Are you looking for some special days for July to celebrate and pack in a whole lot of learning at the same time? As we have members from around the world, we’ve begun to add resources to teach children more about our global community. Learn more about Canada, the U.S and France through these national day freebies!
Special Days For July to Show off your Arctic Spirit: Canada Day
Canada Day Activities for Toddlers
Do a sensory exploration of maple syrup. Smell it, taste it, let them get their hands in it and talk about how sticky it is. Follow up by making some maple syrup playdough in the Canadian flag colours!
Canada Day Activities for 4-7 year olds
Find Canada on a map and talk about what continent it’s on. Watching a hockey game then getting outside to play some hockey is the perfect Canada Day activity. Sport not your little one’s thing? Try a mini project all about the Canadian Mounties!
Canada Day Activities for 8-11 year olds
Learn about the history of Canada and its colonisation. Research Canada’s native people. Plan and out on a parade celebrating Canada Day!
4th of July
4th of July Activities for Toddlers
Practise some fine motor skills and make a paper chain with the American flag colours. Make a ribbon wand together and have fun twirling and whirling them around.
4th of July Activities for 4-7 year olds
Learn to find the USA on map and that it’s on the continent of North America. Learn about the first ever burger and learn to make some burgers!
4th of July Activities for 8-11 year olds
See how many of the 50 states they can learn with a memory game. Learn about some of the American Presidents. Put on a 4th of July Parade. If you would like to learn the 50 states as well as their capitals then this Animaniacs video is still a household favourite.
Want Special Days for July that Can Satisfy Your Hunger? Try World Chocolate Day!
World Chocolate Day Activities for Toddlers
Practice counting with some chocolate chips. Make some tasty chocolate covered frozen banana pops together! Have a hot chocolate cloud dough sensory tray to explore.
Make a hot chocolate sensory bin.
World Chocolate Day Activities for 4-7 year olds
Learn about where chocolate comes from! Explore the science of chocolate; watch it turn from a solid, to a liquid and back to a solid again. Do a taste test of different chocolates e.g., white, milk and dark and describe how they taste. Design a chocolate bar wrapper.
World Chocolate Day Activities for 8-11 year olds
Learn about the interesting history of chocolate and how it came to be such a big part of out lives. Investigate the different melting points of white, milk and dark chocolate. Plot the results on a graph and discuss the possible reasons for the different melting points. Make their own chocolate treat.
Design it; thinking about the shape and contents. Make it! Then design the all-important packaging. Finally produce a tv or print advert for it!
If you're Interested in Specials Days for July Involving Revolutions then Learn About Bastille Day
Bastille Day Activities for Toddlers
Sing some simple French songs together. Do a taste test of French foods. Have fun stomping on grapes for a super sensory activity.
Bastille Day Activities for 4-7 year olds
Learn the story of Bastille Day. Learn some simple French words and phrases and set up a French café to roleplay and practice their newly acquired French! You can use this Pancake Café printable and French it up.
Bastille Day Activities for 8-11 year olds
Make a movie re-enacting Bastille Day or write a newspaper report of the day.
Special Days For July to Make you Roar: Global Tiger Day!
Global Tiger Day Activities for Toddlers
Be a tiger for the day! Dress up like a tiger and move and make tiger sounds. Eat and drink like a tiger! Read stories with Tigers in them. You could read The Tiger who Came to Tea or Tiger in a Tutu.
Global Tiger Day Activities for 4-7 year olds
Learn all about tigers. Identify a tiger from its distinguishable features and its footprints. Learn what endangered and extinct means and think about how we can help tigers.
Global Tiger Day Activities for 8-11 year olds
Learn all the different types of tiger and where they come from in the world. Research tiger charities and plan a fundraising day for tigers.
Share Below