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This guide contains several lessons that align with Common Core standards for Kindergarten - 2nd grade+ and the wordless picture book Fossil. Lessons include Pre-reading questions, Fossil Visual Storytelling Comprehension Lesson, Cave Paintings Visual Storytelling Lesson, Group Storytelling Lesson, Oral Storytelling Lesson, Story Writing Assessment, Fossil (Paleontological)/Archeological Dig Site Lesson, Create an Impression Fossil Lesson, Create a Mineral Replacement Fossil Lesson and definitio

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book Grumpy Groundhog by Maureen Wright, illustrated by Amanda Haley. It contains pre-reading questions, Ground HOg Day discussion, make your own groundhog dough activity, make a burrow activity, printable rhyming activity, vocabulary, printable maze and printable coloring page. About the book: http://amzn.to/1euNBI1 It’s Groundhog Day, and everyone is gathered to find out if it’s time for spring. But Groundhog does NOT want to lea

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the wordless picture book Fossil by Bill Thomson. It contains pre-reading questions, visual storytelling comprehension activity, group storytelling activity, cave painting visual storytelling activity, oral storytelling activity, story writing activity, dig site activity, create an impression fossil activity, create a mineral replacement fossil activity, vocabulary, printable word search and printable crossword puzzle. About the book: http://a

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the wordless picture book Snowman's Story by Will Hillenbrand. It contains pre-reading questions, Science: Hibernation Diorama activity, create your own comic strip writing activity, indoor snowball fight, math: hot chocolate and toppings bar, Spanish snowman activity, a printable board game and coloring page printable. ABOUT THE BOOK: http://bit.ly/Snowmans_Story One wintry day, a hat lands on the head of a newly made snowman and brings h

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book A Perfect Day for Digging by Cari Best, illustrated by Christine Davenier. It contains pre-reading questions, Archaeological/Paleontological dig site activity, create an impression fossil activity, create a mineral replacement fossil activity, worm farm activity, "dirt and worm" recipe, make your own garden activity, vocabulary, and printable word search. About the book: http://amzn.to/1fq4ji0 “An exuberant valentine to spring

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book Down by the Barn by Will Hillenbrand. It contains pre-reading questions, my farm brainstorming/story activity, make a shoebox tractor activity, create a farm animal activity, butterscotch haystacks snack, printable animal counting card cutouts, printable maze, printable coloring sheets and drawing activity. About the book: http://bit.ly/DownbytheBarn “Fifteen years after his Down by the Station, Hillenbrand offers a cheerful c

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book Let’s Build by Sue Fliess, illustrated by Miki Sakamoto. Activities include pre-reading questions, craft stick raft, pretzel fort snack, cardboard fort craft, marshmallow catapult, rhyming printable, big red toolbox rhyming activity with cut out tools, and a printable maze. About the Book: http://amzn.to/1ufgty3 Let’s build…a fort! Grab a pencil, draw the plans. We’ll construct it with our hands. Dad and son hit the hardwar

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book At the Old Haunted House by Helen Ketteman, illustrated by Nate Wragg. It contains pre-reading questions, Halloween background discussion, make a mask activity, make a haunted house activity, pumpkin seed snack recipe, a rhyming activity with printable, connect the dots and coloring printable, a pumpkin carving stencil printable and a maze printable. “[An] entertaining Halloween adventure.” —Publishers Weekly “A good choice to

This guide contains several lessons that align with Common Core standards for grades 1-3. Lessons include Pre-reading questions and word problem printable lesson, rhyming couplet printable lesson, addition couplet/equation writing lesson, 100th day of school snowmen lesson, 100 snowmen place value and counting lessons, subtraction lesson and definitions of all the Common Core standards these lessons align with. A Kids Activity Guide for Parents is also available: http://bit.ly/1j5rTBU About the

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book I Love My Hat by Douglas Florian, illustrated by Paige Keiser. It contains pre-reading questions, make a paper plate hat craft, butterscotch haystacks snack, animal memory game, and rhyming activity. ABOUT THE BOOK: http://bit.ly/ILoveMyHat One autumn morning, Farmer Brown gets on his tractor and heads to town. Along the way, he picks up a cat in a hat, a goat in a coat, an ox in socks, and other animals who love their clothes—

