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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Activity & Project
   Acting Out with Mother Goose
   Act out a story after reading it. Work together to create a script and make costumes and props. Then invite others to watch and hear your story!
2. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Amazing Biographies: Writing About People Who Change the World
   After reading about historical figures and other important people that have changed the world, children choose someone that they consider to be "amazing"—either someone they've heard about or someone they know—and create a book page that highlights this person.
3. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   A Trip to the Museum: From Picture to Story
   Visit a museum or art gallery (either online or in person) with children and teens, helping them find inspiration for a story based on a piece of art that they particularly enjoy or relate to.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Children's Book Project
   This activity can help teens create picture books that a teen caregiver can then share with children.
7. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Comics and Graphic Novels
   Instead of creating traditional book reports or writing summaries, get "graphic" by creating a comic book or cartoon adaptation of the major scenes from the books.
8. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Connecting with Young Adult Authors through Writing
   This activity guides teens in reaching out to authors of books they love by composing personal letters or connecting to authors through their websites or blogs.
9. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Activity & Project
   Cooking and Creating in the Kitchen
   After reading If You Give a Moose a Muffin, have a "Muffin Party"! Children will write invitations, follow a recipe, and enjoy sharing their homemade muffins.
10. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Activity & Project
    Creating a Safe Online Profile
    After exploring online names, teens choose a screen name or e-mail address for themselves and decide what is a safe online profile.

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