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The Great Debate
Which side is right?

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Grades 3-6

Parent Guide: Green Living: Family Activities, Tips, and Advice for a More Environmentally Friendly Life
A collection of green living articles offering family activities, tips, and advice. Use these helpful resources to create an environmentally friendly life for your family.

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Scholastic Parents

News Writing Workshop for Kids
Step-by-step news writing workshop. Teaches kids how to research, write, and revise a news article. Suggests publishing a famliy newspaper.

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Grades 3-6

Home Sweet Home
Lift the flaps of this paper house to see the whole family!

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Parent & Child

P&C Field Trips: Family Travel Tips and Suggestions
Parent & Child magazine visits family-friendly destinations and offers tips on what to do, where to stay, and restaurants to try. Destinations include Orlando, Denver, Maui, and more.

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Parent & Child

Tracking the Market
How do stock prices change?

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Grades 3-6

Conservation in Your Community
How can you help your local environment?

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Scholastic Parents

Dear America Historical Crafts Activities
Online arts and crafts activities based on the Dear America and Royal Diaries books. Each activity contains directions and info about the time period in which the book is set. New crafts are posted every month.

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Grades 2-6

Model Town: A Mapping, Drawing, and Building Activity for Kids
You and your child can use these instructions to build a model town. The model teaches kids mapping and contains everything from buildings to street signs.

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Scholastic Parents

Travel Time Brochures
Spark interest in faraway places by making your own travel brochure!

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Save the Flag
Find out how to keep yours in shape for summer’s patriotic holidays.

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Grades 3-6

Everyone in the Kitchen
Teaching his young sons to cook is a treat for TV chef Ming Tsai. Here's how to make it work for your family.

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Parent & Child

2/2007

If You Were President
Could you get the job done? Test your governing skills with this online activity.

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Scholastic Parents

Who Am I? Social Studies Game
This social studies review game is a variation on 20 Questions. It makes studying for social studies or history tests fun. Have your child review her notes then let her ask questions to identify people, places, and events.

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Scholastic Parents

Dear America Mother-Daughter Book Club
Start a Mother-Daughter Book Club. These Dear America activities let mothers and daughters share special times. They learn about journal writing and American history. They also do research together on the Internet.

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Grades 3-6