The following activities and resources were prepared by Kathy Johnson, a wonderful media specialist from Voyager Elementary School in Alexandria, MN.

Sugarbush Spring

illustrated by Jim Daly
published by HarperCollins, January 2000
ISBN 0688149073
Ages 4-8, 32 pages

Sugarbush Spring is when the sap runs from the maple trees and the family gathers to make maple syrup.

Measure the ingredients for one of these maple syrup recipes!
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Look at real photographs of the process of making maple syrup in the Newbery Award-winning book Sugaring Time by Kathryn Lasky.

Make "Jack-wax" by pouring maple syrup over crushed ice. Trace a maple leaf and write words that describe the taste and feel of jack-wax when you eat it.

Invite someone who taps trees to come and talk.