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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Printout  |  Learning New Skills
   Exploring the Five Senses
   This printout helps engage children in the thinking about how their five senses contribute to their understanding of and communication about their world.
2. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Printout  |  Learning New Skills
   Google Image Search Instructions
   Use these instructions to find images of signs, logos, and product labels that you can share with children. These instructions are for the Google Image search engine.
3. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Printout  |  Learning New Skills
   Online Profile Tips
   Use these tips to talk about information teens can usually share safely in online profiles. Talk about how the tips also apply to blogs, e-mail, and instant messages (IMs).
4. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Printout  |  Learning New Skills
   Possible Interview Questions
   Young adults can use this printout to interview a friend, family member, or acquaintance to learn more about the interviewee's life.
5. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Printout  |  Learning New Skills
   Qualities of Good Storytelling
   This printout helps children focus on books that they are currently reading to see different models of well-told stories.
6. 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.
7. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Printout  |  Learning New Skills
   Through the Eyes of the Director
   What makes a movie work or fail? A well-made movie can draw viewers in so completely that they can forget that everything they see and hear was planned out by the filmmakers. This printout prompts teens to look at several distinct elements of a movie and decide on their overall effectiveness.
8. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Printout  |  Learning New Skills
   Tips for Teens Writing a Children's Picture Storybook
   This printout helps young writers focus on characteristics of well-written children's picture storybooks and what makes them unique.
9. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   7 – 10  |  Printout  |  Learning New Skills
   Tips for Using Movie Maker
   It's easy to make a movie today, thanks to software that may already be on your home computer. Create movies to communicate through video.