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Adventures! Home HOME MAGIC TREE HOUSE ADVENTURES! Read & Explore: SPORTS Have more fun with Jack and Annie off the page ALL WEEK! This activity packet contains sports-themed: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND ACTIVITIES Read and explore these RECIPES SPORTS ADVENTURES this week TRIVIA with Jack and Annie! GAMES © 2020 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2020 by Sal Murdocca. © 2020 by Illustrations used license. Osborne; under Mary Pope of trademark a registered is House Tree Magic Osborne. © 2020 Mary Pope HOME MAGIC TREE HOUSE ADVENTURES! Go on an adventure with Jack and Annie every week! WAKE UP & THINK! Exercising is great for the mind and body: start the day with a stretch or an activity! What Olympic sport do you love watching? If you had to get creative, what other ball could you use to play soccer? Do you know what extreme sport means? What is your favorite baseball team? READ & LEARN! Read, learn, and explore with the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers. Download questions and lessons to help facilitate the exploration. READ & EXPLORE! Adventure at night with the Magic Tree House fiction stories. Download crafts and activities to celebrate the fun. HAVE SOME FUN! Create thematic craft projects or stir up some adventure in the kitchen with a themed recipe! LISTEN & ENJOY! Grab a snack and settle in each week for readings, viewer Q&A, and trivia with Mary Pope Osborne! Don’t forget to check back for additional content, including how to stage your own Magic Tree House production at home with downloadable sing-along scenes and videos from shows to act out. DISCOVER MORE! Find everything you need on the Magic Tree House website. There are books, educational resources, and crafts and activities to explore in any order! JOIN THE KIDS’ ADVENTURE CLUB! Become a member to participate in reading challenges, play games, collect medallions, earn passport stamps, and win exclusive prizes! Visit MagicTreeHouse.com to enroll. SHARE THIS WITH FRIENDS! Share your Home Adventures using #MTHAdventures and tag us at @RandomHouseKids on Instagram, and you may be featured on social media! © 2020 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2020 by Sal Murdocca. © 2020 by Illustrations used license. Osborne; under Mary Pope of trademark a registered is House Tree Magic Osborne. © 2020 Mary Pope Visit: MagicTreeHouse.com/go MAGIC TREE HOUSE M agic Tree House Reading HOME Olympics ADVENTURES! Read & Explore: SPORTS Host a Virtual Reading Olympic Event! Challenge your friends to a reading Olympics! Read as many of these books as you can. After you’re done reading, host a virtual Olympic event. Answer the questions on the next page, and then hold a medal ceremony to reward the winners! Use this interactive checklist to help guide your reading! Ancient Greece and the #16 Hour of the Olympics Olympics Jack and Annie take an Olympic- Where was the first Olympics? sized adventure! Discover more about ancient Greece and the Olympics! Baseball #29 A Big Day for Baseball When was baseball invented? Who Play ball! Jack and Annie are up to are some famous baseball players? bat in this baseball adventure! Learn more about this beloved sport! #24 Soccer on a Sunday Soccer Goal! Jack and Annie have tickets When was soccer invented? What to soccer’s most exciting event— is the World Cup? Find out more the World Cup! about this exciting sport! Dogsledding and Extreme #26 Balto of the Blue Sports Dawn How do sled dogs race for so long? Jack and Annie travel back to 1925 Learn more about dogsledding and Alaska to help the famous sled dog other extreme sports! Balto! © 2020 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2020 by Sal Murdocca. © 2020 by used Illustrations Osborne; license. under Mary Pope of trademark a registered is House Tree Magic Osborne. © 2020 Mary Pope MagicTreeHouse.com/go MAGIC TREE HOUSE M agic Tree House Reading HOME Olympics ADVENTURES! Read & Explore: SPORTS Read Your Way to the Gold! Host this Olympic reading event virtually with your friends! Answer the questions below. Whoever