Celebrate Columbus Day on Monday, October 12th with these super cute, free Columbus Day Printables. We’ve included both simple Columbus day coloring pages for toddler, preschool, pre k, and kindergarten age children AND Columbus day writing prompt pages for first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade and 6th grade students to practice creative writing exploring themes from this famous explorer who discovered the Americas.
Columbus Day Printables
Columbus Day is a holiday celebrated in many countries in the Americas, celebrating Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World in 1492. Columbus was born in Italy, dreamed of sailing on a ship, and eventually moved to Portugal and worked in a shop selling maps. He even sailed on a ship that was sunk by pirates at one point. Columbus asked the King and Queen of Spain to finance his trip as he tried to find a shortcut going west to get to the valued silks and spices in the east. After a 2 month journey on their three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria – they spotted land in what they assumed was the Indies. In actuality, they found the New World and had landed in an island off the cost of Florida they named San Salvador. These Columbus Day Printables help children recall what they know about Columbus and practice writing too.
Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love these handy resources to use with toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6 students.
Columbus Day Coloring Pages
Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the pages in the template. Print the black and white pages (to save you on ink costs) you’d like to use on plain printer paper and you are ready for this no prep Columbus day activity for kids!
Christopher Columbus Pictures to Color
Columbus Day Writing Prompts
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Christopher Columbus Worksheets
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Thank you so much for these resources on Columbus. It’s been hard to find something neutral for the age group I teach at home.