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EXPLORE ANCIENT LANDS with Jack and Annie off the page © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca. this week! MAGIC TREE HOUSE HOME ADVENTURES! Read & Explore: ANCIENT LANDS! Create your next BIG adventure right ARTS & CRAFT IDEAS at home with this activity packet! ACTIVITIES • RECIPES • GAMES
Go on an Adventure MAGIC TREE HOUSE HOME ADVENTURES! with Jack and Annie Read & Explore: This Week! ANCIENT LANDS! WAKE UP & THINK! Begin each day with a thought activity: What do you want to learn about ancient lands this week? What is your favorite dinosaur? What era did sabertooths live in? Why do volcanoes erupt? READ & LEARN! Read, learn, and explore with Magic Tree House Fact Trackers. Download questions © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca and and Penguin Random House LLC.s and lessons to facilitate the exploration. READ & EXPLORE! Adventure at home with the Magic Tree House fiction stories. Play games and download activities to celebrate the fun. HAVE SOME FUN! Sign up for the Magic Tree House newsletter to receive updates from the tree house and learn about fun activities, such as the Magic Tree House Home Adventures Passport that lets you track your adventures at home! DISCOVER MORE! Find everything you need on the Magic Tree House website. Books, educational resources, crafts, and activities are there for you to explore in any order! Learn more about ancient lands with these adventures! Scan here for more Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Storytime HOME ADVENTURES! Read & Explore: Join Jack and Annie ANCIENT LANDS! for a Story! Watch Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne read from Dinosaurs Before Dark. © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca and Penguin Random House LLC. Go back in time with Jack and Annie! Scan here for more Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Craft Activity HOME ADVENTURES! Read & Explore: Handprint Stegosaurus Get started on your journey through ancient lands by ANCIENT LANDS! creating your very own dinosaur! Ask a grown-up’s permission for help with this craft! WHAT YOU’LL NEED • Construction paper • Paint © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca, and Penguin Random House LLC. • Crayons, colored pencils, or markers • Optional: Googly eyes, glue STEP 1: On a piece of construction paper, draw the outline of your stegosaurus. Stegosauruses were dinosaurs that stood on four legs and had large plates coming out of their back. You can use the above illustration as inspiration for the shape of your dinosaur. Don’t outline the plates, just the shape of the dinosaur’s body. STEP 2: Once you have drawn the outline of your dinosaur, use your imagination to bring it to life! You can choose to color it in or Learn more about dinosaurs with draw designs or patterns on it. Make sure to give it a face! If you Jack and Annie! have googly eyes, you can glue those onto your dinosaur’s face. If you use glue, let dry. STEP 3: Now it’s time to get a little messy! Paint the palm of your hand with a color of your choosing. Then place your hand onto the paper over the dinosaur’s back to create the stegosaurus’s plates. Repeat until the stegosaur’s back is covered. Let dry. Craft activity for Dinosaurs Before Dark Once dry, you’ll have a dinosaur for your home! and Dinosaurs by Mary Pope Osborne Scan here for more and Will Osborne Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Craft Activity HOME ADVENTURES! Sabertooth Tiger Teeth Read & Explore: A sabertooth tiger is known for its long teeth! Learn how ANCIENT LANDS! to bring this prehistoric creature to your home. Ask a grown-up’s permission before using scissors! WHAT YOU’LL NEED • Construction paper • Scissors © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca, and Penguin Random House LLC. • String • Tape or glue • Pencil • Optional: Crayons, colored pencils, or markers STEP 1: On a piece of construction paper, draw two long triangular shapes. These will be your teeth. If you would like to decorate your teeth, use colorful drawing utensils to make the teeth uniquely yours! STEP 2: With a grown-up’s help, cut out your teeth. STEP 3: Discover the prehistoric past Measure a piece of string that can fit around your head just below with Jack and Annie! your nose. With a grown-up’s help, cut it to the desired length. STEP 4: Glue or tape the teeth onto the string. They should sit at each corner of your mouth. If you used glue, let dry. Tie the ends of the string together to affix the teeth to your head. Now you have sabertooth tiger teeth! Add this to your historical collection to bring prehistoric prowess to your home! Craft activity for Sunset of the Sabertooth and Sabertooths and the Ice Age by Mary Pope Osborne and Scan here for more Natalie Pope Boyce Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Craft Activity HOME ADVENTURES! Create Your Own Read & Explore: ANCIENT LANDS! Erupting Volcano Jack and Annie learn about how volcanoes erupt in Vacation Under the Volcano. Now it’s your turn to learn Ask a grown-up for with this craft! help