Geography Album: Mississippi, The Magnolia State

We studied Mississippi in our state study this week. From our coloring page we learned that Mississippi's state bird is the Mockingbird and the state flower is the Magnolia.

From bottlenose dolphin near the shore to Grenada Lake for fishing and more; gaze at Longwood, the home frozen in time and finally board the Mississippi Queen for a memorable trip down "Old Man River." Presented in a two-tier format with simple poems for young readers and expository text for older students Magnolia is a delightful trip through this fascinating southern state richly detailed with bright illustrations.

We enjoy Magnolias all year around.

 They have the most lovely thick green leaves. It is one of very few evergreens that have leaves and not needles.

magnolia seed pod in the fall

Student map sketch

We had a sandwich called Mississippi Sin, but we really didn't care for it much.

Other possibilities for Mississippi dinners could be fried catfish, hush puppies and fried pickles. 

For dessert we had Mississippi Mud Pie.

And I can't leave a study of Mississippi without thinking of this song...

We have "visited" 44 states (88%) in our Postcard-Geography album.

We still need postcards for these states: 

Mississippi

New Jersey

Vermont 

and Wyoming.

If you live in any of these states and would like to help us with this project, please leave a comment on how I can get in touch with you. Thank you!