Learning about Flag Day for Kids

June 4, 2024 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Flag Day is sort of a weird holiday, but it celebrates the adoption of the official American flag back on June 14, 1777. Of course the flag has changed a lot through the years, because although there have always been 13 stripes to honor the original 13 colonies, the number of stars has changed as the number of states changed.

You can learn more about Flag Day in this Flag Day activities post, and make sure you check out the Flag Day unit study and printable flip book as well.

Flag Day is a great time to learn a little bit about the history of the flag and explore (virtually or otherwise) the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia.

Now’s the time to pull out all your red, white and blue craft supplies and make flags and other projects, which are a great way to decorate in the summer, at least through the Fourth of July but really straight on through Labor Day.

I love this button flag craft from Glued to My Crafts. If you don’t already have a ton of red, white and blue buttons in your stash you can probably find them at the dollar store, or use beads, pompoms, or a collection of patriotically colored stuff to make a similar design.

Kids can practice their fine motor skills by filling in the flag printables from 3 Dinosaurs with dot markers, using a cotton ball or cotton swab dabbed in the appropriate color, or even just coloring in the dots with regular markers or crayons.

And you can learn more fun facts about the American flag with this cute flag cootie catcher quiz from Red Ted Art. When you fold it up the outside quadrants make an American flag, and inside you’ll find some questions about the flag such as when it was last updated or what the original flag was called.

Printable Flag Day Flip Book

Easy American Flag Craft

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Learning about Snow

Not all of us live where there is a lot of snow in the winter (or even where it is winter as I write this, but it can still be fun to learn about snow, what it is and why it falls, so let’s get into it!

First, let’s talk snowflake science with The Homeschool Scientist. They have a free prinatble snowflake science less that’s more than 60 pages long and good for multiple grade levels. The blog post linked here includes some fun snow facts, information about how snowflakes form and why they are both six-sided and (probably) all different.

Expressive Monkey has a great post about how snowflakes are formed and why they have six arms, and also shows some of the pictures taken by W. A. Bentley in the 1920s (more on him below).

You can also grab a free snow facts worksheet with space for kids to draw their own unique snowflakes from Education.com. Simple Living Creative Learning also has a paid snow study resource set that includes things like different types of snowflakes, the snow cycle, symmetry drawing with snowflakes, tips for snow safety, snow-related vocabulary and more.

Homeschool Superfreak has another great page for learning about snowflakes, which includes information about Snowflake Bentley, a great book to read (and person to learn about). It includes lesson plan ideas and links to activities.

Speaking of activities, if you happen to have snow around you can make snow ice cream or maple candy, paint on snow or with snow, or do some snow science experiments. If you get a ton of snow you could maybe even build an igloo or snow structure.

If you don’t get snow you can learn about how animals keep warm in the snow and cold temperatures with this experiment from I Can Teach My Child. Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls can help you learn why big paws (or snowshoes) make it easier to walk in the snow. Or make a snowstorm in a jar like this one from MomBrite.

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