A Fun Educational Game for Kids!

Johnny Appleseed

This educational game for kids is fun and engaging! Kids may work alone or with a partner to uncover an interesting fact about the legendary Johnny Appleseed.

Info & Directions:

The man known as Johnny Appleseed was born on September 26, 1774. He was a frontiersman who traveled widely, planting apple trees and spreading his faith. To find out this folk hero’s real name, follow these instructions.

Johnny Appleseed kids educational game, from www.word-game-world.com

Start at the given letter and move one space in the direction shown by each arrow. Write the ending letter in the blank. An example is done for you.

Solve it here or use this convenient printable page.

John Chapman

Reference: http://www.biography.com/people/johnny-appleseed-38103

Extension activities

Encourage students to write similar puzzles about other interesting historical figures. The information that they hide in their puzzles could be the person's real name, as on this page, or their birth place, one of their inventions, a famous family member, or an important event that's tied to this person.

Or, let students decide to hide an entire sentence of fascinating trivia!

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