with this craft! WHAT YOU’LL NEED • Tray or container to catch lava • Paper cup • Aluminum foil © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca, and Penguin Random House LLC. • Modeling clay • Lava mixture: 3 teaspoons of baking soda 1/2 to 1 cup white vinegar Food coloring STEP 1: STEP 3: Place a paper cup onto your Once your volcano is built, tray or container. Wrap the you’re ready to make the lava aluminum foil around it, folding mixture. Pour the baking soda the foil over the rim of the cup into the paper cup inside the and shaping the remainder of volcano. Then mix food coloring the foil to resemble a mountain. with vinegar in a separate cup Discover more about volcanoes This may take a few sheets of or bowl. Pour the vinegar and with Jack and Annie! foil to create. food coloring mixture into the volcano so it mixes with the STEP 2: baking soda. Take your modeling clay and Watch as your volcano erupts, flatten it with either your hands just like in Vacation Under the or a rolling pin. Then place Volcano! the clay over the foil, folding it over the rim of the cup as well. Continue until the foil is Craft activity for Vacation Under the completely covered with clay. Volcano and Ancient Rome and Pompeii by Mary Pope Osborne Scan here for more and Natalie Pope Boyce Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Craft Activity HOME ADVENTURES! Read & Explore: Hatching Dinosaur Egg ANCIENT LANDS! When dinosaurs were born, they hatched from eggs, like birds do today. Create this craft to learn more about dinosaur eggs! Ask a grown-up’s permission before using scissors! WHAT YOU’LL NEED • Construction paper • Crayons, colored pencils, or © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca, and Penguin Random House LLC. markers • Scissors • Paper fastener STEP 1: out. Then cut the oval in half, On a sheet of construction making the edges jagged to paper, draw your own baby look like an egg cracking. dinosaur! You can draw a baby stegosaurus, like the one you STEP 3: created earlier, or you can Insert a paper fastener to join draw a baby pteranodon. the two pieces of shell together (Henry, the flying dinosaur at an edge. that Jack and Annie befriend Travel back to the time of STEP 4: in Dinosaurs Before Dark, was dinosaurs with Jack and Annie! Glue your baby dinosaur inside a pteranodon.) Once you’ve the egg. Let dry. drawn your dinosaur, have a grown-up help you cut it out. When you open and close your egg, it will look like your STEP 2: dinosaur is hatching! Now you On a new piece of construction have a baby dinosaur of your paper, draw a large oval. very own! With a grown-up’s help, cut it Craft activity for Dinosaurs Before Dark and Dinosaurs by Mary Pope Scan here for more Osborne and Will Osborne Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Cooking Activity HOME ADVENTURES! Paper Plate Woolly Read & Explore: ANCIENT LANDS! Mammoth In Sunset of the Sabertooth, Jack and Annie travel back to the Ice Age where they meet sabertooth tigers and woolly Ask a grown-up’s mammoths! Now you can create your own woolly mammoth! permission before using scissors! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: • Paper plate • Construction paper © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca and Penguin Random House LLC. • Paint • Scissors • Glue • Optional: Googly eyes STEP 1: STEP 5: Paint your paper plate in a color On a separate piece of paper, of your choice. Let dry. draw two tusks for your mammoth. With a grown-up’s STEP 2: help, cut them out and glue With a grown-up’s help, cut the them next to the mammoth’s rim off the painted paper plate. trunk on the paper plate. Let Try to keep it in two large pieces. dry. Keep these pieces for later. Explore the Ice Age with Jack and STEP 6: STEP 3: If you have googly eyes, glue Annie! Use one piece of the rim to them onto the paper plate. You create the mammoth’s trunk. can also draw eyes to give your Cut the other piece in half to mammoth a face. make the ears. Now you have a woolly STEP 4: mammoth to join your ancient Glue the mammoth’s trunk onto scene! the bottom of your paper plate. Craft activity for Sunset of the Glue the ears on, too. Let dry. Sabertooth and Sabertooths and the Ice Age by Mary Pope Osborne Scan here for more and Natalie Pope Boyce Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Writing Activity HOME ADVENTURES! Read & Explore: Write Your Own Story ANCIENT LANDS! Through the crafts you made, you have learned about the prehistoric age, the Ice Age, and ancient Rome and Pompeii with Jack and Annie! Take one craft that you made and write a scene about it. Do you want to write about your stegosaurus, or what happens when a baby dinosaur hatches? What do you think sabertooth tigers and woolly mammoths were like during the Ice Age? What would it be like to see a volcano erupt? Write your scene below or on your own piece of paper! © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca. Scan here for more Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Drawing Activity HOME ADVENTURES! Draw Your Own Scene Read & Explore: After you’ve written your story, bring it to life! ANCIENT