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Patriotic Adventures

Celebrating Presidents' Day With Your Kids

By Suzy Feine

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Take a Virtual Field Trip
If the weather outside in your area is not cooperating, stay inside and take a virtual field trip with your children via the Internet.

Start your field trip at the White House's Web site at www.whitehouse.gov. Across the top of the page, click on History & Tours. This section is filled with information including presidential biographies, White House virtual tours, facts, photo essays and much more to give your children a glimpse at the life of a president.

Next, click over to the White House Kids site at www.whitehouse.gov/kids. Here your children can learn about the current president, vice president and first lady. Click on Barney's White House ABC's to learn fun facts on the history of the White House, then have your children take the Kid's Quiz to see how much they really learned.

After visiting the White House, travel over to the U.S. Embassy's Web site to learn all there is to know about Presidents' Day in their American Holidays section. Here you'll find dozens of links to online sources of presidential information including background information, links to online versions of historical documents, lesson plans and more.

For a primer on electing a president, visit BBC News' How to Elect a U.S. President page, which uses a baseball analogy to educate children on the process. By clicking on each of the baseball diamond bases, children can learn about the primaries, the convention, the campaign and Election Day.

Finally, stop by www.americanpresidents.org/ to learn everything there is to know about each U.S. president. Select a president from the pull-own menu across the top of the page to read important life facts, listen to a letter from the president, view portraits in the portrait gallery and learn about important events that occurred during each presidency.

A Learner's Paradise

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