America’s 250th Anniversary Activity Packet Free Printables

The America’s 250th Anniversary Activity Packet is a seven page collection of matching, fitness, and writing activities built around the journey from 1776 to 2026. This free printable supports visual perceptual skills, gross motor skills, bilateral coordination, and handwriting skills in one packet.

You can download the complete set at the bottom of this post.

What’s Included in This America’s 250th Anniversary Printable Packet

This download includes seven pages celebrating 250 years of American history while looking ahead.

• Pages 1 and 2 are two versions of a Then and Now Connections matching page, where kids draw a line from each 1776 item to its 2026 match.
• A second Then and Now page has students write or draw what changed, what stayed the same, and what life might look like in 2276.
• The America 250 Fitness Challenge lists 25 exercises at 10 reps each, totaling 250 reps, with a star to color after every exercise.
• A My America 250 Time Capsule page gives six boxes for writing or drawing items that represent life today, such as a favorite technology, food, and community.
• A Draw Your America 250 Time Capsule page has space to illustrate items inside a capsule graphic, guided by four short prompts.
• An A Message to the Future page offers three lined sections for writing about life today, school and community, and hopes for 2276.

Skills This America’s 250th Anniversary Activity Supports

This packet works several skill areas into one theme.

• visual perceptual skills for scanning and comparing the 1776 and 2026 columns to find each match
• visual motor integration and eye-hand coordination for drawing a controlled line to each matching pair
• gross motor skills for completing all 25 exercises in the Fitness Challenge
• bilateral coordination for jumping jacks, arm circles, windmills, and star jumps
• crossing midline for the cross-crawl touches built into the exercise list
• motor planning for sequencing through 25 exercises and tracking repetitions
• handwriting and pre-writing skills for the Time Capsule and Message to the Future pages

These skills carry over into handwriting, sports, and daily tasks like getting dressed or tying shoes. The writing pages also give students practice organizing their thoughts before writing.

How to Use This America’s 250th Anniversary Activity

This packet works well across several different settings.

• Occupational therapy sessions to target visual motor, bilateral coordination, and handwriting goals
• Physical therapy sessions, using the Fitness Challenge as a structured warm up
• Classroom use for indoor recess, brain breaks, or social studies units
• Home use as a quiet activity or a family fitness challenge before July 4th

Tips and Variations

For younger children, read each 1776 and 2026 item aloud together first, since images like a washboard or quill may be unfamiliar. They can also break the Fitness Challenge into smaller chunks of five exercises at a time.

For an added challenge, have older students complete the matching pages without verbal hints and time how fast they connect all ten pairs. They can also research one 1776 item and share a fact with the group.

Laminate the Fitness Challenge page and use a dry erase marker for repeated use. For the writing pages, students who struggle with handwriting can dictate answers and add an illustration.

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