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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 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 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 teachers to expand on the picture book Rudy and Claude Splash Into Art by Adam McHeffey using Common Core standards. It contains pre-reading questions, body tracing and labeling activity, found art scavenger hunt, garbage can sundae, marble painting guide, and a marshmallow and toothpick structures activity. About the book: http://bit.ly/RudyandClaude Rudy is a curious mouse who wonders, “What is art?” Claude, his feathered friend, tries to teach him. Rudy works on a self-por