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Make Way for Ducklings activity

May 26, 2011 Ticia 9 Comments

I was trying to come up with a great Make Way for Ducklings* activity for our homeschool geography group. “Make Way for Ducklings” is the ‘Official State Picture book’ of Massachusetts, thanks to a third grade class lobbying for its inclusion.  I was really struggling with what to do that was age appropriate for little kids and older kids.  Then I found this Make Way for Ducklings map idea.

Make Way for Ducklings map activity

(links marked with an * are affiliate links)

 

I don’t have a lot of pictures of this activity because they did it while I was reading the story.  Okay, I have one, taken afterwards.  I went to this page and printed off one of their map pages.  As I named the places in the story they found it and drew how they got there.  Unfortunately that page has been taken down, so here is a link to a Wikipedia map you can print out.  (it’s not as good, but it will work).

 

This was a great activity because it was a struggle for my kids to figure it out the directions, and a great review for the older kids of cardinal directions.  My kids really loved it!

 

 

Here’s some additional Make Way for Ducklings activity links I found:

Homeschool Share unit on Make Way for Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings Five in a Row unit

Make Way for Ducklings Five in a Row unit

 

Check out the rest of our Massachusetts State Study

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Comments

  1. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    May 26, 2011 at 1:49 pm

    A state book? What a great idea!

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  2. Ticia says

    May 26, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    I know! They also have a state children's author, who you'll hear more about Monday (probably).

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  3. Raising a Happy Child says

    May 26, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    This is an awesome idea. We have this book, so I might try it out.

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  4. Debbie says

    May 26, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    I love this idea! Now this would be something that I know Selena would love.

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  5. Phyllis says

    May 26, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    This is a wonderful post. I love the map idea and the lapbooks look great. I love the official state categories…state book!

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  6. MaryAnne says

    May 26, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    What a cool unit! The Make Way for Ducklings statue in the Boston Commons is one of my favorite local landmarks =)

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  7. Kimberly says

    May 26, 2011 at 10:43 pm

    Ki likes maps.

    oh, and Texas is the BIRTHPLACE of Amtgard! there are tons of amtgard parks there, google it!!

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  8. Christy says

    May 27, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    We always take pictures with the statues when we are in Boston. Also, every year on Mother's Day weekend there is a Make Way for Ducklings parade following the route from the book. Lots of little kids dress up as ducklings – it's super cute.

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