Nancy Gauvreau Magic School Bus

If your kids adore the Magic School Bus books and shows, it can feel wasteful not to build more formal learning around them. Nancy Gauvreau’s Magic School Bus teaching resources collect lesson ideas, questions, and extensions tailored to specific books and episodes. Created by an educator who clearly knows the series well, these guides help you turn a read-aloud into a mini-unit with vocabulary, comprehension, and hands-on experiments. Parents appreciate the time saved and the way activities stay true to Ms. Frizzle’s spirit of adventurous learning. They’re ideal for elementary grades and especially helpful for co-ops or small groups. Because they rely on you already owning or borrowing the underlying books/videos, there’s an extra step, but that also means you can reuse the guides over years. Pro tip: pick one Magic School Bus title per month and follow Nancy’s plan loosely, prioritizing the activities your kids are most excited about.