Magic Tree House®

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traveling exhibit
Based on the best-selling children’s book series written
by Mary Pope Osborne and published by Random House,
this Magic Tree House® exhibit allows visitors to branch
out through history via a magical, time-traveling tree house.
Join Jack and Annie, two ordinary siblings from Frog Creek,
Pennsylvania, as they are whisked away in time to experience
three important periods in American history.
Rooted in character education, this literacy-based exhibit allows
imaginations to grow as children explore history through three
unique, immersive environments featuring period costumes,
props and more than 30 hands-on learning activities.
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adventure begin!
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Civil War on Sunday
Explore Jack and Annie’s magical tree house in the woods
where all of their time traveling adventures begin and end.
Choose from three of Jack and Annie’s favorite adventures
where they experience important periods in American history.
Jack and Annie get swept up in the American Civil War when
the Magic Tree House takes them back in time to help wounded
soldiers and meet a famous nurse named Clara Barton.
• Climb in a horse-drawn ambulance for a bumpy ride
• Visit the Drummer Boy’s tent and try playing the drums
• Find the hidden message in the drummer boy’s music
• Dress up in traditional clothing worn by Civil War nurses
and drummer boys
• Take on the role of a volunteer nurse helping Clara Barton
in a field hospital
• Play an old-fashioned game of checkers or Shut-The-Box
on a barrel
• Learn how to care for others regardless of who they are
• Meet Jack and Annie and learn how their adventures in the magic tree house started
• Read about the first Thanksgiving and learn about the Pilgrims and Wampanoag people
• Research the Civil War and the important role nurses and drummer boys played
• Learn about life on a prairie and the dangers of tornados
Visitors can explore the magical
possibilities of more exciting
books inside the tree house!
Thanksgiving
on Thursday
Jack and Annie are thankful when the Magic Tree House whisks
them back to 1621 on the first Thanksgiving Day, but helping the
Pilgrims prepare for the feast turns out to be a difficult task.
• “Ride” in a boat similar to one the pilgrims used to
get from the Mayflower to Plymouth
• Climb Plymouth Rock
• Dig for crabs and clams at the beach
• Dress up in traditional clothing of the Pilgrims people
• Gather vegetables from the Pilgrims’ garden
• Help prepare a turkey and other traditional dishes
• Set the Thanksgiving table for the first feast
• Explore life in a traditional pilgrim house
• Grind corn as the Native Americans did
• Break the code on a special Thanksgiving puzzle to
learn about the magic of community”
• Hear what Jack and Annie learn from their visit
to the Pilgrim settlement
Children love to dig for clams on
the beach near Plymouth Rock!
The field hospital lets aspiring
doctors and nurses patch up their
family members and friends!
Twister on Tuesday
Join Jack and Annie during the time of westward expansion and
experience life on the prairie in a one-room school house.
• Role-play as the teacher and students in a one-room school house
• Practice handwriting exercises from the McGuffey Reader on a large chalkboard
• Crawl into a storm cellar and experience the sounds and feel of a tornado
• Solve a puzzle to see which train makes it all the way to the west coast
• Dress in traditional clothing worn by pioneer children traveling west across the prairies
• Pretend to be a conductor moving levers and blowing the whistle on a steam locomotive
• Learn from Miss Neely, the school teacher, about the importance of perseverance – if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again
Visitors can’t wait to become
the teacher in a one-room school
house that is just their size!
The following books from the award-winning
Magic Tree House® book series are included in this exhibit:
It’s a time for giving thanks...
when the Magic Tree House whisks
Jack and Annie back to 1621 on
the first Thanksgiving Day. The
Pilgrims ask them to help get things
ready. But whether it’s cooking or
clamming, Jack and Annie don’t
know how to do anything the Pilgrim
way. Will they ruin the holiday
forever? Or will the feast go on?
Cannon fire! That’s what Jack and
Annie hear when the Magic Tree
House whisks them back to the time
of the American Civil War. There they
meet a famous nurse named Clara
Barton and do their best to help
wounded soldiers. It is their hardest
journey in time yet-and the one that
will make the most difference to
their own lives!
An adventure to blow you away!
That’s what Jack and Annie get
when the Magic Tree House whisks
them back to the 1870s. They land
on the prairie near a one-room
schoolhouse, where they meet a
teenage schoolteacher, some cool
kids, and one big, scary bully. But
the biggest and scariest thing is yet
to come!
For more information:
The Magic House, St. Louis Children’s Museum
516 S. Kirkwood Road • St. Louis, MO 63122
phone: 314.822-8900 • fax: 314.822-8930
email: travelingexhibits@magichouse.org
website: www.magichouse.org/travelingexhibits