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Mixed up Utah Cities

Mixed up Utah Cities...

Unscramble the names of some of Utah’s cities below. For some help, feel free to use the list of possible city names. Click on the image for a full resolution viewAlpine Beaver Clearfield Cleveland Clinton Coalville Cove Draper Elmo Elsinore Goshen Layton Logan Midvale Millville Morgan Neola Nephi Oakley Paragonah Perry Provo Randlett Salina Snowville Spring City Springdale Tooele Topaz Toquerville Val...
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Utah! Kids Travel Passport

Utah! Kids Travel Passport...

Planning a trip to Utah? This FREE Activity Book will be a Perfect Companion for your Kids! Click here to download the Utah! Kids Travel Passport Our family has spent many years living and traveling through the great state of Utah. Utah has been known by many outdoor enthusiasts as a paradise for recreation. Utah’s diverse landscape and weather provides a wide variety of travel adventures for everyone. With one of...
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Dot to Dot – Utah’s Allosaurus

Dot to Dot – Utah’s Allosaurus...

Amazon.com Widgets Click on the picture to enlarge to full view for...
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A-Maze-ing Utah

A-Maze-ing Utah...

Find the way through the maze of Utah. Amazon.com Widgets Click on the image of the Maze to expand into its full...
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Logic Puzzle – Who Has the Fruit?

Logic Puzzle – Who Has the Fruit?...

Take the following factual statements and use logic and the matrix below to solve the following question listed below. Avary, Beck, Karli, and Ava were traveling together on a road trip. Each child was told they could eat a snack during their road trip. They had a bag of four different items. Each child could only have one of the items. The bag had a red apple, and orange, a baggie of grapes, and a baggie of...
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Quotebox Activity – Part of the Utah State Song

Quotebox Activity – Part of the Utah State S...

The following quote box puzzle is an excerpt from the Utah State Song. To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical column — not necessarily in the order in which they appear — into the empty squares below them to spell a quotation that reads from left to right, line by line. Black squares indicate ends of words (spaces). ...
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Utah for Kids – Mormons in Utah

Utah for Kids – Mormons in Utah...

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are often referred to as the Mormons. The Mormons were a new religious group that was started in the eastern United States. As the Mormon religion grew larger, many people began to worry about the new religion. The leader, Joseph Smith, was killed in Illinois and members of the new church were told to leave the state. In the winter of 1846 thousands of Mormons,...
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Dot-to-Dot – Utah Pasttime

Dot-to-Dot – Utah Pasttime...

Amazon.com Widgets For many years, Utah has used the slogan “The Greatest Snow on Earth” to promote this hugely popular activity. When Utah hosted the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, this was a popular attraction. Click the picture to see only the picture for printing purposes as well as to see it's full...
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Rebus Teaser #3

Rebus Teaser #3...

Rebus Puzzles are popular word picture puzzles with hidden meanings. You use their pictures and words to try to solve the meaning. They are often common phrases. ANSWER: “Top...
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Too many candy bars

Too many candy bars...

On a long road trip your parents pass back a bucket of 23 candy bars for all of the passengers. You take seven of the candy bars. Before you pass it on to your sister, you decide that you want a few more so you take half of what’s left in the bucket. You start to feel guilty right away, so you put back one third of the candy bars that you had taken out of the bucket. How many candy bars are now in the...
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Coloring Activity – The Salt Lake Temple

Coloring Activity – The Salt Lake Temple...

If you visit Salt Lake City during your trip through Utah, you cannot miss seeing the center-piece of the city—the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The structure was built at great sacrifice by the early Mormon pioneers. It took 40 years for them to complete. Click on the picture for a full resolution...
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I Claim It!

I Claim It!...

This is a fun game that can involve everyone in the car. Before the game begins, everyone agrees on a list of animals or other sites that are likely to be seen often on the stretch of road you are traveling. You all then agree on the number of points each animal (or object) that is sighted will be worth. You then determine how long the game will run. Everyone watches out for the items. Each time a person sees one of the...
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Delicate Arch – Dot to Dot

Delicate Arch – Dot to Dot...

The Delicate Arch in Utah is one of the state’s most memorable natural land form. It is a formation of sandstone whose more brittle rock was eroded away by weather, water, and wind over thousands of years. Complete the dot-to-dot to see what it looks like. (Click on the picture to get a full resolution...
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Rebus Teaser #2...

Rebus Puzzles are popular word picture puzzles with hidden meanings. You use their pictures and words to try to solve the meaning. They are often common phrases. ANSWER: “Peace on...
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Crytogram Puzzle – Brigham Young Quote

Crytogram Puzzle – Brigham Young Quote...

