Puff the Magic Dragon(First two verses and chorus)

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the seaAnd frolicked in the autumn mistin a land called Honnah LeeLittle Jackie Paper loved that rascal PuffAnd brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff

Oh, Puff, the magic dragon lived by the seaAnd frolicked in the autumn mistin a land called Honnah LeePuff, the magic dragon lived by the seaAnd frolicked in the autumn mistin a land called Honnah Lee

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sailJackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tailNoble kings and princes would bow whene'er they camePirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name, oh!

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the seaAnd frolicked in the autumn mistin a land called Honnah LeePuff, the magic dragon lived by the seaAnd frolicked in the autumn mistin a land called Honnah Lee

Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow

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Custard the Dragon

Belinda lived in a little white house, With a little black kitten and a little grey mouse, And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon, And a realio, trulio, little pet dragon.

Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink, And the little grey mouse, she called her Blink, And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard, But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.

Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth, And spikes on top of him and scales underneath, Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose, And realio, trulio, daggers on his toes.

Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears, And Ink and Blink chased lions down the stairs, Mustard was as brave as a tiger in a rage, But Custard cried for a nice safe cage.

Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful, Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival, They all sat laughing in the little red wagon At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon.

Belinda giggled till she shook the house, And Blink said Week!, which is giggling for a mouse, Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age, When Custard cried for a nice safe cage.

Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound, And Mustard growled, and they all looked around. Meowch! cried Ink, and Ooh! cried Belinda, For there was a pirate, climbing in the winda.

Pistol in his left hand, pistol in his right, And he held in his teeth a cutlass bright, His beard was black, one leg was wood; It was clear that the pirate meant no good.

Belinda paled, and she cried, Help! Help! But Mustard fled with a terrified yelp, Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household, And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed.

But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine, Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon, With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm.

The pirate gaped at Belinda's dragon, And gulped some grog from his pocket flagon, He fired two bullets but they didn't hit, And Custard gobbled him, every bit.

Belinda embraced him, Mustard licked him, No one mourned for his pirate victim Ink and Blink in glee did gyrate Around the dragon that ate the pyrate.

Belinda still lives in her little white house, With her little black kitten and her little gray mouse, And her little yellow dog and her little red wagon, And her realio, trulio, little pet dragon.

Belinda is as brave as a barrel full of bears, And Ink and Blink chase lions down the stairs, Mustard is as brave as a tiger in a rage, But Custard keeps crying for a nice safe cage.

Ogden Nash,The Tale of Custard the Dragon, 1935

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Dragon pictures

(From Dragonology: the Complete Book of Dragons, Templar Books 2003)

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From George and the Dragon by Chris Wormell, 2002

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Are Dragons Real?

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Iguana eye close up

Iguana skin

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Komodo dragon

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Chinese water dragon Monitor Lizard

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Monitor Lizard

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Bearded Dragon

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Dragon Maps and Quill Pens Teacher notes

Children use tea-stained paper to create ‘parchment’ maps like those featured in The Dragon Machine. Using quill pens, they draw their maps and then add place names (hill, river, house, boat, etc.) along with a phrase or sentence explaining where their dragon is hiding.

Making parchment maps1. Heat the oven to approximately 160˚.2. Put two tea bags in a large (bigger than A4) baking tray and add hot water so that you have a couple of centimetres depth.3. Allow the tea mixture to infuse, darken and cool a little.4. Lay a sheet of white A4 paper in the tea and leave to soak for a few minutes.5. Transfer the wet sheet to another baking tray and place. in the oven to dry through – this should only take a few minutes. If you do not want to use an oven to dry the paper, leave overnight, on a drying rack or hanging from a ‘washing line’. Keep paper as flat as possible.)6. Check the paper, turning if need be to keep the paper flat as it dries.7. When dry, tear at the paper’s edge to make it look older. You can also singe the edges with a flame to create a similar, ‘aged’ effect.Give children copies of the picture of George’s map in The Dragon Machine or any other maps and charts to take inspiration from.

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Writing on the Maps with Quill Pens

Using masking tape or a rubber band, fix a long craft feather to a black pen, so that it looks like a writing quill(NB–pencil shows up less well on the tea-stained paper)Using their quill pen, chn create their own landscapes with trees, hills and bushes etc.

They describe their dragon and where in the landscape it is hiding.Seal up the map with twine or sealing wax, ready to send home!

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Dragon words

Print, cut out and laminate the dragon word cards.Children practise reading and lay the cards in the correct place on pictures of dragons in any books or enlarged copies of the accompanying dragon pictures above.

tail clawwing hornleg neckeye spike

scales mouthteeth flame

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Junk model dragon machines Teacher notes

Using pictures of George’s device in The Dragon Machine as a stimulus, children design and build their own amazing creations from junk modelling materials.

