We had fun learning about the Constitution today! I found these ideas on Pinterest!
We began by making tricorn hats with "powdered" hair. I prepped the materials by cutting blue construction paper into the hat shape, and by cutting white construction paper into strips.
I stapled 2 sides of the hat together.
The students curled the white paper strips and then glued them onto the hat.
Finally I put the hat around the student's head and stapled it in front to fit.
Then I got the "marker quills" ready! I simply taped a large feather to a few markers. I purchased the feathers at Michaels. I saw this idea from
A Place Called Kindergarten.
I wrote our classroom constitution on some chart paper after ripping the edges. After reading our constitution and talking a bit about the US Constitution, we all put on our hats and began signing, just like James Madison and George Washington!
And here is our finished classroom constitution! I modeled my version after one that I found at
Howywood Kindergarten.
This was so exciting for the kids! Who knew that learning about the Constitution could be such fun?!?!
