Juneteenth activities for children

You can teach your children about Juneteenth and celebrate this federal holiday with them using these lesson plans and hands on activities.

Celebrating Juneteenth with kids

Learn about Juneteenth and celebrate this holiday with your children using these fun and educational Juneteenth lesson plans and activities.

Ready-made Juneteenth Unit lesson plans

Did you get your copy of our ready-made Juneteenth Unit? The Juneteenth Unit is one of the units in our Play Academy curriculum Festivals pathway. This curriculum has an excellent range of units that you can fit together to create an in-depth and engaging programme for your children, all based on the festivals and holidays of the year.

All our units teach through hands-on learning. Rather than staring at a screen or filling in uninspiring worksheets, the Play Academy gives you ready-made, easy-to-lead, creative lessons that enable your children to learn through making, playing, doing, cooking, investigating, storytelling, imagining, chatting, thinking and laughing.

See more details of this Unit here, and join us in the Play Academy to choose your first teaching unit here.

Juneteenth activities to do with children

:: learn about Juneteenth: why and how it’s celebrated

:: make strawberry soda and learn about traditional Juneteenth foods

:: learn the Black national anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing

:: make Juneteenth flags and learn about their meaning

:: try an art project inspired by famous African American artist Augusta Savage

:: make Juneteenth windsock decorations

:: make a Juneteenth sticky wall art display

Ready-made Juneteenth activities for children with printables kit

Save time and get straight to celebrating with our ready-made Juneteenth thematic unit.