Inside: Free printable Illinois Fact Teller for kids with 8 fun facts about the state of Illinois.
We have had so much fun learning about Illinois as part of our study of the United States of America.
We had a lot of fun making a Illinois State Fact Teller and quizzing each other and Dad about IL.
This printable Illinois fact teller has eight fun trivia questions in the familiar paper folds of cootie catchers and fortune tellers you made as a kid.
Kids pick words, count folds, and reveal answers about Illinois facts without realizing they’re learning.
What Makes This Illinois Fact Teller Different and Fun
- Tactile engagement: Folding paper and moving flaps keeps hands busy and minds focused on a way that reading alone never does.
- Peer appeal: Kids play fortune tellers with each other, which means your child becomes the one teaching Illinois facts to friends.
- Repeat exposure: Every time they play, they see the questions and answers again, building retention without flashcards.
- Control and choice: Kids get to pick the words and numbers, giving them agency in their own learning experience.
How To Make a Fact Teller
Paper fact tellers are made by folding a square of paper into 8 movable flaps. Each flap is labeled with a number and under each number is a question and answer.
When you Download and print the fact teller you get a page of folding instructions along with the fact teller in color or black and white for kids to color.
This fact teller about Illinois is easy to make, though young kids may need some help with folding.
- Download the free printable fact teller (get it at the bottom of the post)
- Print the file on regular paper
- Color the fact teller (it’s in black and white so kids can personalize it) or print the colored page.
- Fold and start sharing fun facts about Illinois.
How to Use the Fact Teller
To use the fact teller the person holding the teller asks a friend to choose from each layer of the fact teller in order, word, number and number.
The chosen word and numbers determine which flaps are opened and which question is asked and is fact told.
The Illinois Fact Teller gives kids the choices of the words Illinois, pumpkin, Dairy Queen and Route 66 for the first round.
Second and third rounds kids choose a number 1-8 out of the four numbers shown.
The first number selected you move the fact teller open and closing that many times.
The second number is the flap that is lifted with a question about Illinois and the answering fact under the flap.
Fun Illinois Facts for Kids
The fact teller has 8 Illinois facts inside including:
- What is the state nickname?
- What was its order of statehood?
- What is the state bird?
- What is the state capital?
- What is the state abbreviation?
- What is the state flower?
- What is the state snack?
- Morton, IL is considered the _______ capital of the world.
Free Printable Illinois Fact Teller
Please keep this printable for personal and class use only.