LANDS! Either use the space below or draw your scene on a separate piece paper. © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca. Scan here for more Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Listening Activity HOME ADVENTURES! Write Your OWN Magic Read & Explore: ANCIENT LANDS! Tree House Scene! Put your writing skills to work! Listen to Dinosaurs Before Dark narrated by Mary Pope Osborne and write what comes next in your version of the story in the space below or on a separate piece of paper. Dinosaurs Before Dark 5:11 Listen to Dinosaurs Before Dark. This Magic Tree House scene was written by: © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca. _________________________________________ Scan here for more Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Outdoor Fun HOME ADVENTURES! Read & Explore: Dinosaur Freeze Tag ANCIENT LANDS! In their adventures, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the dinosaurs. Have fun outdoors with a game of dinosaur-themed freeze tag! © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2021 by Sal Murdocca and Penguin Random House LLC. Art used under license from Shutterstock, Inc. INSTRUCTIONS: Designate your playing area. Choose one player to be the T. rex. The rest of the players will be Find out what happened in the stegosauruses. The player who is the time of dinosaurs with Jack and Annie! T. rex will try to tag the other players. When a player is tagged, they must freeze. They can unfreeze if they are tagged by another stegosaurus. The last player who is not tagged will become the T. rex in the next round. Play as many rounds as you like! Game for Dinosaurs Before Dark and Dinosaurs by Mary Pope Scan here for more Osborne and Will Osborne Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Cooking Activity HOME ADVENTURES! Roman Spaghetti Read & Explore: A recipe from Jack and Annie’s magic tree house to your ANCIENT LANDS! house! Pasta dates back to around the fifth century CE, but wasn’t seen in Italy until around the twelfth century. Today, Rome has many popular pasta dishes such as cacio When working in e pepe and carbonara. Now you have the chance to bring a the kitchen with sharp classic Roman dish to your home! objects and hot appliances, © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca and Penguin Random House LLC.. Photo licensed from Shutterstock, Inc. make sure you have adult supervision and help! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: • 1 box of spaghetti STEP 1: such as pesto, marinara, or • Pasta sauce of your choice Have a grown-up help you fill alfredo. • OPTIONAL: a pot with water, making sure 2 tablespoons butter OPTIONAL: there is plenty for your pasta. 1 teaspoon black pepper If you want to make a popular 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese Place the pot onto the stove on medium to high heat. Boil the Roman dish such as cacio e 1/3 cup Pecorino cheese water. pepe, melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over STEP 2: medium heat. Add 1 teaspoon Once the water is boiling, pour of freshly cracked black pepper the spaghetti into the pot with and cook for about a minute. a grown-up’s help. Be careful Add ½ cup of reserved pasta as the water will be hot! Boil water to the skillet and bring the spaghetti until tender, to a simmer. Add pasta and Learn more about Italian usually about 10 minutes. an additional tablespoon of history with Jack and Annie! Stir occasionally to avoid the butter. Reduce heat to low and spaghetti clumping together or add ¾ of a cup of finely grated sticking to the pot. Once tender, Parmesan cheese. Stir until have a grown-up help you drain melted. Remove pan from heat. the water. Add 1/3 of a cup of finely grated Pecorino cheese and toss until STEP 3: covered. Now is your time to be creative! Enjoy your Roman meal! Recipe for Vacation Under the You can mix your spaghetti with Volcano and Ancient Rome and a pasta sauce of your choosing, Pompeii by Mary Pope Osborne Scan here for more and Natalie Pope Boyce Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Cooking Activity HOME ADVENTURES! Puffed Rice Cereal Read & Explore: ANCIENT LANDS! Dino Eggs A recipe from Jack and Annie’s magic tree house to your house! You deserve a tasty treat after all that hard work! When working in Create these puffed rice cereal dinosaur eggs inspired by the kitchen with sharp Dinosaurs Before Dark. objects and hot appliances, make sure you have adult supervision and help! