January 26th commemorates the landing of the First Fleet into Sydney Cove in 1788.
Resources for teachers and for kids learning about
Australian Animal Crafts
Puzzles & Activities animals flags flowers
Australian Friends Toilet Paper Roll Crafts preschool and kindergarten
COLOURING IN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
Australian Medal preschoolers and up
Australiana Colouring pages
Australian Team Colours Toilet Paper Roll Crafts preschool and kindergarten
Itsy Bitsy Book - Australia Day
Cave Drawings - Handprints
A Day in the Life - Time for Kids has timeline that outlines the day of one boy from Queensland. How similar / different is your day?
Build a paper version of the Sydney Opera House
Cave Drawings - Sand Paper Art Kindergarten and grade school
Create an Opera House hat
Craft a Didgeridoo preschool and kindergarten
How to make a Sydney Opera House collage
Celebrating Australia Day Webquest
Exposition Writing Unit (21 Lesson Plans)
Rainbow Eucalyptus Pencil Holder Elementary school and up
Australia Day Fact Sheets (Upper Primary- Secondary)
Australia Coloring Pages
Lenny Loosejocks Australia Day Blast (Primary)
Australia's States Worksheets
The National Library of Australia Digital Classroom
True Blue - curriculum corporation on being Australian
Australia Tracer Pages
Find A Word
Anagram
Australian Word Search Puzzle
Word Mining: (version 1) (version 2)
Australia Day Crossword
Word Search
Australian animal memory game
Dot Art Kindergarten and grade school
Australia Day crafts
Kk is for Koala and Kk is for Kangaroo coloring pages
or check out "The Wiggles" Coloring Pages (an Australian kids tv show)
Teaching Ideas and Resources: made in Australia based around this video
Free Printable Australia Day Learning Packet
The download includes some research questions which will assist in completing these notebook pages.
Printable songs to learn and have on hand during Australia Day festivities.
Colouring pages of the Australian Flag, Coat of Arms and Golden Wattle.
3 part Montessori style cards. I have also included a snippet of information for each card, so that in effect they are 4 part cards. These can used for vocabulary work and making small booklets with the information.Copywork in both print and cursive.Aussie Slang cards, use as a matching activity or for a game of snap.Clip the beginning sounds, for early phonics practice.Tracing pages for early handwriting practice.Do a Dot Marker pages or laminate and use on a cookie tray with magnets, coloured smarties, pom poms or something similar
The Australian Flag size sequencing activity.