The section below contains a secret phrase.  Each of the blanks has a number underneath it.  Fill in the letters that correspond to the numbers below the blanks to solve the phrase. At the bottom of the page there is a KEY that lists all the letters from A thru Z with a box below.  Each of the letters has a corresponding number to help you keep track of the coded letters that you have...
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Color the Utah Counties

Color the Utah Counties...

Try to color the counties such that no county has the same color next to each...
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Create your own Anagrams!

Create your own Anagrams!...

My kids love to do anagrams while on our family car trips. The road trip goes much better when the kids have a pencil and paper in hand working on unscrambling the letters to make real words. You can easily create your own anagrams by typing a list of words in the box below. The words can be separated by a space or a new line. Create your own...
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Utah Stereogram – A City in Utah

Utah Stereogram – A City in Utah...

A stereogram is a two-dimensional picture that has a 3-D image hidden in it. To find the hidden image you must turn the picture lengthwise and then focus your eyes through the paper. Pretend that you are looking through the page to the distant background. This causes you to switch from “near point” to “far point” vision and will allow the hidden image to come into view. Some useful steps that are...
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Utah for Kids: Pre-History

Utah for Kids: Pre-History...

Utah is rich in archaeological sites.  Despite much of the state being in a desert climate, there have been many people and cultures that have settled in the state. The first people that lived in the area are called PaleoIndians.  Paleo is the Greek word for “Old”.  Therefore, they are known as the “Old Indians”.  These people hunted animals found in the area—such as the Mammoth. About 8,000 years ago, the...
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Utah for Kids – The American Indian

Utah for Kids – The American Indian...

Utah had many different Native American tribes calling the land their home during its history.  Some of those tribes include the Shoshone, Navajo, Goshute, Paiute, and Ute. The Navajo Indians were more isolated than the other tribes.  They had their own distinct language and raised animals for their food.  The other tribes were more like hunters and gatherers. Since the Ute Indian tribe roamed the majority of the land that...
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Rebus Teaser #1

Rebus Teaser #1...

Rebus Puzzles are popular word picture puzzles with hidden meanings. You use their pictures and words to try to solve the meaning. They are often common phrases. ANSWER: “Over the river and through the...
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Utah for Kids – State Symbols

Utah for Kids – State Symbols...

State Animal: Rocky Mountain Elk—sometimes called wapiti by the Shawnee Indians. State Bird: California Seagull—The seagulls saved early pioneer crops from hungry crickets during their first year in Utah. After the pioneers prayed for help, the seagulls came and ate the crickets. The pioneers were able to keep their food crops safe. State Cooking Pot: The Dutch Oven—Early pioneers cooked with big, heavy, black...
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Utah for Kids – Utah Government

Utah for Kids – Utah Government...

Utah’s government mirrors that of the United States federal government in that it has three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The chief executive of the state is the Governor. The Governor can serve a four year term. He/she can be reelected any number of times. The Governor has a Lieutenant Governor that is also elected. The Lt. Governor takes the place of the Governor in case the Governor...
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The State of Utah – General Information

The State of Utah – General Information...

The official name of Utah is: The State of Utah. Utah was first organized as a territory of the United States on September 9, 1850. The area that makes up Utah was created both partly from an agreement with Mexico and Texas earlier in that year. Utah was added to the Union as an official State on January 4, 1896. The current President at the time was President Grover Cleveland. Utah was the 45th State to enter the...
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Snow Fun!

Snow Fun!...

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Winter Season Travel Passport

Winter Season Travel Passport...

We have had a lot of people ask for a winter themed passport that is not based on Christmas, since two months of the Winter Season are beyond the Christmas holiday. We aim to please, so we have created a winter themed travel activity book to keep your kids entertained on your next winter wonderland adventure. This new travel passport contains a variety of activities to keep your kids busy and involved during your family...
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Winter Terms Crossword

Winter Terms Crossword...

Across 3. When a wind storm hits and carries the snow with it so that it is all over in the air. It makes it hard to see outside. 6. Not hot 8. These things are worn on the hand. 9. You will often build one of these when you get a lot of sticky snow in a day 11. Solid water 13. Grandma’s often knit these so that you can wear them to keep you warm 14. You wear this over your shirt to keep you ward while outside Down 1....
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New Suitcases

New Suitcases...

Each child was told they could buy a suitcase of the color of their choosing.  However, they were told that there could be no duplicate colors of suit cases.  Each one selected their suitcase. Use the clues below to try to figure out what suitcase belongs to each child. Here are your clues: Chloe didn’t choose Yellow because it could get dirty easily. Jace & Avary wanted a red suitcase as their second choice, but...
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