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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Shark Week Learning for Kids

Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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