Tall Tales - week 1

Here is the overview of our Tall Tales & U.S. Geography Summer Camp:

Week One

Febold Feboldson

Paul Bunyan

Finn McCool

Pecos Bill

special guest: civil engineers

Week Two

Stormalong

Mose

John Henry

Johnny Appleseed

field trip: fire department

Week Three

Swamp Angel

Mike Fink

Davy Crockett

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind

field trip: Cave-in-Rock State Park

Notes for

Mon - Febold Feboldson

snack - read "Febold Feboldson"
from American Tall Tales

by Mary Pope Osborne, p.63


activity - make rainstorm music with frog rasps and giant rainstick

pass out blank U.S. state maps; can you find Nebraska?

find and label states in the Midwest region
10 states (MN, IA, MO, KS, NE, SD, ND, MT, WY, ID)

useful Montessori resources:
United States Puzzle Map
United States Location Color Set




lunch - read "The Sad Story of Febold Feboldson and His Enormous Load of Sand: A Popular Tale of Nebraska"
from Heroes, Outlaws & Funny Fellows of American Popular Tales
by Olive Beaupre Miller, p.226


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pop popcorn and make Old Fashioned Popcorn Balls with Molasses

Molasses Popcorn Balls - video

How to Test Candy in Cold Water - photos

Tue - Paul Bunyan

snack - read "Paul Bunyan"
from American Tall Tales

by Mary Pope Osborne, p.97


activity - make ox finger puppets with blue wool felt



find and label states in the Northwest region
3 states (CA, OR, WA)


lunch - read "Big Paul Bunyan and His Blue Ox, Babe: A Tall Tale of the Forests of Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota as told by Loggers in the Lumber Camps"
from Heroes, Outlaws & Funny Fellows of American Popular Tales
by Olive Beaupre Miller, p.200


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read "Paul Bunyan Goes West: A Tall Tale of North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington"
from Heroes, Outlaws & Funny Fellows of American Popular Tales
by Olive Beaupre Miller, p.314

Wed - Finn McCool

snack - read Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill

by Tomie dePaola


activity - look at pictures of the Giant's Causeway

find and label states in the Southwest region
7 states (TX, OK, CO, NM, AZ, UT, NV)

visit from our Civil Engineering Special Guests


lunch - read "Finn MacCool, the Greatest of Civil Engineers: A Tale of the Grand Canyon of Arizona as Told by Irish Work Gangs and Civil Engineers"
from Heroes, Outlaws & Funny Fellows of American Popular Tales
by Olive Beaupre Miller, p.283


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book display - Grand Canyon

by Jason Chin (Caldecott Honor)

Thu - Pecos Bill

snack - read "Pecos Bill"
from American Tall Tales

by Mary Pope Osborne, p.73


activity - listen to Roy Rogers sing Git Along Little Dogies (1940)

cook some traditional cowboy pinto beans over a campfire and/or make Foil Packet Baked Apples


lunch - read "Pecos Bill, the Cowboy: A Tall Tale of Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado as Told by American Cowboys"
from Heroes, Outlaws & Funny Fellows of American Popular Tales
by Olive Beaupre Miller, p.259


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