This morning we continued our Abraham Lincoln informational packet using our Time for Kids magazine for support. We added that Lincoln was married and had four children. Then he colored pictures of Mount Rushmore, a penny, and the Lincoln Memorial. Danny then listened to a passage about Abe Lincoln and answered follow-up questions. We did the same with George Washington. Danny scored 5/5 on each of them. These two passages are part of a booklet that we will create about the presidents. Danny then completed a picture sort to determine which items apply to Lincoln and which apply to Washington. He did an awesome job remembering! We had fun stamping out the letters to spell “Lincoln” on paper. We then looked at the penny and Danny used a pencil to coin rub the image of the penny on his paper several times. It gave a neat perspective of Lincoln’s profile on the penny. Finally, we ended our session by reading two more chapters of our book, Hour at the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne. We met the woman poet who wrote the book the children need to collect. They never shared her name as it had to remain a secret, since women were not entitled any rights in that time. The children wanted to go watch the Olympics, but Annie planned to go in hiding to watch the stage play instead, as it was too risky for her to attend the games as a female. We learned that the olive tree is sacred to this culture and the winners wear crowns of olive branches (instead of medals). Jack and Plato saw the huge Zeus statue and Plato explained that the athletes promise the statue that they have trained for 10 months and will obey the rules of the games.