Provide plenty of different sized boxes, containers and tubes for children to work on, along with a range of other objects such as cotton reels, discs and straws. Children can join materials with masking tape and glues, painting over everything with metallic paints or suitably dragonsome colours, as they prefer.

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Role play: A dragon hunter’s headquarters Teacher notes

Dragon hunters are setting off in search of dragons to study and care for…

Set up the space as a dragon hunter’s headquarters. Provide plenty of equipment for the intrepid hunters to use in their search for dragons– camping and picnic equipment, binoculars, cameras, measuring tapes and goggles. Back at base, hunters can study their specimens with lenses and magnifying glasses, writing notes and drawing diagrams on pads and

clipboards. Ensure children have plenty of dragon artefacts (eggs, feathers, skin, teeth etc.) to look at and record. Hunters may well need to consult the library of dragon books, so make sure there are plenty of these at hand in the dragonologist’s library. Captured dragons will need looking after, so provide plenty of ‘dragon care’ facilities– boxes and incubators for dragon’s eggs, nesting materials (blankets and cushions), etc. A first aid kit might be useful…either for sickly dragons, or hunters scarred by their tussles with reluctant captives! Encourage children to role-play both dragons and dragon hunters. Are the dragons you study fierce or friendly? What will you teach your captive dragons to do?

Illustrations from Dragonology: the Complete Book of Dragons, Templar Books 2003

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Crouching Hunters, Hidden Dragons Teacher notes

Children search for and photograph hidden dragons, using positional language to describe their locations.

Hide a series of dragon figures (or pictures of these) around the classroom or school grounds. In teams, children hunt for the dragons. When they discover them, children photograph the dragons and, with help, download and print the images. They use positional and locational language to describe the dragons’ hiding places: e.g. The dragon is under the chair. The dragon is next to the steps. Display the children’s photographs and sentences along with further photographs of the children going about their hunting.

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A Dragon Feely Box Teacher notes

Set up a large, dragon-decorated feely box. Fill it with a range of dragon objects. Children feel for the contents and describe what they are touching. Can they guess what they have discovered?

Suggested contents: Bubble wrap, sand paper or leather offcuts–different skins Craft feathers–dragon feathers Hard-boiled eggs or large smooth pebbles–eggs Shaped clay or salt dough–teeth or claws Twigs–nest materials (or victims’ bones!) Soft play dough–dragon poo (!) Plastic lids, tiddlywinks–scales

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Dragon Journeys Teacher notes

Children use the setting and landscape imagery in Tell Me a Dragon, The Dragon Machine and other dragon books to create worlds through which dragons and their human companions can journey.

Along with floor mats and carpet maps, provide model buildings for children to create houses, towns and cityscapes from.

Also make sure you have plenty of different forms of transport (cars, trucks and lorries, planes, helicopters and boats) for dragons to hitch a ride on.

Where are your dragons heading? How will they reach their destination?What kinds of places are they passing through as they travel?

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Painting Dragons

Allow children creative freedom when painting their dragons but support their decisions by providing copies of pages from the books they have read in class to help them think about how they will portray their creature. Dragons are not particularly easy to paint but looking at paintings like the one above, with the dragon presented face on, its wings spread, may give less confident artists a good starting point.

Illustration from https://www.parsleypie.com/clubs/hale/galleries/amazing-finished-masterpieces-3/

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Dragon’s Claw Pendants Teacher notes

Children use salt dough to create ‘dragon’s claws’.They thread them with leather thong to create pendants or necklaces.

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Dragon claw pendants: Making the salt dough Teacher notes

1 cup salt2 cups of plain flour¾ cup of water

These quantities give enough salt dough for about 7-9 dragon claws, depending on size.

Thoroughly mix the salt, flour and water together into a paste.Knead the paste on a floured surface until it has a good, doughy consistency–about 2-3 minutes.

Making the dragon’s claw pendants

Shape the dough into a curving, tapered, claw shape that looks like a dragon’s talon. It’s better to slightly exaggerate the curve as the dough tends to straighten a little when baking.

Push a paintbrush handle through the base end of the claw to create a hole for the thonging to pass through.

Bake the claws at 1800 until solid, checking occasionally to see if cooked. The dough will discolour a little–but in quite a realistic, claw-like way!

Allow to cool, and then thread leather thonging or cord through the hole.

You can paint the tip of the claw with red or gold paint for an added effect.

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