Learn about each president and have each child give a speech about or report on each president. Visit museums to learn about the presidents. Some websites have online museums you can have your children visit in the classroom. Learn about which presidents are portrayed on money. Learn what the different symbols on money and other presidential symbols mean.
Have children write about what they would do if they were the president. Have children write a letter or email to the president. Hold a mock election to see who the majority of the class would vote for and why. Learn election vocabulary words. Write an acrostic poem about the president. Start each line with a letter from the word "president." Hold "interviews" where one child is the interviewer and another is a president. Have them come up with questions and answer as they think that president would answer.
Presidential trivia and quizzes are a fun way to learn important facts about the presidents. Word puzzles and matching names to presidential faces are helpful in committing names to memory. Playing with presidential trading cards helps children associate facts with faces. Play online games as a class to help children learn about the presidents.
Have children work on these art activities while learning about presidents. Draw pictures of each president. Color in the presidential seal. Let children create and wear hats and beards made from paper and yarn. Children can make a modern day collage with clippings about the current president found in newspapers and magazines.