American Flag Counting

What You Need:

• 9" x 12" white construction paper
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Red and blue crayons
• 100 silver foil star stickers

What You Do:

1. Use a pencil and a ruler to draw lines to form a simple flag design on the construction paper. (A rectangle in the upper left corner with no stars; thirteen horizontal stripes on the right.) Flip the paper over and repeat.
2. Have your child color the flag on both sides. They should color every other stripe on the flag red, beginning with the top stripe, and leave the stripes in between white. Once your child has colored all of the stripes, it's time to color the rectangle blue.
3. Ask your child to gather their star stickers, and tell them they are going to use them to make a very special flag. They'll start with fifty on the first side, affixing them one by one onto the blue rectangle. As they place each sticker, your child should count it out loud. When they gets to fifty, ask them to flip the flag over, and start on the other side, counting from 51 all the way to 100.

Display the flag in a window so it can be viewed from both the inside and outside of your home.