4th of July Theme with Math, Crafts, Science and Activities

May 5, 2021
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Learn all about America’s independence day with this delightful 4th of july theme. We have lots of fun 4th of july activities for preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, and up to make learning fun! We’ve included 4th of july math plus 4th of july science experiments, social studies, and lots of 4th of july crafts for preschoolers.

Learn all about America's independence day with this delightful 4th of july theme. We have lots of fun 4th of july activities for preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, and up to make learning fun! We've included 4th of july math plus 4th of july science experiments, social studies, and lots of 4th of july crafts for preschoolers. 
 

4th of July Theme

Themes are a great way to make learning fun and keep kids engaged as they learn math, grammar, reading, writing, science, history, and crafts with a fun theme. This 4th of July theme includes lots of red, white and blue ideas to keep toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders learing while having fun this summer. We’ve included fun 4th of July preschool activities and fourth of july science experiments, plus 4th of july math worksheets and of course independence day craft ideas for preschool.  Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love these july 4th ideas for kids!

Fourth of July Language Arts Activities

4th of july activities for preschoolers

Improve your children’s fine motor skills with these 4th of july preschool activities to work on fine motor skills, work on letter recognition, and more.

 
Fourth of July Language Arts Activities

4th of July Math

Kids love themed activities and they will get excited to practice math with these hands-on math activity and 4th of july math worksheets.

Fourth of July Art & Craft Projects

4th of july crafts for preschoolers

We have found so many fun independence day craft ideas for preschool age children!  These playful fourth of july activities for preschoolers are a great way to explore patriotic themes and celebrate the holiday on July 4th

Fourth of July Science Experiments

4th of july science experiments

Looking for some fun, engaging, and colorful

  • Make Clear Glue Slime as a 4th of July science activity! from Little BIns for Little Hands
  • 4th of July Skittles Science Experiment source
  • 4th of July Science Activity and Chemistry for Kids source
  • A Patriotic Spin on the Zoetrope Animation STEAM Project from Share it Science
  • Confetti Fireworks: Engineering for Kids from Schooling a MOnkey
  • Introduce your kids to density with these glow in the dark sensory bottles. From Kc Edventures
  • Don’t forget to make an American Flag using water science experiments. From Engineer to SAHM
Fourth of July Social Studies

Fourth of July Social Studies

Start your 4th of July celebrations with 4th of July Pancakes!

And if you’re still looking for more Fourth of July fun, check out this list of 4th of July Crafts and Kids Activities!

Books to Read

You have two options for using books in your unit study about the Fourth of July:

  • You can read a different book each day of the week, Monday through Friday.
  • Or read your favorite book (s) every day of the week. Remember that kids love repetition, so they won’t get bored!

Pick from these 5 excellent books to learn about the Fourth of July with your kids:

 

  • Kids will go nuts over this super cute red white and blue slime recipe for Independence Day! This fourth of July slime allows kids to stretch, sheen, drizzle, and wow over this fun-to-play-with slime as patriotic activities. This 4th of July slime is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too. Whether you have a whole 4th of July theme, party, or are just looking for clever 4th of July activities, you will LOVE this patriotic slime.
  • 4th of July Science Expeirment 2
  • 4th of july crafts making bomb popsicles
  • 4th of July Science Experiments
  • Are you looking for a quick, easy, and FUN 4th of July Craft to celebrate this Independence Day? You are going to love this shaving cream art project! Make a super cool firework craft using shaving cream and food coloring. This shaving cream craft is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too. With the simple technique, you will not believe what beutiful craft for Fourth of July you can make!
  • red white and blue science experiments
  • red white and blue science experiment
  • Nothings says summer like fireworks! Whether you see them at the fair, Disney, or your local 4th of July celebration, they are a way to end an event with a stunning bang. Kids will love creating a beautiful firework craft to recall what they saw. This fourth of July crafts is super simple, but so much FUN to make. The possibilities are endless using this  independence day craft ideas. Try this July 4th crafts technique with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too. So grab your supplies for watercolor painting with salt and let's make some stunning summer crafts for kids.
  • Firework Activities
  • 4th of July Science Expeirment 2
  • Our rockets hit anywhere from 30 to 50 feet in height. 
  • 4th of july firework craft
  • 4th of july firework crafs
  • This super cute curling ribbon crafts is a quick and easy Firework Crafts. There are lots of different firework craft ideas to make with kids, but these are so clever and unique, plus pretty too. Use this as a summer craft or as a 4th of july crafts for kids! All you need is construction paper, curling ribbon, and a pair of scissors and you are ready to make an easy craft for kids from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too.

