The Magic Swan Geese
A Story for Scamps
Russian Folktale Series: Episode 4
Recommended for Grades 1 and up.
A Russian Folktale by Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev
Retold by Elizabeth Falcón
Too busy playing to watch her baby brother, a young girl is horrified to find him stolen away by the Magic Swan Geese. She needs to get him back before her parents get home. Her adventure will take her far afield, to the hut of the powerful and hungry Baba Yaga. Will she have the strength and wisdom to save her brother in time? Listen to find out…
Activities for Scamps
ACTIVITIES FOR SCAMPS BASED ON The Magic Swan Geese
BEST SUITED FOR GRADES 1-8
After you listen to the story, “The Magic Swan Geese” check out the activities below. There’s something for your inner everyone—the artist, the botanist, the baker, the biologist...Click on the one you are most interested in, or try them all!
Activities for the…
Baker: A Recipe for Russian Rye Bread (Borodinsky bread)
Biologist: What exactly is a swan goose?
Botanist: The Wild Apples of Kazakhstan
Mathematician: How many swan geese would it take to carry off your little brother?
The Magic Swan Geese (E. Polenova)
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Artists
Elizabeth Falcon (STorYTELLER & Curriculum Designer)
Elizabeth is a poet, musician, and teacher with a passion for hybrid form and mixed media. She received her MFA in poetry from the University of Arizona in 2011, where she studied under poets Laynie Browne and Steve Orlen.
She has had work accepted at places like The Adroit Journal, Drunken Boat, and Mid-American Review. Elizabeth also has a passion for teaching. She has taught writing residencies and developed curricula for the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
She is teaches first grade at the Tucson Waldorf School, and has enjoyed volunteering at schools across Tucson as a guest poet.
Elizabeth is the curator and curriculum designer for the Stories for Scamps program at the Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre.