Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Printables

There are a lot of ways to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. on King Day, from doing acts of service to listening to his speeches, reading his letters or talking about our own dreams for the nation.

These printables are a good way to start discussions or to use in the classroom as activities around King Day. And if you need more ideas check out my MLK Day for kids post from last year, or use the search bar to search fro more King Day posts.

The Keele Deal has a small printable book about King that gives some basic information about his life and legacy and also has some illustrations kids can color. They also have an I have a dream craft project kids can use to reflect on on their own dreams for the world. Print out, color and write on the pieces, then make it into a mobile to hang in the classroom.

Kids Craft Room has some lovely color by number coloring pages that are great to use this time of year. One of them could be King from the back, while another says Dream. There are hands reaching for each other, a raised fist, one that says Peace, a dove with a heart, a hand doing a peace sign with hearts and the peace symbol.

Another nice printable book is available from 123 Homeschool 4 Me. This one covers his early life, early work in civil rights and the Montgomery bus boycott, his work for equal rights and the “I Have a Dream” speech, his assassination and legacy. Some of the pages have vocabulary words that kids can trace and you can talk more about such as boycott, preacher and civil rights.

These King Day printables are great to use at home, too, if you kids have the day off and you want to make it more meaningful.

Johnny Appleseed Day is sometimes celebrated on Sept. 26 because that is John Chapman’s birthday, but even if you’re just doing an apple unit study for fall it’s a great time to talk about Johnny Appleseed.

And that’s the place to start, that Johnny Appleseed was a real person named John Chapman who was born in 1774 in what was then the province of Massachusetts Bay. He traveled west when he turned 18 and despite the image of him randomly tossing apple seeds everywhere, he was really a deliberate planter of apple tree nurseries, which he left in the care of others and checked on every year or two.

Learn a little more of his story with these cute coloring pages (though not entirely historically accurate, they’re still cute) from Homeschool of 1. They also have a Johnny Appleseed themed word search printable.

This pin of a Scholastic News page doesn’t link to a website, but it gives you some basic information and a true and false quiz you can use with kids.

Crystal & Co. has a cute apple themed counting mini book you can print and use with your Johnny Appleseed unit. They also have some coloring pages with a bit of handwriting practice. Or practice cutting with the Johnny Appleseed themed worksheets from 3 Boys and a Dog.

Make a Johnny Appleseed puppet to help tell the story with this craft with a free printable template from Simple Everyday Mom. You’ll also find some cute printable worksheets there to learn his story and put it in the correct order.

Color, cut out and assemble this Johnny Appleseed drawing from Homeschool Preschool. They also have an apple seed counting activity you can use for practicing one to one correspondence.

Tiaras and Tantrums has a free printable apple unit that includes Johnny Appleseed facts and coloring pages, as well as how to say apple in different languages, tracing apple vocabulary, art project ideas, science experiments and more.

And if you need more apple themed activities to go with your Johnny Appleseed celebrations, check out my posts on apple crafts and apple learning activities.

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