For Veteran's Day we read an article on-line about what Veteran's Day is and how it got started. We also talked about the poppy being the symbol of Veteran's Day and read the poem 'In Flanders Field'. Then K. made a poppy. I cut two flower shapes out of an old file folder (one larger than the other). Then K. tore constuction paper and glued it on the shapes. When the glue was dry I put them together with a brad. (She had found the brad in my drawer a few days earlier and wanted to know what it was -- I figured this was a good way to demonstrate its use.)
I had requested the book Pepper's Purple Heart: A Veterans Day Story by Heather Henry at the library, but it didn't arrive until December. This is a fun story. The book explains what a veteran is and that it is a good thing to serve your country. Being a newer book it refers to both Vietnam and Iraq. The last page of the book has a brief history of Veterans Day.
More Recommended Books:
- Veterans Day by Marlene Targ Brill
- Veterans Day by Jacqueline S. Cotton (for the youngest children)
- Veterans Day by Amanda Doerling Tourville
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