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the bi-lingual picture book Gazpacho for Nacho by Tracey C. Kyle, illustrated by Carolina Farías. It contains pre-reading questions, recipe for Gazpacho and Spanish Tortillas, make a sombrero activity, printable new food challenge activity, printable Spanish food flash cards, vocabulary, printable word search and printable crossword puzzle. About the book: http://amzn.to/1praPb2 “Nacho's enthusiasm and the warmth of Farias's paintings should l

This guide contains several lessons that align with Common Core standards for grades 1-3. Lessons include Pre-reading questions, Alaska Background Discussion, Pre-reading Geography Lesson, Post-reading Geography Wrap-Up, Dog Sled Art/Dough lesson, My Pet Brainstorming/Writing Lesson, Science Lesson (Which is Warmer?) and definitions of all the Common Core standards these lessons align with. About the Book: http://amzn.to/177RGQ6 "The action is swift and the details interesting." - Booklist

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book Gandhi: A March to the Sea by Alice B. McGinty, illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez. It contains pre-reading questions, historical background discussion, geography lesson, writing activity, printable free verse activity, salt water science activity, weaving lesson, vocabulary, printable crossword and printable cryptogram. About the book: http://amzn.to/18SW5Ge **“This gorgeous, thoughtful account should be in every biography collec

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book 100 Snowmen by Jen Arena, illustrated by Stephen Gilpin. It contains pre-reading questions, word problem printable, rhyming couplet printable activity, addition couplet/equation writing activity, creating snowmen activity, snowmen math printable, connect the dots printable, and a coloring page printable. About the Book: http://amzn.to/1gAXjv8 “Adorable and educational, too.” —Booklist “This winter offering should have broad a

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book Ballpark by Eileen R. Meyer, illustrated by Carlynn Whitt. It contains pre-reading questions, dough baseball activity, American Flag craft, Ballpark stretching game, Caramel Popcorn Snack recipe, rhyming printable activity, vocabulary activity, printable baseball family tree, and printable maze. About the book: http://amzn.to/1dx4uSV It’s our big day— just us two. We have our gloves, and mine’s brand new. A boy and his grandpa

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang, illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Christopher Weyant. Activities include create a creature, big and small hands and feet t-shirt craft, measurement lesson with printable, a greater than, less than, or equal to lesson with printable, patterns printable and a printable growth chart for the classroom. Common Core Guide for teachers is also available: http://bit.ly/YouAreNotSmallCommonCoreGuide

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book Yukon: Sled Dog by Judith Janda Presnall, illustrated by Mark Elliott. It includes pre-reading questions, Alaska background discussion, pre-reading Geography Lesson, post-reading geography activity, dog sled art/dough activity, my pet brainstorming/writing Lesson, vocabulary, printable science lesson (Which is Warmer?), printable word search and printable maze. About the Book: http://amzn.to/177RGQ6 "The action is swift and t

This guide contains several lessons that align with Common Core standards for grades K-1. Lessons include create a creature, big and small hands and feet t-shirt craft, measurement lesson with printable, a greater than, less than, or equal to lesson with printable and a printable growth chart for the classroom. A Kids Activity Guide for Parents is also available: http://bit.ly/YouAreNotSmallKidsGuide About the Book: http://bit.ly/YouAreNotSmall “Charming characters, a clever plot and a quie

This guide is for parents or teachers to expand on the picture book Me and My Big Mouse by Ethan Long. Activities include pre-reading questions, my big mouse snack, conflict resolution activities, animal thumbprint memory game and printable, make your own behavior contract printable, and a coloring page printable. About the Book: http://bit.ly/MeandMyBigMouse “Kids who have undoubtedly had their own overly zealous friends will identify with Michael. This amusing story will be a hit.” –School

This guide is for parents and teachers to expand on the picture book Rudy and Claude Splash Into Art by Adam McHeffey. It contains pre-reading questions, body tracing and labeling activity, found art scavenger hunt, garbage can sundae, marble painting guide, a marshmallow and toothpick structures activity, a coloring page, and a Rudy and Claude Splash Into Art drawing activity. About the book: http://bit.ly/RudyandClaude Rudy is a curious mouse who wonders, “What is art?” Claude, his feathered