    • 4th of July Activities

  • Learn all about farms with this delightful week-long, educational farm theme. Pick your favorite farm activities including farm math, farm literacy printables, farm science projects, farm social studies ideas, and farm crafts to have a marvelous week learning with your kids! This life on the farm theme filled with barnyard animals is perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade students.
  • Learn all about dinosaurs with a weeks worth of  dinosaur alphabet, dinosaur math, dinosaur science, dinosaur crafts, dinosaur activities, dinosaur books and so much more in this dinosaur theme. All you need to do is pick your favorite books, a few educational activities, and have a marvelous week learning with your kids! These themed activities are perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders.
  • Celebrate the arrival of spring or fall with this cute bug theme filled with a weeks worth of educatioanl bug activities for kids! This insect theme preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students  has lots of preschool insect theme printables plus bug math activities, insect alphabet activities, and so much more!
  • Study flowers with this delightful week-long flower theme. Just pick your favorite flower activities, flower crafts, books and educational flower worksheets to have a fabulous flower unit learning with your kids! Use this flower theme preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students during the spring in March, April or May. If you prefer, use these plant activities for preschool as an engaging summer learning lesson in June and July!
  • Kids will have fun celebrating apple month with these fun, creative, and unique projects centered around this tart, juice, fall fruit! We have collected lots of fun-to-make apple crafts and lots of engaging apple activities perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2 graders to try in September. From apple art and craft ideas to apple tree crafts, amazing apple science, and apple activities for preschoolersb!
  • We have tons of fun, creative Community Helpers Crafts and Activities. You can enjoy a week-long Community Helpers Theme to make learning fun for preschool, pre k, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, and grade 4 students.  Try some of our community helper science, community helpers themed math activities, or make it a community helpers preschool theme. No matter what you choose - this is sure to engage kids .
  • Have an EPIC day or week with these outrageously fun 4th of July theme ideas! Our 4th of July activities include ideas for the whole family - from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kinderarten to elementary ages students in grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, and beyond. From red, white and blue independence day activities to cute fourth of July crafts! We've got patriotic science projects, and lots of pretty firework crafts too!
  • Get ready for a summer full of fun, memories, and creative activities your kids will remember forever! We have over 50 fun ideas for summer! These summer activities include ideas for indoor, outdoor, exploring nature, summer craft ideas, and more! Add these to your summer bucket list ideas with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too!
  • Fun, educational spring activities, crafts, science, and free printable worksheets to make learning fun for kids!
  • These winter activities for kids will help make the cold months of December, January, and February FUN for children of all ages! We have lots of ideas for your chill winter lessons including loads of winter printables and free winter worksheets. Plus you will find clever winter crafts and projects perfect for a winter learning theme for your home school or classroom.  Use these winter craft ideas with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students.
  • Learn all about weather with this fun week-long Weather theme! Your kids will enjoy learning about weather for kids with these weather activities. These weather activities for kids are fun for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders. We've included weather printables, hands-on weather experiments for kids, cute weather crafts, and so much more!
  • Help kids learn about animals while sneaking in some math and science too with these 100+ animals printables. These animal activities includ animal math, animal classification cootie catchers, animal puzzles, animal alphabet worksheets, animal i spy worksheets, zoo scavenger hunts, animal antonyms, endangered animals, animal reports, and so much more! Use these free animal printables to make learning about animals for kids fun for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and more!
  • If you are looking for creative, fun ideas for what to do with a box -  you've come to the right place! Here are over 60 really fun box activities and easy cardboard crafts! From using a box to make a science experiment to silly monster boxes, a viking ship to a dollhouse - there are so many fun ways to recycle a box to have some fun with kids! Use these cardboard box crafts and box activity ideas with your toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and school age kids in first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too!
  • If you are looking for engaging science lessons and science experiments to incorporate into free science lessons, we've got lots! On this pages we have all our science for kids arranged by type of science so you can easily find the right science project for your lesson plan! These science activities are perfect for parents, homeschoolers, or classroom teachers with a wide range of ages from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, and 12th graders.
