Overview

Unlike most EPIC Adventures, this one was written specifically for children ages 4-8.  Take a magic carpet ride to many lands around the world!  You and your children will sit on "magic carpets" and "travel" by way of the stories and your imaginations!  This adventure is set up using the following schedule: Monday - mapping/landscape; Tuesday - clothing/costumes; Wednesday - songs/language/games; Thursday - family/home/food; Friday - Celebrate by combining activities from the rest of the week to share.  This schedule is just a suggestion, so feel free to change it to meet the needs of your family.

This adventure is designed to last an entire school year.  It contains the following Components and Topics:
Persia - Scheherazade & The Arabian Nights
          Scheherazade
           Aladdin
           Ali Baba
           Land of Enchantment - Persia
Germany - The Land of The Brothers Grimm
          Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm
            Hansel & Gretel
            Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
            The Frog Prince
            Land of Enchantment
USA - Land of Legends of the People, By the People, and For the People
           The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
            Uncle Remus and the Tar Baby
            Tall Tales: Paul Bunyan
            Folk Tale: Johnny Appleseed
            Dr. Seuss Fables: The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs & Ham
            Land of Enchantment - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Greece - Land of Myths and Legends
             Myths: Hercules
             Aesop: The Tortoise & The Hare
             Aesop: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
             Land of Enchantment: Greece
Africa: Land of Anansi the Spider
            Anansi the Spider
              Anansi & the Talking Melon
              Anansi Goes Fishing
              Land of Enchantment - Africa
Scandinavia: Land of Hans Christian Andersen
              Fable: Stone Soup
              Fairy Tales: Emperor's New Clothes
              Fairy Tales: The Ugly Duckling
              Land of Enchantment - Scandinavia
England: Land of King Arthur, Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes
              Legend: King Arthur
              Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Pigs, and Goldilocks
              Nursery Rhymes
              Land of Enchantment - England