President's Day Activities

A fun way to make tutoring more meaningful is to connect it your lessons to events and holidays. Since President's Day is coming up soon, incorporating activities that review history can make your activities more fun.

There are so many writing activities that can be done for President's Day. I found a great template for writing a letter to President Obama and a presidents acrostic poem template on ABC Teach. There are other ways you can use President's day to write. For example, discuss an event in history that involves a president. Have your learner write a story about that event or tell the story from their point of view. You could also have them write what they would do if they were president for a day.

I was also able to find some adorable crafts. For instance, this Abraham Lincoln finger puppet was so easy to make! You can also make one that looks like George Washington. Read a story about these presidents while your learner makes their puppets!

You can also use this theme for reading comprehension activities. For example, ABC Teach has some fantastic president biographies that include review questions. You can read these to your learner or have your learner read them silently and answer the questions. Another reading comprehension activity could be to read the Gettysburg Address or "Oh Captain, My Captain!" by Walt Whitman and making questions of your own for your learners to answer or having them write about what they have read.

There are wonderful resources online for tutors who want to add some fun into their lessons. Just take some time to poke around and you can use every day as a learning experience.