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca and Penguin Random House LLC.. • 3 tablespoons butter • 3 cups mini marshmallows • 3 cups puffed rice cereal • Food coloring STEP 1: the mixture to cool slightly, With a grown-up’s help, melt approximately 10 minutes. the butter in a large pan over medium heat. Add the STEP 4: marshmallows and stir until Coat your hands in a small melted. bit of butter so the puffed rice cereal doesn’t stick to you. STEP 2: Grab a handful of the puffed Learn more about the Turn off the heat and add food rice cereal mixture and form prehistoric era with Jack and coloring to the marshmallow it into the shape of a dinosaur Annie! egg. Repeat until all mixture mixture. You can choose any color you wish! has been turned into eggs. STEP 3: STEP 5: Add the cereal and gently stir Enjoy your tasty treat from one until it is completely covered of Jack and Annie’s favorite with the colorful melted adventures! marshmallow mixture. Allow Recipe for Dinosaurs Before Dark and Dinosaurs by Mary Pope Scan here for more Osborne and Will Osborne Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Dinosaur Maze HOME ADVENTURES! Help Jack and Annie Read & Explore: ANCIENT LANDS! Find Their Way! Take a quick brain break with this puzzle! Can you help Jack and Annie find their way back to the magic tree house without running into the dinosaur? © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca and Penguin Random House LLC.. ANSWER Learn more about the Tyrannosaurus rex with Jack and Annie! Activity for Dinosaurs Before Dark and Dinosaurs by Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne Scan here for more Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Word Search HOME ADVENTURES! Can You Help Jack and Read & Explore: ANCIENT LANDS! Annie Find These Words? You may recognize these words from your explorations this week! Find the words below. DINOSAUR ERUPTION ICE AGE MAMMOTH © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca and Penguin Random House LLC.. POMPEII PREHISTORIC PTERANODON ROME SABERTOOTH VOLCANO What happens when a volcano erupts? Find out with Jack and Annie! ANSWER Craft activity for Vacation Under the Volcano and Ancient Rome and Pompeii by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Scan here for more Pope Boyce Home Adventures!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Magic Tree House Series HOME ADVENTURES! Create Your Own Adventure Read & Explore: ANCIENT LANDS! with Jack and Annie! #1 Dinosaurs Before Dark Dinosaurs #2 The Knight at Dawn Knights and Castles #3 Mummies in the Morning Mummies and Pyramids #4 Pirates Past Noon Pirates #5 Night of the Ninjas Ninjas and Samurai #6 Afternoon on the Amazon Rain Forests #7 Sunset of the Sabertooth Sabertooths and the Ice Age #8 Midnight on the Moon Space #9 Dolphins at Daybreak Dolphins and Sharks #10 Ghost Town at Sundown Polar Bears and the Arctic #11 Lions at Lunchtime Ancient Rome and Pompeii #12 Polar Bears Past Bedtime China: Land of the Emperor’s Great Wall #13 Vacation Under the Volcano Vikings © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca. #14 Day of the Dragon King Ancient Greece and the Olympics #15 Viking Ships at Sunrise Titanic #16 Hour of the Olympics American Revolution #17 Tonight on the Titanic Twisters and Other Terrible Storms #18 Buffalo Before Breakfast Pilgrims #19 Tigers at Twilight Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters #20 Dingoes at Dinnertime Baseball #21 Civil War on Sunday Texas #22 Revolutionary War on Wednesday Warriors #23 Twister on Tuesday Benjamin Franklin #24 Earthquake in the Early Morning Narwhals and Other Whales #25 Stage Fright on a Summer Night Llamas and the Andes #26 Good Morning, Gorillas Snow Leopards and Other Wild Cats New! #27 Thanksgiving on Thursday #28 High Tide in Hawaii #29 A Big Day for Baseball #30 Hurricane Heroes in Texas #31 Warriors in Winter Scan here #32 To the Future, Ben Franklin! for more Home #33 Narwhal on a Sunny Night Adventures! #34 Late Lunch with Llamas #35 Camp Time in California #36 Sunlight on the Snow Leopard New!
MAGIC TREE HOUSE Magic Tree House Series HOME ADVENTURES! Create Your Own Adventure Read & Explore: ANCIENT LANDS! with Jack and Annie! #1 Christmas in Camelot Leonardo da Vinci #2 Haunted Castle on Hallow’s Eve Sea Monsters #3 Summer of the Sea Serpent Penguins and Antarctica #4 Winter of the Ice Wizard Ghosts #5 Carnival at Candlelight Leprechauns and Irish Folklore #6 Season of the Sandstorms Rags and Riches: Kids in the Time of Charles Dickens #7 Night of the New Magicians Snakes and Other Reptiles #8 Blizzard of the Blue Moon Dog Heroes #9 Dragon of the Red Dawn Abraham Lincoln #10 Monday with a Mad Genius Pandas and Other Endangered Species #11 Dark Day in the Deep Sea Horse Heroes Heroes for All Times #12 Eve of the Emperor Penguin Soccer #13 Moonlight on the Magic Flute Sharks and Other Predators #14 A Good Night for Ghosts Dogsledding and Extreme Sports © 2022 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2022 by Sal Murdocca. #15 Leprechaun in Late Winter Dragons and Mythical Creatures #16 A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time #17 A Crazy Day with Cobras #18 Dogs in the Dead of Night #19 Abe Lincoln at Last! #20 A Perfect Time for Pandas #21 Stallion by Starlight #22 Hurry Up, Houdini! #23 High Time for Heroes #24 Soccer on Sunday Dinosaurs Before Dark Graphic Novel #25 Shadow of the Shark The Knight at Dawn Graphic Novel #26 Balto of the Blue Dawn Mummies in the Morning Graphic Novel On Sale 6/28 #27 Night of the Ninth Dragon Pirates Past Noon Graphic Novel On Sale 9/27 Continue learning about ancient lands with Jack and Annie in any order you choose! Scan here for more Home Adventures!
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