If you don’t have a copy of A Camping Spree with Mr. The activities will help you dig deeper into the book with your kids. The book companion below goes perfectly with this story. Magee Activitiesīelow, you’ll find some fun teaching ideas and a printable book companion to help make this a meaningful read-aloud for your kids.Īfter reading the story with your kids, choose a fun snack and a craft to extend the experience. Magee and Dee find their way out of this slippery situation? A Camping Spree with Mr. The next thing the two campers know, they are plunging down a mountain, racing down a river, and teetering on the edge of a waterfall! How will Mr. Magee and his trusty dog, Dee, are enjoying a peaceful camping trip when along comes a lumbering, marshmallow-loving bear and the excitement begins. These worksheets cover skills such as contractions, compound words, root words, and more. Magee by Chris Van Dusen, your kids can complete some or all of the worksheets in this pack to further their learning. Anyone who has been camping and who has experienced typical camping disasters will appreciate this unusual camping story.Completing book-based activities is a fun way for kids to learn as they dive into the book in a brand new way.Īfter reading A Camping Spree with Mr. What on earth is to be done now? How can they save themselves from this terrible situation?Ĭhildren will love this wonderfully illustrated picture book with its deliciously funny rhyming text, its vibrant full page illustrations, and its perfectly ridiculous story. Magee and Dee in it) ends up in a stream and soon they find themselves heading for a waterfall. The result of this unfortunate occurrence is that both the car and the camper begin to roll down the hill. This particular bear has rather poor eyesight, and as it stumbles around trying to find the marshmallows, it manages to unhitch the car from the camper. All is well until a bear comes bumbling up, attracted by the smell of sweet marshmallows. All is well as they climb into their bunks in the camper and go to sleep.

They build a camp fire and cook hot dogs and roast marshmallows.

The two friends find a perfect place to set up camp. Magee is thrilled to be going camping and can't wait to be up in the mountains, in the fresh air where 'the views are fantastic' and where 'there's no one around.' Magee hitches his camper to his Rambler and he sets off for the mountains with only his little dog Dee for company.

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