Kansas State Symbols
Happy Kansas Day!
Kansas became the 34th state on January 29, 1861. Today January 29th is known as Kansas Day, and it is a great time to study Kansas state symbols and what life was like for those people moving to the new state of Kansas in the mid to late 1800s.
Symbols help provide Kansans with a sense of place and identity. They are things that have come to represent Kansas over time.
Kansas State Symbols -Official state symbols are those that have the seal of approval from the state legislature and the governor. These are written into law.
Coloring Pages
- Kansas State Symbols Coloring Book
- 34 Star Flag
- Birthday Cake
- Birthday Streamer
- Churning Butter
- Cowboy
- Cutting the Wheat
- The Great Seal of Kansas
- Honeybee State Insect
- Kansas Harvest About 1900
- Kansas Pride
- Little Bluestem
- Ornate Box Turtle - State Reptile of Kansas
- Parts of the Wheat Plant
- Proud Kansan
- Roping Steers
- Sunflower
- Wheat in Kansas
- Wheat Kernel Booklet
Today is Kansas Day a read aloud story written by Kristy Nersthemier and illustrated with images from Read Kansas! lessons and Happy Birthday Kansas! photo contest winners.
Videos
- Kansas Settlers read-along (2:08)
- Kansas State Symbols (11:05)
- Kansas Symbols read-along(4:47) - An adaptation of Read Kansas! P-3 lesson
Activities
- American Buffalo - State Animal of Kansas - dot-to-dot
- American Buffalo Puppet
- Barred Tiger Salamander puzzle
- Barred Tiger Salamander model
- Changing Cottonwoods
- Cottonwood Leaf Tipi
- Create Sunflower Poetry
- Cup and Ball Toy
- Fuzzy Honeybee
- Home on the Range
- Honeybee from pom poms
- Kansas Bingo - 30 playing cards in one file, individual playing card files for a virtual game, directions and calling cards
- Kansas Images: An Activity Book for Children - Kansas symbols activities for primary grades
- Kansas Symbols Facts
- Kansas symbols game board and directions and playing cards
- Make a Covered Wagon
- Make a Kansas flag
- Make Your Own Butter
- The Many Shapes of Kansas
- My Kansas ABCs book
- My Kansas Symbols Book with directions
- Name that Kansas Symbol, answer sheet
- One Room School Games
- Ornate Box Turtle hat
- Ornate Box Turtle races
- Ornate Box Turtle shells to wear
- Rollin' on the River - steamboat board game
- Shape it up!
- Spelling Bee
- State Bird of Kansas - deciphering the code
- Sunbonnet - paper sunbonnet
- Sunflower Garden
- Tumbling Prairie Dogs
- Western Meadowlark Model
- Wheatland board game
- Wizard of Oz stick puppets
Music and Lesson
- Sing-along - "Home on the Range" (2:33)
- Sing-along - "Oh Where, Oh Where, Is Kansas?" sing-along and lesson (3:42); sing-along only (:25) - adaptation of Read Kansas! P-2
- Sing-along, state song - "Home on the Range" (2:32)
- Music, state march - "Here's Kansas" - performed by Marshall's Civic Band (2:34)
- Music, state march - "The Kansas March" - performed by Marshall's Civic Band (3:00)
- State Song and State Marches lesson
Nearpod Lessons
- Where is Kansas? - primary grades
- Rural School Days - intermediate grades
Lesson Plans
Primary Grades
Intermediate Grades
Other Resources
- Kansas: Then and Now; Kansas Secretary of States' Office
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