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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Beguiling Billboards: Finding Inspiration along the Road
   For this activity, teens study “Pass It On” billboards created by The Foundation for a Better Life either online or on-the-go, and create an original billboard and inspirational phrase for a person of their choosing.
2. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Game & Tool
   Crossword Puzzles
   The Crossword Puzzles tool lets children and teens choose from a selection of puzzles and solve them online. They can also create their own puzzles to solve online or print off.
3. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Game & Tool
   Diamante Poems
   Diamante poems are poems where the longest line comes in the middle, creating a diamond-like shape. The Diamante Poems tool helps children write these patterned poems.
4. 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.
5. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Printout  |  Word Play
   Make-a-Word Card Game
   Children can be card sharks in this game, which challenges players to build words from prefixes, root words, and suffixes.
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
   Nonfiction Books for Teens
   In this episode, you'll hear about new nonfiction books that explore the role of women in the NASA space program, the Civil Rights Movement, and the experiences of Arab American youth in the post-9/11 era.
7. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Activity & Project
   School Day Extension
   Use the Word Mover mobile app to bring school home! A printout from school is used to generate a word bank and then create story or poem, which a child uses to “teach” a concept to a family member or caregiver.
8. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Printout  |  Word Play
   Spelling “Go Fish” Card Game
   Use the familiar card game Go Fish to help children learn groups of tricky spelling words such as “conceive” and “autumn.”
9. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Activity & Project
   Write "Moving" Sports Poetry
   We've all heard the expression “poetry in motion”—this activity gets children writing poems about grace and movement using photos of athletes.