Happy 4th of July everyone!  Do something absolutely fun to celebrate America’s Independence!  Eat, play, sing, dance, watch something, honor, play our word search game, and just enjoy!

But first, just a little history lesson below about our freedoms –

• Each section in the Declaration of Independence explains why it had the right to declare independence.
• The Preamble explains why the Continental Congress wrote the Declaration of Independence.
• The Declaration of Natural Rights states that all men are created by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
• These unalienable rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

• The Declaration of Independence includes a list of grievances against the British government.
• It claims the colonies were free and independent states.
• The signers of the Declaration of Independence represented the American people.
• They voted to declare the colonies independent from Great Britain on July 4, 1776.
• Most of the signers signed the document on August 2, 1776.

Enjoy this fun word search called “4th of July.” Word searches develop spelling skills, extend vocabulary, and emphasize pattern recognition. Find all the hidden words! Enjoy replaying one of your favorite word searches. Each time you replay it, the words are reordered to make it more challenging.

Word Search Instructions:

1. To view vocabulary words in the boxes below the puzzle, click on each box.
2. To play, click on the first letter of the word and then click on the last letter of the vocabulary word to highlight the entire word in the puzzle.
3. Words may be found going forward, backward, up, down, or diagonally.
4. After each vocabulary word is found, each word in the box will have a slash through it if clicked on.
5. Once you have completed the word search, a message will say “CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WIN!”
6. Have fun!

Mobile version may vary. (Word Box: liberty, freedom, independence, parade, fireworks)

Homeschoolers/Teachers/Parents: Sketch/color an illustration. Write what you can do to celebrate your freedoms. Theme: freedoms. Read the story called The Happy Prince and describe what the prince did for the people. Skills: appreciation, citizenship.

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Enjoy the Stadium of Fire fireworks.