White House pet-igree
Use research on the pets of our presidents to introduce your child to government.
Not all children are interested in the president of the United States, but almost all will be intrigued and entranced by the thought of a presidential pet! Make a scrapbook of presidents and their pets—past and present. If possible, use photos you find on the Internet, or draw the pets.
You might also ask your child to write a story about a presidential pet—from the pet’s point of view! Use the Internet to find “pet data” to make a bar graph illustrating the presidents and their pets. Did more presidents have dogs? Cats? What about fish? Any other unusual pets in the White House?
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