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Volume 2
Activity Guide
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Activity Guide
by Faith Hickman Brynie
Welcome, teachers, parents, and kids!
Thousands of you used the Activity Guide with the first Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids. (Thank you!)
We hope even more of you make use of this one.
This Guide is designed to help you identify opportunities for extending the fun and the learning
beyond the pages of The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids, Volume 2. In some cases, we ask questions,
but we don’t provide answers. That’s because looking for the answer is often more important than
the answer itself. It’s the process.not the product.that matters.
To get the most from The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids . . .
- Begin by reading and talking together about interesting items in the Almanac.
- Use entries in the Almanac to spur further discussion and research, whether in your classroom
or library or on the Internet.
- Encourage questions. You may not know the answers, but perhaps you can find them together.
In such cases, the journey is as important as the destination.
- Take every opportunity to turn your discussions or research into a tangible product.
Write a poem, story, or original song. Build a model. Make a scrapbook. Take photographs.
Paint pictures. Draw diagrams. Make bulletin board displays or a refrigerator gallery. (You’ll find
specific suggestions for these in this guide.)
We offer some ideas for each chapter at the links above, but the interests and ideas that will come from
children and adults exploring and learning together will generate many more. Have fun!
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