Hello Harrison County School District!
I hear you have a reading challenge in the works! I’d love to be involved . . . and visit the school with the most readers. Can we make it happen?!
Dear Educators,
Here are a few activities for you to use with your students. Enjoy!
ACTIVITIES TO DO from The 50 States Activity Book:
• United States Map Drawing Activity
• The Great Race
• Landmarks
• Tell a Tall Tale
• My Very Own State
MAPS TO LOOK AT from The 50 States and 50 Cities
• Indiana (my original home state!)
• New Mexico (where my godmother used to live!)
• New York (my current home state)
• Portland, Maine
• Maine (where my kid’s teacher is from!)
• Miami, Florida (for Leila)
• Indianapolis (my home town!)
• Pittsburgh, PA (because I just had a blast meeting the owner of Spark Books in nearby Aspinwall!)
• Portland, Maine map only
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Washington, D.C.
• State Flags
ACTIVITIES TO DO related to Book of Bones and Book of Flight
• Book of Bones Activity Pack
• Book of Flight Activity Pack
VIDEO TO WATCH
• Book of Bones Guessing Game Clue #1 (flipgrid)
• Whose Bones Read-Aloud (youtube . . . very silly)
FREE ACTIVITIES + RESOURCES FROM OTHER CONTENT CREATORS
Animal Exploration
Idea Collections
• Lots o’ stuff from Lisa Tolin @ Today
Drawing
• Carson Ellis Drawing Prompts
• Elise Gravel
• Mo Williams: Lunch Time Doodles (Every day at 1 pm ET)
Stories
• Pinna Podcast (Two months free): audio books, original podcasts, and more, all for fun + science + mystery + joke + trivia-loving kiddos ages 3-12.
• Spanish Children’s Stories
Music
• Tom Chapin & The Chapin Sisters Stay-at-Home Free Concerts (every day at 11 am UTC)
SHOW ME, SHOW ME, SHOW ME!
I'd love to see or hear about what you come up with! You can post them to social media with the hashtag #The50States #BookofBones or send them to me at gsbwrites (at) gmail (dot) com.
Happy exploring!
Your friend,
Gabe
