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Music from Around the World: Cultural Awareness Activity
Listen to music from around the world with your child. Let her explore other cultures through dance, discussion, and playing musical instruments. Builds reading, math, and motor skills.Article:Parent & Child
Design a Dream Kid's Bedroom for Your Book Lover
Use your child's favorite books to inspire a fun and colorful kid's bedroom design. Lists choice of themes. Offers decorating ideas for your booklover's dream room.Article:Scholastic Parents
9/19/2006
Caption Collage
Challenge your child to find the best words to describe a picture. Kids' crafts activity using magazine cut-outs. Children matching pictures to text to create interesting or funny captions.Article:Scholastic Parents
Book Central: Interactive Reading Extension Activities for Your Child
Introduces Book Central interactive reading extension activities. Kid's review books, test their knowledge, and learn about their favorite authors. Encourages at-home reading.Lesson Plan
Grades 3-6
Make your Own Picture Frame Based On Your Favorite Book
Kids create their own picture frames based on their favorite books. Choose a design, then customize the colors and inscription on the Dear America website.Article:Scholastic Parents
Rhymes and Repetition Teach Basic Math Patterns
Rhyming and word repetition help babies learn basic math patterns. Using these rhyming songs and hand motions to teach your baby math, while developing language too.Article:LS - Parent & Child
Online Games and Activities with Clifford the Big Red Dog
Visit the famous red dog Clifford online for stories, games, music, and more fun learning activities. These free online activities teach kids pre-reading skills, sequencing, and attention to detail.Article:Scholastic Parents
Letter Fun with Food!
Suggest several creative ways to use food to teach your child the alphabet. Includes word pizza, alphabet soup, dough letters, and more.Article:Parent & Child
Clifford the Big Red Dog Interactive Storybooks for the Early Reader
Clifford Interactive Storybooks. Early reading fun with your favorite Big Red Dog! Games that sharpen concentration, memory, and letter recognition.Article:Scholastic Parents
Make Your Own Greeting Card Based on Make How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? reading extension. This crafts activity involves making get-well soon cards. Incudes book discussion questions.Article:Scholastic Parents
Make an Alphabet Learning Game with Your Child
Make this alphabet learning game with your child. She'll learn letter recognition while she's making it and during game play! All you need are index cards and a marker.Article:Scholastic Parents
Pre-Reading Extension Activity for Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Preschoolers read along with the silly story, Duck on A bike, by David Shannon. Includes reading tips and fun extension activities. Lists the learning benefits of the activities.Article:Scholastic Parents
Kids Rewrite Fairytales from a New Point of View
Children tell their favorite fairytale from a different character's perspective. They write and illustrate their version. Teaches point-of-view and allows kids to put themselves in others' shoes.Article:Scholastic Parents
Poster Project that Celebrates Your Child's Individuality
Share a book about self-esteem with your child. Then celebrate your child's individuality with this poster project. Promotes self-expresssion and creative thinking.Article:Parent & Child
Preserve Memories with this Summer Scrapbook Kids Activity
Chronicle vacation days and create a book of warm memories to share in any season.Article:Scholastic Parents