Day 21 - Nevada map, and video on WV

Is your West Virginia map and scroll "neat and complete?"  Congratulations!

That's your ticket to US state # 35 

Click the picture - welcome to West Virginia!

Here's the  Blue School Bus Video recapping West Virginia.

Now - head to Nevada - US State # 36

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright courtesy/waived thanks to Scholastic during the 2020 pandemic.

Clickable links for Nevada at your leisure. Traveling makes your brain grow.

• An excellent overview of NV in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Nat'l Geo's 50 states in 50 birds - check out NV in fun facts, raps and rhymes! 
• A funny video summarizing NV - could you make on like this?  check here..
• Nevada's National Park Service Sites - find a place you'd like to visit someday.
• Antique steam trains helped people migrate and transported goods - see a REAL train here.
• Click to see an antique MAP of the "Comstock Lode" silver mine worth $7000 
• See how Lake Marlette supported silver mining at the Comstock Lode in this PBS video
• of the famous silver mine "The Comstock Lode" detailed here. 
• Here's a quick news clip of the 160th anniversary of the discovery of silver.
• Hear a quick NPS ranger talk about 4000 year old Bristlecone Pine Trees in the Great Basin 
• Walk back in time to see caves, artifacts and ancient people in this video by archaelogists.
• Take a quick look at the country's oldest national recreational area in Lake Mead 
• When the water level at Lake Mead drops, it reveals treasures See this PBS video. 
• Check out these videos from PBS about: Tarantulas, Scorpions, Desert Tortoise and Butterflies.
• How about a ride in Hot Air Balloon in Nevada near Las Vegas?
• Check out this short video on the Mojave desert by National Geographic
• Be a google tourist and have a virtual visit to the Hoover Dam.
• Learn about silver - mining, processing and melting:  video: how is silver made?
• Choose from different NV travel guides to be mailed free to your home - mail is fun! 
• Use Google Earth to visit  - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice - webcams in NV
• Get some popcorn, watch the Smithsonian "Aerial America" 50 minute movie on NV.

Rest Area: 5 - A story and a poem for you!

Wherever you are in your journey...

                   Everybody is welcome here.

Hop on the bus for a READ ALOUD about the ocean and a poem.

“To travel is to live.”
― Hans Christian Andersen 

Today please cut and paste these four flags on the back of your map pages. Remember this atlas and dictionary is a keepsake you're making for your family - double check each map and scroll below to ensure it is your BEST work.

• Minnesota
• Michigan
• Massachusetts
• West Virginia

Here's the poem I read today, feel free to practice it, memorize it or read it to a family member (or pet!)

It is SO STILL

It is so still, so still tonight, 

there is no sound at all, 

no tapping on the windowpane, 

no footsteps in the hall.

No barking dog, or screeching cat, 

no mouse beneath my bed, 

no rustle of a windy leaf, 

no raindrops overhead.

I lie beneath my covers

with my pillow to my ear, 

and my breathing and my heartbeat

are the only sounds I hear.

              by Jack Prelutsky

Take your time, it doesn't matter if you're on Day 6 or Day 14 - it's a REST AREA!

Day 20 - West Virginia map, and video on KS

Is your Kansas map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations - now welcome to US state # 34 

Click the picture, and hop in the bus in Kansas!

Here's your ticket for the Blue Bus Video recapping Kansas.

Now - head to West Virginia (WV) - US State # 35 

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright courtesy/waived thanks to Scholastic during the 2020 pandemic.

Clickable links for West Virginia, travel and grow your brain - at your leisure.

• An excellent overview of WV in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Click on this interactive map to see weather cams in West Virginia.
• West Virginia's National Park Service Sites - find a place you'd like to visit someday.
• Cool video (body cam) highlights of the NPS in the New River Gorge
• WV State Museum and Culture Center - video shows how states preserve their history
• Excellent short SONGS from Applachia here in these Smithsonian recordings
• Hike the Applachian Trail as it passes through West Virginia; here's how it was made.
• Learn about artist Robin Hammer and watch this tutorial to create optical illusions.
• Ready for Mother's Day? Learn about it in a PBS video about Anna Reeves Jarvis 
• Hear the Story of John Henry Read Aloud by a teaching colleague.
• Video experience of coal mining underground and consider coal's environmental impact
• This video tells why Virginia split into two parts because of disagreements about slavery.
• Learn about Chuck Yeager in this video ;  See this movie clip showing the X-1 flying
• How it's made - see glass marbles being made in WV!
• Choose from different WV travel guides to be mailed free to your home - mail is fun! 
• Use Google Earth to visit WV - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!

