When we arrived at the part in the book where the tree house spun, each child received a Dizzy Pill (which is actually a tootsie roll) to help make them less dizzy. After eating their Dizzy Pills, the children were instructed to spin around three times, as if they were in the spinning tree house.
When we got to the part in the book where Jack wrote in his notebook, I showed the notebook I made that has all of Jack's notes in it.
While running to one of the caves, Jack and Annie put on their swimming goggles to be able to see and covered their heads with their towels to stay warm. We played a relay race, similar to this. Everyone was divided into two even teams. One person from each team put the goggles on, covered their heads with their towels, walked quickly to the other side of the room, tapped the wall, walked back to the line, and handed the goggles and towel to the next person. We raced to see which team could finish first. Everyone had a lot of fun, and afterwards, we discussed whether goggles and towels would help Jack and Annie stay warm in the Ice Age.
After Jack and Annie ran out of the bear cave, they turned back towards the cave to see if the bear followed them, but all they could see was the snow, rocks, and their own footprints. We made our own footprint in the snow. Each child drew their footprint with pencil on a piece of cardstock. Then, they used glue and cotton balls to make snow around their footprint. Some also put cotton balls inside the footprint!
Prior to the meeting, I printed out templates of sabertooth tigers on cardstock for each child. At the end of the meeting, the kids colored and cut out this template. Then, I instructed them how to fold the head, arms, legs, and tail so the tiger could stand up on its own. You can find the template online at http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/Paper_Zoo_Animals.pdf.
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