Welcome to those of you joining me from Delightfully Disney. I am the 2nd stop on our Magical Blogorail. Wow! This month’s assignment was tougher than I expected. How do I choose just one favorite photograph from our Disney trips? I considered this one of my daughter’s first glimpse at Cinderella Castle: But I wrote about it in my last Blogorail post. What a precious moment that was! Then I…
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Magic Kingdom Park
Wordless Wednesday
Duck dancin’ in the parade with Donald Jodi WhisenhuntThink outside the textbook with this veteran homeschooling author & editor, and learn while you play! www.magicalmouseschoolhouse.com
Wordless Wednesday
Jodi WhisenhuntThink outside the textbook with this veteran homeschooling author & editor, and learn while you play! www.magicalmouseschoolhouse.com
Character Meets
If you travel to Walt Disney World with young children, meeting Mickey and his friends will probably be top priority. It will also be a highlight of your trip! Let’s start with the Magic Kingdom. If you time your arrival just right, like my friend Tara did, you may catch sight of a few Characters before you even enter the Park. Here are Aladdin, Jasmine, Daisy Duck, Donald Duck, and…
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A Few of Our Favorite Posts
To wrap up our 6-month birthday week here at Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, we’re re-posting a few of our favorite entries. Included below are two posts each for elementary, middle grade, and high school level Takeaways. We hope that you continue to enjoy discovering educational aspects of Walt Disney entertainment and are able to incorporate a lot of our suggestions into your homeschool lessons. (See GIVEAWAY information at bottom!) Leota Toombs…
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Swiss Family Robinson
Have your kids done any summer reading? If not, start now! [*GIVEAWAY INFO AT BOTTOM!] Daniel DeFoe’s 1719 adventure story, Robinson Crusoe, spawned a plethora of copycat productions trying to replicate and/or outdo DeFoe’s classic tale. So many books of similar lore were published, an entire genre was named for them: Robinsonnades. There was The Dutch Robinson, The Austrian Robinson, The Hungarian Robinson and even Emma, the Famale Robinson. None,…
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Magic Kingdom’s Frontierland
Frontierland is one of only two Magic Kingdom lands not directly spoked to the castle hub. Considered one of the most distinctly American features of the Park, it represents some of Walt’s fondest childhood memories. Ninety years of American folklore—1790 to 1880—span the area. Enter from Liberty Square and traverse the western United States from the mighty Mississippi River to the golden Pacific Coast. Brimming with adventure, Tom…
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Tinker Bell
Tinker Bell, Peter Pan’s mischievous pixie, fluttered off the screen of the 1953 animated feature, Peter Pan, and into the hearts of children and their parents to become one of Disney’s most beloved characters. The ornery little sprite, known for her burning envy of Wendy and her enduring adoration of Peter, often hosts Disney television specials and sprinkles fairy dust over DVD intros. To celebrate the current series of animated…
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