An American Flag

"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom."

~ John Adams

Last week, Hunter had his first American history lesson. We talked about the colonists and why they wanted their own country. We started talking about freedom, and what that means. Hunter has been familiar with the American flag for a long time, but we went a little deeper this time and talked about the symbolism, Betsy Ross, and George Washington's request. For an art/social studies project, Hunter constructed his own flag that now hangs in his playroom.

We started off with a piece of white foam board. I drew out the lines, and then taped them off with painters tape.








Hunter's first step was to paint the exposed stripes red.






He then painted the small square blue.








We let it dry for a little while, and then removed the painters tape - this step was really fun for Hunter, as he really enjoyed seeing his flag come to life!









The next day, Hunter applied thirteen stars (cut from craft foam) to the blue square. (I decided that Hunter can make a modern flag when he is old enough to cut out 50 stars :o)

Here is a video of Hunter talking about his project: