or not focused enough on. 

In order to teach my kids all the historical events possible, I have to focus on these events during ELA!

One of my favorite social studies unit to teach is American Symbols!! I especially love teaching about the Statue of Liberty!! 

Here are some books I use:

After we read several books Nd talk about the facts, we become the Statue of Liberty!!

The kids love this unit!! 

Fourth of July Love!

If there is one holiday that is near and dear to me, the Fourth of July would be one of them! 

My father was a marine during the Vietnam War and we were brought up the ideals of the importance of this holiday. 

Honoring the brave men and women as well as our forefathers who created this great nation is an awesome act! 

The stream of red, white and blue that we see everywhere is amazing!

Oriental Trading has such an amazing selection for you to choose from to decorate your home for this important day!

I had access to some of these products and am sharing with you how I used them to create a patriotic look to my home!

Here is their patritotic banner rolled and placed into my glass candle holder with some of their mini flags as a centerpiece. It was quick, easy and very inexpensive! It gave my table a patriotic look without going overboard!

Here I made my food service area! I love how the mini patriotic buckets can be used for the patriotic red plastic silverware! It is a one stop area for my guests and family to get all they need to eat the scrumptious goodies that will be on this kitchen island the day of the fourth! 

These little buckets are so useful and you get 12 of them in a package! I love how you can just combine them with the small flags to add a little patriotic feel to different areas of your house! Here I have added these buckets and flags to several areas of my home!

 

If you have a second floor and just need a little something to add a little patriotic feel, then these buntings from oriental Trading are just what you are looking for! They look amazing hanging on my railings upstairs! 

They not only have these bright and joyful patriotic decorations but they also have nostalgia looking ones as well. Here is their nostalgia pinwheel centerpiece! It just adds a little flair to my mantel!

Finally, you can't have a party nowadays without a photo booth!!! I love the patriotic photo props, American symbols back drop and the giant Statue of Liberty  to create the ideal Fourth of July Photo Booth!!!

Oriental Trading is amazing for any and all of your holiday decoration needs! 

I was given these products by Oriental Trading and was not paid for my opinion or my post! These opinions are my own! 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

American Symbols

This is kne of my favorite things to teach my firsties!! I absolutely love teaching the American Symbols!! We have learned two so far and those are the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell!

What do I love about these you may ask???!! Well, my kidsvm excitement!! Their eyes light up with all of the awesome facts they hear! I also love the looks on their faces when they look at the actual pictures that I took when I visited them!!!

So for the Statue of Liberty, we learn all about the Statue and all of the amazing facts! Of course we have to make predictions about the size of her foot and nose!!! 

We draw her and of course dress up as her and get our picture taken!!!!

 

Now for the Liberty Bell, we learned about the facts, saw where it is located, got to hold the liberty Bell made out of Legos, hold a metal model of it, do an experiment with two bells (one with a crack in it and one without a crack). In the experiment they had to listen to see if the two bells sounded the same or different and figure out why!! They loved it! We ended the lesson with a directed drawing of the Liberty Bell!

 

 

Next week we will learn about the election and then the White House! Have a great day!!!