  • Learn about over 30 life cycles for kids with FREE printable worksheets that cover plants and animals: apple, pumpkin, sunflower, frog, butterfly, chicken, salmon, penguin, shark, ladybug, and many more!
  • Do you have a budding astronaut, or rocket scientist? Or perhaps your kids are interested in astronomy? Kids of all ages will love this this fascinating week-long space theme! Choose from the best books about space, select some educational space activities, try some space art projects, fun space math worksheets and activities to  enjoy a fun week exploring the universe, the solar system, planets, and stars. These fun outher space theme ideas are perfect for learning  with your kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th graders. There are so many space ideas for kids on this list to make learning all about space super fun!
  • Columbus Day Activities
  • If you are looking for some super fun and vibrant color activities for kids, you are going to love this list of over 100 exciting and stunning  color activities! These color activities for preschoolers, toddlers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students allow kids to learn about the many colors, color words, color names, and more! From color crafts to free printable colorful printables plus handy color worksheets and learning colors activities - parents and teachers can teach colors to children!
  • If you're looking for engaging and reusable learning activities for kindergarten and first grade students, these file folder games are just what you need! These file folder activities cover a variety of skills including additon, money, telling time, rhyming, word blends, and more! Simply pick the file folder fun you want to try and print the free file folder game!
  • If you are working on teaching your child their letters, you will love these fun, hands-on alphabet activities! We have scoured the web to bring you the bery best alphabet activivities for kindergarten, preschool, pre-k, toddler, and first graders too.  Plus, in addition to our letter activities for kindergarten, we have included kindergarten alphabet worksheets for children to write their ABCs too!
  • Create some stunning and unique butterfly crafts for kids this spring or summer. We have some super creative butterfly craft ideas for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students. These pretty butterfly crafts for preschoolers are sure to be a hit as a spring craft for kids or a summer craft for kids!
  • If you are looking for fun, engaging, and educational Easter activities for kids, you'll love our huge list of ideas! We have fun Easter crafts plus hands-on easter activities, free printable Easter worksheets, plus engaging games and more. These Easter theme ideas are perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th graders too! 
  • With Easter just around the corner, its the perfect time to try these super fun Easter egg crafts and Easter activities for kids of all ages from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students! Whether you are looking for paper easter crafts or easter egg coloring ideas, easy egg craft or unique easter egg craft ideas - you will love all these lovely easter egg arts and crafts to make with kids in April. 
  • Whether you are stuck inside because of bad weather, the cold, feeling under the weather, or something else - these indoor activities will make it the best day every! We have over 60 indoor activities for families to do together! Try these indoor activities for preschoolers, toddlers, kindergartners, and elementary age kids in grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6 too.  These fun rainy day activities will make the day go quickly while creating some fun memories too!
  • Make memorizing sight words for kids simple with these free sight word printables! We have no-prep sight word worksheet pages, printable sight word readers, cute sight word activitiy ideas, and of course engaging sight word game to print and play too! These resources are perfect for teaching pre-k, preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders Dolch sight words.
  • 150+ FREE Christmas worksheets, fun printables, holiday science experiments, December activities, and easy cute crafts for kids of all ages!
  • Get ready for a fun and educational Valentines Day for kids with these free Valentine's day printables, craft ideas, worksheets and more! We have valentines day activities for preschoolers, toddlers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade, 4, grade 5, and up! Simply print the valentines day worksheets for some memorable valentines day math, grab the printable for an engaging February activity, try one of our outrageously fun valentines day science experiments, or try one of our fun play recipes!
  • Help celebrate St Patricks day for kids with these fun ideas. We have lots of fun st patricks day activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too. Our St Patrick's Day activities include letter tracing, beginning sound matching, leprachaun science experiments,  literacy, shamrock math. Simply click on the text for the activity you want to try to grab the pdf file.
  • Get ready for an EPIC month of November with these thanksgiving activities for kids! We've included cute thanksgiving crafts plus lots of clever turkey science, free printable thanksgiving worksheets, yummy recipes, and so many more ideas to have a fun month crafting, learning, and playing with your toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too!

    • Weekly Themes

    Whether you use these themed learning kids activities for your lower elementary age students or as preschool weekly themes, we’ve got lots of fun themed eductational activities to make your lesson plan:

    Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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