Today is a day to celebrate our great country and the wonderfully unique heritage and history that makes up the United States.
Many of us will celebrate with picnics and fireworks, outdoor games, festivals and other celebrations, but it is also a great day to learn a little more about the country you live in…so here is a fun little activity to learn more about the states and their symbols.
Fill in the blanks with either the state name or the plant or animal. Helpful hint: Visit Arbordalepublishing.com to find the animals in each of the books listed.
It took a magpie to help Maine’s state animal (___________) to learn to tell jokes in Moose and Magpie.
Ohio’s state bird the _______________ fills the apple tree planted by Nicholas and Grandpa Santos in Christmas Even Blizzard.
Felina is Florida’s state animal and when she meets Felix; this ____________ learns that she is very special and rare.
In North Carolina the state flower___________________ may attract a bear just like in The Tree that Bear Climbed.
Mandy __________ (Washington’s state land mammal) joins Peter Pika to find the Mountain Monarch in The Glaicers are Melting!.
New York’s state animal, the _____________, won’t be found watching fireworks from the empire state building, but you can read about their incredible building ability in The Beaver’s Busy Year.
If you visit Texas, be sure to try the state snack ___________________. You can even get a recipe to make your
own from Burro’s Tortillas.
In Prairie Storms, Kansas’s state animal the _____________ stands strong in the cold wind and snow.
Maggie’s sandbox was not the ideal spot for Maryland’s state the ______________________ to lay her eggs in Turtles in my Sandbox.
If a Dolphin were a Fish star Delfina would swim over to this state (_____________), that has named the bottlenose dolphin as their state marine mammal.
If you visit Alabama be sure to try the state fruit, blackberries all of the animals in this book _____________________ love them too!
If you are in Minnesota, follow Hope’s lead and raise this state insect ________________ in your own garden.
The national bird and a symbol of liberty, ____________; this bird tries to help Marcel find food in Whistling Wings.
We hope you enjoyed this fun Fourth of July activity and learned a little too! For more information on state symbols we did our research at State Symbols USA. Or learn more about the books mentioned here at Arbordale Publishing.
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