Inauguration Activities for Children

Every four years, Americans have the opportunity to experience the Inauguration of a new President. Jan 20th, 2009 is Inauguration Day for Barrack Obama. Inauguration activities are all over the news now, defining what we as adults can expect to see. This can be an educational time for your children as well. Inauguration activities for children help them understand the process and give them information they can use for years to come.

Educational Rap Music (www.educationalrap.com) has updated their tune that names the Presidents to include Obama as President Number 44. For part of your Inauguration activities for the children, consider having a contest to see who can learn the song. There is an audio of it on the web site, along with the written lyrics and it can be downloaded to MP3.

Sparkplugging.com is an excellent resource for teaching tools for many holidays. Inauguration activities for children can be found on their site. Spark Plugging offers these inauguration activities: Four Obama Coloring pages, one Obama Word Search, and an Obama Inauguration maze moving from the Vote button to the White House. You can find these inauguration activities for children here.

Although it is dated 2001 and is not specifically about Obama, the Inauguration Quiz on the pbs.org site can still be used as one of your inauguration activities for children this year. The quiz has a novice version and an expert version. The quiz is found at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/inauguration/quiz.html#

Are you thinking Inauguration activities are only socials studies related? Stretch the learning capacity of this event further and use it for a math lesson of the day. Education-world.com offers a lesson plan on graphing the ages of Presidents at Inauguration for expanding your inauguration activities for children you teach. The lesson plan is found at http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2089.shtml.

EL Civics for ESL Students offers a lesson plan for Inauguration day with a number of Inauguration activities for children focused specifically on ESL students. The direct link is found at http://www.elcivics.com/presidential-inauguration.html. This site has Obama Bingo, Obama and Michelle worksheets, and an Obama crossword puzzle printable activity.

There are many websites offering Obama coloring pages which can be used as a part of your Inauguration activities for children of younger ages. Associated Content Producer Pam Gaulin provides a comprehensive list of web locations for finding Obama coloring pages along with other printable Inauguration activities. Check her listing for more Inauguration activities here.

Inauguration Day is a special day for children to learn more about our Government . Using Inauguration activities for children can make the learning experience even more enjoyable.