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11. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 8  |  Activity & Project
    Let's Go On A Poetry Walk!
    The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and you're surrounded by brilliant shades of green! Observe and collect sensory images from nature and use the sights, sounds, smells, and textures to create original nature poetry.
12. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Activity & Project
    Let the Show Begin! Literary Talent Show
    Children choose their favorite songs, dances, poems, or stories to act out in a talent show for friends and family.
13. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Printout  |  Writing It Out
    Make a Magnetic Poetry Set
    Children can make their own magnetic poetry set. Watch as the refrigerator becomes a space for literary art.
14. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Musical Books for Teens
    In this episode, you'll hear about fiction and nonfiction books that explore the importance of music in the lives of young people.
    
15. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Activity & Project
    Send a Smile: Make a Card for a Special Occasion
    Everyone loves getting a greeting card, especially if it's homemade. Make a funny or thoughtful greeting card or invitation with pictures and a poem, joke, or riddle.
16. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Activity & Project
    Send Postcards From the Concert
    Have children practice combining sentences using initial impressions of music. The finished message goes on an illustrated postcard.
17. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Podcast Episode
    Swing, Jitterbug, and Sing the Blues
    Music provides the perfect introduction and accompaniment to this collection of books including Jazzy Miz Mosetta, Sweethearts of Rhythm, and Boycott Blues.
18. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Activity & Project
    The Natural World as Inspiration: An Outdoor Art Show
    Children incorporate materials from outdoors with paints or crayons to create pieces of art to display on their clotheslines, fences, or porches for a neighborhood art show.
19. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Printout  |  Learning New Skills
    Three Ways to Bind a Handmade Book
    Use one of these three techniques for bookbinding to make children's and teens' multi-page texts easier to keep, share, and display.
20. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Podcast Episode
    Unusual Gifts
    Gifts come in all shapes and sizes, and the characters in these four tall tales have plenty of unusual gifts to keep you reading all winter. Listen in to hear about them and to meet Ingrid Law, the author of Savvy and Scumble.
    

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