The First Kids To Work At The Census/Rowan and the 3 Sloths
Illustration by Camilla Franklin
"The First Kids to Work at the Census," by a 7-year-old named Wiliam, got us thinking about the questions asked on the real census. What if the census could ask weirder questions to find out other facts about people? Scroll down for an Activity Guide to help your creators ask their own questions!
Listen to the episode then scroll down for the Creator Club exclusive activity and coloring page!
Our incredible designer, Camilla Franklin, illustrates one of the stories from each podcast episode. This week, we wanted to provide Creator Club members with a coloring activity based on her illustration for "The First Kids to Work at the Census." Hopefully, this will provide a fun bonus activity for your creators to enjoy while listening to the episode!
Making the Census WEIRD
In the story "The First Kids to Work at the Census," by a kid named William from California, the main characters dream of working for the census. Census workers are people who ask everyone in the whole country a few facts about themselves, to help count how many people there are. We started wondering, what if census workers could ask other, weirder questions, to find out unusual facts about people? For example, what if you wanted to find out everyone in your family's favorite kind of ice cream? What other census questions would you like to ask your friends and family? Download the Activity Guide for some question ideas, and submit questions and answers from your family and friends or questions for Lee to answer on Story Pirates Radio below!
Download the activity sheet for instructions. And then...grownups can share your creations with us using the form below. We want to see what you come up with!