{"id":114000000223,"date":"2019-06-27T14:06:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/?p=114000000223"},"modified":"2019-06-27T14:06:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:06:59","slug":"teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Your Preschooler about Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-image wp-image--no-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114000000224 \" src=\"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/06\/july-4.jpg\" alt=\"Independence Day\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/figure><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 4th of July is such a fun, memorable, and exciting holiday for children! Most of us have very distinct and detailed memories of celebrating this day during our childhood, and it\u2019s a great joy to re-experience Independence Day through the eyes of your child! Before you enjoy fireworks and hot dogs and swimming pools, take some time leading up to this day to teach your preschooler the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">why<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of Independence Day and our celebrations! We\u2019ve compiled some easy ways to teach your preschool-age children more about this patriotic holiday.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Teach the History<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Young children have a short attention span, so hold off on reading the Declaration of Independence together. However, you can absolutely tell the story of how America was formed by people who wanted to start a new life in a new country and not be ruled by a King. There are some children\u2019s books for all ages that feature some of the key players in America\u2019s independence. Visit your local library to find books that teach about our independence in child-friendly language.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Explain our Government<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once again, keep this simple and age and attention span appropriate! First, ask your child what they know! It may be more than you think. Teach the names of the three branches of our government and how that is very different from having a King or a Queen. Talk about how we have a President, but how the other branches make sure nobody gets too powerful!<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Keep it Fun<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Look online for examples of American Flag crafts that are fun to do but easy to teach about the parts of the flag and what they represent. Learn and sing some patriotic songs together as you do the craft (\u201cYou\u2019re a Grand Old Flag\u201d and \u201cThis Land is My Land\u201d are great examples!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Did you miss last month&#8217;s blog? Check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/10\/tips-for-traveling-with-your-preschoolers-this-summer\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Want to learn more about<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/kidsrkidslandstar.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Kids \u2018R\u2019 Kids Learning Academy of Landstar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> located in Orlando, Florida? Our mission is to provide secure, nurturing, and educational environments for children ages 6 weeks \u2013 12 years. We help children to bloom into responsible, considerate, and contributing members of society. For more information, give us a call or stop by for a tour! We\u2019d love to get to know you and your family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 4th of July is such a fun, memorable, and exciting holiday for children! Most of us have very distinct and detailed memories of celebrating this day during our childhood, and it\u2019s a great joy to re-experience Independence Day through the eyes of your child! Before you enjoy fireworks and hot dogs and swimming pools, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":114000000224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114000000010],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114000000223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teaching Your Preschooler about Independence Day - Landstar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teaching Your Preschooler about Independence Day - Landstar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 4th of July is such a fun, memorable, and exciting holiday for children! Most of us have very distinct and detailed memories of celebrating this day during our childhood, and it\u2019s a great joy to re-experience Independence Day through the eyes of your child! Before you enjoy fireworks and hot dogs and swimming pools, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Landstar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-27T14:06:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-27T14:06:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/06\/july-4-1000x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"adminrosemarketing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adminrosemarketing\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Teaching Your Preschooler about Independence Day - Landstar","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Teaching Your Preschooler about Independence Day - Landstar","og_description":"The 4th of July is such a fun, memorable, and exciting holiday for children! Most of us have very distinct and detailed memories of celebrating this day during our childhood, and it\u2019s a great joy to re-experience Independence Day through the eyes of your child! Before you enjoy fireworks and hot dogs and swimming pools, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/","og_site_name":"Landstar","article_published_time":"2019-06-27T14:06:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-06-27T14:06:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/06\/july-4-1000x630.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"adminrosemarketing","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"adminrosemarketing","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/"},"author":{"name":"adminrosemarketing","@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/#\/schema\/person\/41e45b7c14cc7dbcc04ee01cd5e302bb"},"headline":"Teaching Your Preschooler about Independence Day","datePublished":"2019-06-27T14:06:35+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-27T14:06:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/"},"wordCount":391,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/06\/july-4.jpg","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/","url":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/","name":"Teaching Your Preschooler about Independence Day - Landstar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/06\/july-4.jpg","datePublished":"2019-06-27T14:06:35+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-27T14:06:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/#\/schema\/person\/41e45b7c14cc7dbcc04ee01cd5e302bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/06\/july-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2019\/06\/july-4.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"Independence Day"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/2019\/06\/27\/teaching-your-preschooler-about-independence-day\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Teaching Your Preschooler about Independence Day"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/","name":"Landstar","description":"Just another Kids &#039;R&#039; Kids site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/#\/schema\/person\/41e45b7c14cc7dbcc04ee01cd5e302bb","name":"adminrosemarketing","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6fbb270013d86f58a9229bf717271db8331eca8a03f9524f50b67472a429f88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6fbb270013d86f58a9229bf717271db8331eca8a03f9524f50b67472a429f88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"adminrosemarketing"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/rosemarketingsolutions.net"],"url":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/author\/lisarosemarketing\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114000000223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114000000223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114000000223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114000000224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114000000223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114000000223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kidsrkids.com\/landstar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114000000223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}