Day 19 - Kansas Map, and video on OR

Is your Oregon map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations - now welcome to US state # 33 

Click the picture, and hop in the bus in Oregon!

Here's your ticket for the Blue School Bus Video recapping Oregon.

Now - head to Kansas - US State # 34

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright courtesy/waived thanks to Scholastic during the 2020 pandemic.

Clickable links for Kansas at your leisure. Traveling makes your brain grow.

• An excellent overview of KS  in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Socractica's video summary of KS - check here..
• Kansas's National Park Service Sites - find a place you'd like to visit someday.
• Learn the pivotal case of Brown vs. Board of Education from 1954 in Topeka, KS
• Homeschool pop has this Amelia Earhart biography - she's from Atchison, KS
• GREAT mix of aviation related games/activities - thanks to the Kansas Aviation Museum!
• A farmer's wife gives a special video tour of the charming Garden of Eden in Lucas, KS
• William White was a critical newspaper editor in KS who received the Pulitzer Prize
• A famous writer of movies and plays - William Inge also won a Pulitzer Prize.
• Gwendolyn Brooks also won a Pulitzer for her poem heard in this video We Real Cool
• Check out this video about  processing sunflower seeds from massive fields
• Take a virtual tour of Fort Larned an important base defending settlers/pioneers.
• Check out interactives maps of both the Pony Express Trail or the Santa Fe Trail
• Choose from different KS travel guides to be mailed free to your home - mail is fun! 
• Use Google Earth to visit KS - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice - find giraffes - webcams in KS.

Day 18 - Oregon Map, and video on MN

Is your Minnesota map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations - now welcome to US state # 32 

Click the picture, and hop in the bus in Minnesota!

Here's your ticket for the Blue School Bus Video recapping Minnesota.

Now - head to Oregon - US State # 33

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright courtesy/waived thanks to Scholastic during the 2020 pandemic.

Click through Oregon at your leisure.  Traveling makes your brain grow.

• An excellent overview of OR in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Nat'l Geo's 50 states in 50 birds - check out Oregon in fun facts, raps and rhymes! 
• Oregon's National Park Service Sites - find a place you think I should camp and email me...
• Listen to this 3min NPS ranger talk about Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the USA
• Check out this one minute of the famous color field painter Mark Rothko 
• A slightly exaggerated cartoon video about the beauty of Oregon.
• You can still see the ruts of the Oregon Trail from settlers heading west 200 years ago.
• Eight-time world-champion jingle dancer video - see Red Elk of the Umatilla tribe.
• Cool, hip video biography about Sacajawea and the Lewis and Clark Expedition on PBS.
• A 2min overview of Lewis and Clark's journey to the Pacific Ocean...
• Get some popcorn for this National Geographic Movie on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
• Could you stand the pinch of an Oregon Dungeness Crab like Coyote Peterson ?
• Listen to an interview with Beverly Cleary via this Reading Rockets Video
• Learn about Marine Studies and Science via this Oregon State University video. 
• Choose from different OR travel guides to be mailed free to your home - mail is fun!
• Watch highlights of the sage grouse cam  in Bend, OR
• Mr. Chris went to Oregon State University - there are many webcams to view there. 
• Use Google Earth to visit OR - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city via webcams in OR.

Rest Area 4 - Earth Day Read Story and popcorn for you

Wherever you are in your journey...

                   Everybody is welcome.

 Come on in for POPCORN!  Today's rest area has TWO special videos...

First we need to make the popcorn video...

 and then READ ALOUD video about turtles laying eggs.

"Slow and steady wins the race."    - Aesop

Today please cut and paste these four flags on the back of your map pages. Remember this atlas and dictionary is a keepsake you're making for your family - double check each map and scroll below to ensure it is your BEST work.

• Connecticut
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Louisiana

Take your time, it doesn't matter if you're on Day 6 or Day 14 - it's a REST AREA!

Perhaps you've seen this short video about Earth Day's Founder !?  Next o it is an activity that lets you make trading cards of famous people from Wisconsin or find books at different reading levels...

