Dear Educators,
Here are a few activities for you to use with your students. Enjoy!
BOOK OF BONES
Book of Bones Activity Pack
Bones Bookmark with Author SignatureBOOK OF DINOSAURS
Dino Word Search (answer sheet)
Favorite Dinosaur (coming soon!)
Dinosaurs — My Way (coming soon!)
BOOK OF FLIGHT
HOW TO BE A WITCH
MEET THE MEGAFAUNA
Mega Word Search (word search answers)
WHAT A MAP CAN DO
Map Activity Packet 1-4 (with 1st 4 activities listed below)
Let’s Make a Raccoon Adventure PuppetRaccoon Adventure Grid Drawing
Map Word Search (word search answers)
Color Your Own Raccoon Bookmark — with author signature
Let’s Make a Map of Our BedroomWHAT MEDICINE CAN DO
Medicine Activity Packet 1-5 (with all 5 activities listed below)
word search (word search answers)crossword puzzle (crossword answers)
Color Your Own Fox Bookmark – with author signature
Fox Symptom Check Grid Drawing
Fox PuppetWHO’S THAT DINOSAUR
WHOSE BONES
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
• Honolulu, Hawaii
• Hawaii
• Indiana (my original home state!)
• New Mexico (where my godmother used to live!)
• New York (my current home state)
• New York City
• 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
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
