Activities

 

 

“Go Figure”

• If Sharkey, a bull that wore a saddle, bucked off 36 riders in 3 days, how many did he buck off on average in just 1 day?

 

• Measure 15 feet to see how far Midnight could leap when he left the chute.

 

• What do you think “medicine hat markings” look like on a horse? Look it up at http://www.equiworld.net/uk/horsecare/Breeds/medicinehathorse/   to find out.

 

• What name would you give to a horse that bucked fast and high?

 

• What animal would you pick to be in the Happy Canyon pageant? Why?

 

• It is said War Paint bucked off 9 out of every 10 riders. If this trend keeps up, how many did he buck off if 20 riders tried to ride him?

 

 

 

Make It Up:

Use five glossary words from the back of the book to make up a story about your day at the Round-Up. Tell where you sat or stood, what you saw and how the contests turned out. Share your story with a friend or your class.

 

 

 

Let ‘er Buck:

Gather some friends. Make up running and jumping “rodeo events” you can do without horses. Then try them out and have fun!

 

Some ideas to get you started:

 

1. Pretend you are a cowkid on top of a saddle bronc. Jump up high and touch your fingers on a wall. See who can jump the highest.

 

2. Mark a line on the floor or ground. Run to the line. When you get to it jump as far as you can. See who can jump the farthest.

Color Round-Up

 

Some cowkid equipment is hiding in this puzzle. Ask a grown-up

to print this image for you.

 

Then color shapes with one dot ( . ) blue.

Color shapes with 2 dots ( . . ) red.

Color shapes with 3 dots ( . . . ) yellow

and see what you discover.

 

        

Pole Benders – a super snack for cowkids!

 

Get ready to race your ponies around the arena and raise a flurry of dust after you fill up on these finger lickers. Making them is easy; eating them is fun, fun, fun!

 

Use soap and water to wash the dust from your hands before you make this snack.

 

Materials: 1 table knife, 1 cheese cutter, 4 wooden skewers broken in half,

1 cutting board, 1 drinking glass

 

Ingredients: 2 sticks of white string cheese, 1 small block of yellow cheese,

8 black olives, 2 strips of red pepper about ½” wide and 2” long

 

Directions:

1. Use the knife to cut the white string cheese in pieces about ½” long.

2. Cut the yellow cheese in cubes about ½” square.

3. Cut the red pepper strips in pieces about 1” long.

4. Stick 1 piece of white cheese, 1 olive, and 1 yellow cheese cube on a skewer.

5. Repeat the pattern on the same skewer and add a strip of pepper at the top for a flag.

6. Stand each snack in the drinking glass until you have 8 Pole Bender snacks.

7. Eat and enjoy!