Letter B – Boat races and Bary the Bear

It was a day of history, geography, art, food, bears and boats–perfect additions to ‘B’ week. The kids made and raced walnut shell boats and learned about the history of the pilgrims sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in the Mayflower “boat”  which was seen through the eyes of Bary the Bear. They ate the food and drank the drink of the pilgrims–bread and ‘bubblies,’ (instead of carbonated alcohol). They also ate freeze-dried blueberries while listening to the story about the bear who loved to eat blueberries and almost everything else.

Walnut shell boat
Walnut shell boat
Walnut shell boats and a popsicle stick raft.
Walnut shell boats and a popsicle stick raft.
Boat races!
Boat races!
Animals in Time book and activity pages
Animals in Time book and activity pages
Bary the Bear watches the Mayflower approach.
Bary the Bear watches the Mayflower approach.
Bary Bear map
Painting map of pilgrim’s voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from Bary the Bear story.
Charting pilgrim's voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Charting pilgrim’s voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Bary the Bear story snack-bread and bubblies.
Bary the Bear story snack-bread and bubblies.

 

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