Alongside the fun and fervor of the Independence day celebrations,you must also take some time out to educate your children about the importance of this day.
2. Importance of
Our Flag
Teach kids the meaning of the number
of stars and stripes, what the first
flag looked like and what the flag
means in terms of our country’s values.
3. Make a Flag
Cake
★ Make and decorate a flag cake.
★ Create an interesting pattern on the
cake to match that on the flag.
★ A one-layer cake frosted in vanilla
icing.
★ Blueberries for the blue background
behind the stars.
★ Strawberries for the red stripes.
4. Take a Virtual
Field Trip
Take your children on virtual field
trips to the Liberty Bell,
Gettysburg or the signing of the
Constitution.
5. Teach About
Important Symbols
Kids love to learn facts.
★ Why is eagle our National Bird?
★ What does the Seal of the USA
look like?
★ What do the individual symbols on
it stand for?
6. Reenact the
Boston Tea Party
★ Explain the relevance of the Boston
Tea Party to your kids.
★ Have the kids enact out the event
by making use of old clothes for
their costumes.
7. Attend a Re-enactment
and Fireworks
★ Take your family to one of the many
events offering Revolutionary War re-
enactments on Independence day.
★ Narrate the story as they watch the
action.
★ You can end the day with an awesome
firework display!