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American Symbols Worksheets for Kindergarten

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An American symbols poster, flag coloring and counting, the Pledge of Allegiance, riddles, labeling and cut and paste, and read-alouds, with answer keys.

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American symbols poster and the flag

A poster of five American symbols, a color by code flag, a stripe counting page and the Pledge of Allegiance with word helpers.

Name and find the symbols

Riddles to solve, a find the symbols page, and labeling with a word bank or cut and paste.

Read-alouds and writing

Read-alouds about the bald eagle and the Statue of Liberty with picture questions, and a draw and write page about a favorite symbol.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these american symbols worksheets

A symbol is a picture or thing that stands for something bigger. In kindergarten, children meet the best-known symbols of the United States: the American flag, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and the White House. These American symbols worksheets teach each one with a big picture and one or two simple facts.

Start with the American symbols poster. Then focus on the flag: children color it with a simple color code and count its 13 stripes. The flag on every page is drawn to the official proportions, with 50 stars in rows of six and five. The Pledge of Allegiance page gives the words in short lines to read aloud, shows how we stand for the Pledge, and explains the big words in kid-friendly language.

To practice, children solve riddles, find the symbols among other pictures, and name each symbol with a word bank or a cut and paste page. Short read-alouds about the bald eagle and the Statue of Liberty end with picture questions. Every page with one right answer has an answer key on page 2.

Standards

  • C3 D2.Civ.5.K-2Explain what governments are and some of their functions.
  • C3 D2.Civ.8.K-2Describe democratic principles such as equality, fairness, and respect for legitimate authority and rules.
  • C3 D2.Civ.7.K-2Apply civic virtues when participating in school settings.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.5Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.2Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.APrint many upper- and lowercase letters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.ASort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.1Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is . . .).

How to use them

  1. Hang the poster and introduce one symbol a day. Ask, "Where have you seen this?"
  2. Use the color the flag page before the count the stripes page, so children already know the pattern of red and white.
  3. Read the Pledge page aloud line by line and talk about the word helpers before children say it.
  4. Read each riddle aloud and let children point before they circle.
  5. Choose the word bank page for children who are ready to copy words, and the cut and paste page for everyone else.

Teaching tips

  • Keep it concrete: the flag has stripes and stars, the eagle has a white head, the bell has a crack.
  • The 13 stripes stand for the 13 colonies that became the first states. The 50 stars stand for today's 50 states.
  • "Bald" once meant white, which is why the bald eagle has its name even though it has feathers on its head.
  • Saying the Pledge is a personal choice. Children who do not say it can stand or sit quietly.
  • Pre-readers work from the pictures. Captions are for the adult to read aloud.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What American symbols should kindergartners know?

Most kindergarten classes learn the American flag, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and the White House, plus the Pledge of Allegiance. The poster covers all five symbols with one or two facts each.

Why does the flag have 13 stripes and 50 stars?

The 13 stripes stand for the 13 colonies that became the first states. The 50 stars stand for the 50 states today, one star for each state.

Are there answer keys?

Yes. The stripe counting page, riddles, find the symbols page, labeling pages and read-aloud questions each have an answer key on page 2 of the PDF.