Day 17 - Minnesota map, and video on CA

Is your California map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations - welcome to US state # 31 

Click the picture, and hop in the bus in California!

Here's your ticket for the Blue School Bus Video recapping California

Now - head to Minnesota - US State # 32

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright courtesy/waived - a thank you to Scholastic in 2020 pandemic.

Click tour colored links and see MN at your leisure.  Traveling makes your brain grow.

• An excellent overview of MN in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• NEW: National Geographic's 50 states in 50 birds - check out MN facts in fun rhymes! 
• MN National Park Service Sites - find a place you think I should camp and email me...
• See peregrine falcons on a live webcam in on a cliff-side view 
• Who would be a famous Minnesota person to be mobbed in the Mall of America ?
• Do you like to cartoon? Here's Charles Schultz biography and visit his museum with Snoopy.  
• Hear about Paul Bunyan in Babe and the Blue Ox read by a teaching colleague in Missouri!
• Did you know the US Hockey Hall of Fame in here, in Eveleth.
• Check out the wolf cams or see the videos from the International Wolf Center in Ely, MN
• Choose from MANY different MN travel guides mailed free to your home - mail is fun!
• Use Google Earth to visit MN - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• See and hear these amazing performers in an Ojibwe Pow Wow in MN 2017.
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city via webcams in MN.

Day 16 - California Map, and video on WI

So your Wisconsin map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations - welcome to the USA's 30th state!

Click the picture, and hop in the bus in Wisconsin.

Here's your ticket for the Blue School Bus Video recapping Wisconsin!

Now - head to California - state # 31

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright waived thanks to Scholastic in 2020 pandemic.

Click through California at your leisure.  Traveling makes your brain grow.

• An excellent overview of CA in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• And here's their video about the Golden Gate Bridge
• California's simple video overview by Socractica
• Check out this PBS special outlining the flora and fauna of the Baja penisula
• Like Chinese food?  Learn how Chinese immigrants brought their cuisine across the USA.
• California is the third largest US state - it has 58 counties - check this video out!
• NEW: National Geographic's 50 states in 50 birds - check out CA facts in fun rhymes! 
• CA National Park Service Sites - or go virtual: Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Giant Redwoods.
• Take a self-guided museum tour in the J Paul Getty Museum
• Take your pick and view one of the many amazing Monterey Bay Aquarium Webcams
• Visit the San Diego Zoo webcams
• Ghost towns are a real thing - here's a video from the largest unrestored town of Bodie, CA.
• Here's a clickable list of all of California's sports teams
• Mail is fun - it's time to order your free guide to California - click here
• Check out the California Condor's Webcams
• Watch the Golden Gate Bridge being built for real  and being built in Fortnite... 
• See Gold Rush History Channel Video or Discovery Channel or this Thought Monkey Video
• Click the nut to see how its harvested in CA: Almonds, Pistachios and Walnuts
• Video explains the history of "Silicon Valley" become the home of Apple, Google and Tesla ?
• See how it's made -a first generation Tesla !
• What is an earthquake - check out Ready, Jet, Go Video !
• Want a quiet moment - take in this webcam of the open ocean of the west coast !
• Learn five fascinating facts about Sea Otters in the i-explore video
• Use Google Earth to visit CA- zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Check out a variety of cities and locations via webcams across California.

Day 15 - Wisconsin Map, and video on IA

Is your Iowa map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations - welcome to the USA's 29th state!

Click the picture, and hop in the bus in Iowa!

Here's your ticket for the Blue School Bus Video recapping Iowa!

Now - head to Wisconsin - state # 30

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright waived thanks to Scholastic in 2020 pandemic.

Click through Wisconsin at your leisure.  Traveling makes your brain grow.

• An excellent overview of WI in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• NEW: National Geographic's 50 states in 50 birds - check out Wisconsin facts in fun rhymes! 
• Wisconsin's National Park Service Sites - find a place you think I should camp and email me...
• Watch birds on the Flyway Cam in Brice Prairie, Wisconsin situated on the Mississippi River.
• Learn about treaties and wars with Native Americans via this video about Chief OshKosh
• Check out designs inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright - pause to make a LEGO version
• Check out the LIVE WEBCAM of the American Kestrels in Prairie du Chien, WI. 
• A video biography of escape artist Harry Houdini - MADE BY KIDS
• Inventors the Harley Davidson Motorcyle - check out a history video
• Video of a lawnmower being made; meet inventors Stephen Briggs & Harold Stratton
• Wisconsin live Farm Cam - what's similar and what's different?
• Meet the "Father of Earth Day" with this video and notice there are printable leveled books.
• Download and print the Barnum and Bailey circus-themed coloring book from Circus World
• Choose different WI travel guides mailed free to your home - mail is fun!
• A video book report for Little House on the Prairie by Wisconsin author Laura Ingalls Wilder 
• Use Google Earth to visit WI - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city via webcams in WI. 
• Learn about the little and famous town in this video about Osh Kosh, WI.