answers correctly the fastest gets the point. Keep track of who gets the most points. After you’ve finished answering the questions, hold a medal ceremony! Whoever has the most points wins the gold medal! Second place gets the silver medal, and third place gets the bronze medal. You can use the medals from the Olympic medal craft activity as your prize! ROUND 1: HOUR OF THE OLYMPICS ROUND 3: SOCCER ON A SUNDAY QUESTION 1: How did Annie disguise herself QUESETION 1: What year was the World Cup when she went to the Olympics? that Jack and Annie traveled to? A. In a chariot C. In armor A. 1960 C. 2000 B. In a tunic D. In a soldier’s costume B. 1950 D. 1970 QUESTION 2: Who saved Jack and Annie from QUESTION 2: Which famous soccer player are the guards at the end of the story? Jack and Annie trying to find? A. The magic tree house C. Pegasus A. Cristiano Ronaldo C. Pelé B. Plato D. A soldier B. Lionel Messi D. Diego Maradona ROUND 2: A BIG DAY FOR BASEBALL ROUND 4: BALTO OF THE BLUE DAWN QUESTION 1: What does Morgan the librarian QUESTION 1: What state do Jack and Annie give Jack and Annie to make them baseball travel back in time to? experts? A. California C. Washington A. Magical caps C. Magical gloves B. Alaska D. New York B. Magical bats D. Magical helmets QUESTION 2: What did Annie think was the best QUESTION 2: Which famous baseball player do part of their mission? Jack and Annie see signing autographs? A. The snow C. The food A. Babe Ruth C. Joe DiMaggio B. The sled D. The dogs B. Jackie Robinson D. Lou Gehrig ANSWERS 1.B, 2. D 2. 1.B, 1.A, 2. B 2. 1.A, Round 4: Round Round 2: Round 1.D, 2. C 2. 1.D, 1.D, 2. C 2. 1.D, Round 3: Round Round 1: Round Read them all, and host even more virtual reading Olympics! © 2020 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2020 by Sal Murdocca. © 2020 by used Illustrations Osborne; license. under Mary Pope of trademark a registered is House Tree Magic Osborne. © 2020 Mary Pope MagicTreeHouse.com/go MAGIC TREE HOUSE HOME Magic Tree House Series ADVENTURES! Read These Magic Tree House Read & Explore: SPORTS Adventures in Any Order You Choose! #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 #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 Coming #25 Stage Fright on a Summer Night Llamas and the Andes 7.7 #26 Good Morning, Gorillas #27 Thanksgiving on Thursday #28 High Tide in Hawaii #29 A Big Day for Baseball VISIT MAGICTREEHOUSE.COM #30 Hurricane Heroes in Texas TO JOIN THE #31 Warriors in Winter KIDS’ ADVENTURE CLUB #32 To the Future, Ben Franklin! #33 Narwhal on a Sunny Night Coming #34 Late Lunch with Llamas 7.7 © 2020 Mary Pope Osborne. Magic Tree House is a registered trademark of Mary Pope Osborne; used under license. Illustrations © 2020 by Sal Murdocca. © 2020 by used Illustrations Osborne; license. under Mary Pope of trademark a registered is House Tree Magic Osborne. © 2020 Mary Pope MagicTreeHouse.com/go MAGIC TREE HOUSE HOME Magic Tree House Series ADVENTURES! Read These Magic Tree House Read & Explore: SPORTS Adventures in Any Order You Choose! #1 Christmas in Camelot Leonardo da Vinci #2 Haunted Castle on Hollow’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 #7 Night of the New Magicians Charles Dickens #8 Blizzard of the Blue Moon Snakes and Other Reptiles #9 Dragon of the Red Dawn Dog Heroes #10 Monday with a Mad Genius Abraham Lincoln #11 Dark Day in the Deep Sea Pandas and Other Endangered Species #12 Eve of the Emperor Penguin Horse Heroes #13 Moonlight on the Magic Flute Heroes for All Times #14 A Good Night for Ghosts Soccer #15 Leprechaun in Late Winter Sharks and Other Predators #16 A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time Dogsledding and Extreme Sports #17 A Crazy Day with Cobras Dragons and Mythical Creatures #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! VISIT MAGICTREEHOUSE.COM #23 High Time for Heroes TO JOIN THE #24 Soccer on Sunday KIDS’ ADVENTURE CLUB #25 Shadow of the Shark #26 Balto of the Blue Dawn #27 Night of the Ninth Dragon Go on more adventures with Jack and Annie in any order you choose! © 2020 Mary Pope Osborne.
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