Nov 182024
 

William Tell shot the famous apple from his son’s head in 1307. According to legend, Tell, an excellent Swiss marksman, had angered the local leader. The leader arrested Tell but said that if the latter could shoot an apple off the top of his son’s head, he could go free. Tell was successful, but a series of further adventures occurred before he and his son were really free. Children could read several versions of this story at: Project Gutenberg. Children could also have an accuracy contest, but not with arrows and apples and heads. They could aim paper airplanes at a target.