Rest Area: 3 - A funny sharing story for you...

 Wherever you are in your journey...

                           Everybody is welcome.  

                   

                So come on in for a cup of tea! 

Hear a few poems by Shel Silverstein, then the funny story "We Share Everything" by Edward Munch.

Click on the photo for a rest area special video...

"When everything seems against you, remember the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." 

                                     Henry Ford

Today please cut and paste these four flags on the back of your map pages. Remember this atlas and dictionary is a keepsake you're making for your family - double check the your maps and scrolls and make sure it's your best work.

• Rhode Island
• Pennsylvania
• Maryland
• Maine

Take your time, it doesn't matter if you're on Day 4 or Day 12 - time for a REST AREA!

Day 14 - Iowa Map, and video on TX

Is your Texas map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations - welcome to the USA's 28th state!

Click the picture, and hop in the bus in Texas!

Here's your ticket for the Blue School Bus Video recapping Texas!

Copyright waived thanks to Scholastic's response to the 2020 pandemic.

Now - head northeast to Iowa - state # 29

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright waived thanks to Scholastic in 2020 pandemic.

Click through Iowa if you have time - to expand your mind!

• An excellent overview of IA in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Learn the basics about IA in this Socractica Video
• Iowa's National Park Service Sites 
• Check out the LIVE WEBCAM of the Eagles in Decorah, IA
• Explore Iowa History and Culture with these digital archives
• Meet Amelia Bloomer, inventor of bloomers and the first American newspaper for women
• Fascinating historical overview of the Quaker Oats brand - based in Cedar Rapids. 
• Watch how a historian uses Google Satellite to "dig up" Native American Earth Mounds
• How is BACON made - see it all in this video...
• Choose different IA travel guides mailed free to your home - mail is fun! 
• Watch this one minute video about Grant Wood painter of "American Gothic"  . 
• Use Google Earth to visit IA - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Listen and see a variety of BIG BAND music by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city via webcams in IA. 

Day 13 -Texas Map, and video on FL

Is your Florida map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations welcome to the USA's 27th state!

Click the picture, and hop in the bus!

Here's your ticket for the Blue School Bus Video recapping Florida

Now - head northwest to Texas - state # 28 

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   After your helper gives your scroll and map the thumbs up explore the links and videos below.

Copyright waived thanks to Scholastic's response to the 2020 pandemic.

Clickable TX links and activities to enrich your mind as time permits. 

• An excellent overview of TX in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Texas's National Park Service Sites 
• Learn about the Sixteen National Parks of TX (100th anniversary video)
• How is it made ?  See a guitar/bango being built in this video
• For an excellent virtual tour of the Johnson Space Center in Houston TX click here
• Search for animals, parks or adventures on PBS Texas Parks and Wildlife Channel 
• Take a virtual tour of the Alibates Flint Quarries in northern Texas.
• Hear book/story of William Hoy read by Eric Nadel of the Texas Rangers
• Visit the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi TX.
• Learn the basics about the formation of fossil fuels (oil, gas and natural gas)
• Check out the live webcams of the the west Texas hummingbird feeders.
• Choose different TX travel guides mailed free to your home - mail is fun! 
• Learn about about one America's most amazing female athlete in this video...
• See two astronauts talk about their careers and their moonwalks in this video.
• Use Google Earth to visit TX - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city via webcams in TX.

Day 12 - Florida Map and video on MI

Is your Michigan map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations welcome to the 26th state in the USA!

Click the picture, and hop in the bus!

Your signed map/scroll is the ticket for the Bus Video recapping Michigan

Now - head northeast to Florida - state # 27 

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright waived thanks to Scholastic in 2020 pandemic.

Clickable FL with Links/Activities to enrich/expand your mind!

