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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Activity & Project
   Books Will Take You There!
   While enjoying a book that features a journey, children write postcards from the perspective of the main character for each stop along the trip.
2. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Activity & Project
   Can Letters Tell a Story?
   Shake up children's summer reading by introducing them to new and fun formats for storytelling.
3. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Activity & Project
   Create Trading Cards for Favorite Characters
   Use the online Trading Card Creator tool to have children make cards describing their favorite characters from the books on their reading list.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Activity & Project
   Postcards from the Trail
   After enjoying an online book about traveling west on a wagon train, children create postcards from the point of view of the main character for one or more stops on the journey.
7. 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.