Letter to the President Follow the suggestion on page 18 and engage the children in a letter writing activity to the President. Ask the children to think of different things that they feel are important for the President to handle. Assist the children by facilitating a discussion based around their ideas. Record the children's ideas on chart paper. Encourage the children to decide whether to write a class letter or individual letters.
Children can draw pictures of important issues and dictate their letters.
Use this letter writing activity as an opportunity to show the children the format for writing letters and addressing envelopes. Additional ideas can include learning about postage and stamps, a visit to the post office, weighing letters to determine cost of postage, and map study locating Washington, D.C., and your home. Ask the children to recall how many months there are in one year. Use a square to represent each month of the year. Place the 12 squares in a row in front of the children.