• An excellent overview of FL in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Florida National Park Service Sites 
• Discover the Seminole Native Americans, the only tribe to never sign a treaty with settlers.
• Another perspective on the legendary Seminoles in this video.
• Learn the basics about FL in this Socractica Video
• Scuba dive into an immersive experience with the NOAA underwater videos
• Tune into a underwater webcam of live manatees in Homosassa Springs
• See this AWESOME virtual tour of underwater reefs click Dry Tortugas National Park
• Meet all the sea animals and go for a video tour of the Marineland Dolphin Adventure Park
• How is it made ?  Videos of oranges being harvested and becoming juice
• Have different FL mailed to your home for free: click here and watch your mailbox. 
• Use Google Earth to visit FL - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• With its massive coastline, there are fascinating options - click on webcams in FL. 

Day 11 - Michigan Map, and video on AR...

Is your Arkansas map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations welcome to the 25th state in the USA!

Click the picture, and hop in the bus!

Here's your ticket for the Bus Video recapping Arkansas

Now - head northeast to Michigan - the 26th State 

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright waived thanks to Scholastic in 2020 pandemic.

Edit: Clickable MI with Links/Activities to enrich/expand your mind!

• An excellent overview of MI in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Learn the basics about MI in this Socractica Video
• Michigan's National Park Service Sites 
• How is a CAR made ?  See how - click on this video
• How is cereal made ?  See how - click on this video
• Learn more about Henry Ford and cars in the 1900's - click on this video.
• Watch this video on "the Real McCoy" a prolific inventor.
• Choose different MI travel guides mailed free to your home - getting mail is fun! 
• Try a virtual reality tour of Henry Ford Museum and see Rosa Park's bus!  
• Who Will Win:   The Honey Badger vs. The Wolverine - click on this video.
• Top ten Magic Johnson's basketball plays on the court - click on this historic video.
• Use Google Earth to visit MI - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city via webcams in MI.

Rest Area TWO: Let's raise our flags!

 Everybody is welcome.  

                     Wherever you are in your journey.  

      Which map do you feel is your best work?  

Click on the photo for a rest area special video...

"The secret to getting ahead is getting started." 

                                     Mark Twain

Today's video talks about cutting/pasting the flags for these states..

• Delaware
• Mississippi
• New York
• South Carolina

Watch the video and hear a story about the wisdom of taking your time.  Perhaps you remember the story of the turtle and the hare (rabbit?)  Today's story talks about a horse and and OX.                                               Which one are you ?

Day 10 - Arkansas map and video on MO

Is your Missouri map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations welcome to the 25th state in the USA!

Click the picture, and hop in the bus!

Here's your ticket for the Blue School Bus Video recapping Missouri

Now - head northwest to Arkansas - the 25th State 

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copyright waived thanks to Scholastic in 2020 pandemic.

Clickable AR with Links/Activities to enrich/expand your mind!

• An excellent overview of AR in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Learn the basics about AR in this Socractica Video
• Arkansas National Park Service Sites 
• How is it made ?  See a guitar/bango being built in this video
• Arkansas was bought from France (the Louisiana Purchase) 
• explained for third graders or fourth graders
• Choose different AR travel guides mailed free to your home - mail is fun! 
• Try a virtual reality tour of Crystal Bridges Museum thanks to Alice Walton of WALMART. 
• Use Google Earth to visit AR - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city via webcams in AR. 

Day 9: Missouri Map and video on AL

Got your Alabama map/scroll neat and complete?

That's your ticket for the Blue School Bus Video on Alabama!

Click the picture and hop in the bus!

Now get ready to head south for #24 - Missouri

Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Missouri Extension/Enrichment Clickable Links/Activities

• An excellent overview of MO in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Missouri's National Park Service Sites 
• An interesting perspective and detailed view of the St. Louis Arch construction 
• Mark Twain is called the "father" of American literature - see his HISTORY biography.
• Order a free travel guide of MO to be mailed to you - mail is always fun!
• Learn more about the Pony Express from this awesome video made by a kid!
• Use Google Earth to visit MO - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Learn the basics about MO in this Socractica Video
• Visit the Jesse James Museum and see it from a drone's perspective
• St. Louis Courthouse heard the Dred Scott case about slavery prior to the Civil War
• Visit the World War I museum - check these virtual exhibitions
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city via webcams in MO.