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Activity Guide





                                                                            JAN/FEB 2024


                                                                    Teaching kindness while
                                                                       encouraging good
                                                                   reading habits in children.








                                                                      SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITY
                                  KIND TIME
                                                              Try this at home, and share with your
                                  BRRRRRR! We’re              child's teachers:
                                 fending off the cold         CASEL Core Competency: Self-Awareness, Social
                                with tips to keep             Awareness, Responsible Decision-Making:
                               pets warm, and the             To go with “Many Trips, Many Friends” and “A is
                              story of a snowy                for Animal”: After your child reads the article and
                           rescue of a young tiger! In        completes the activity, explore the interactive
                        this issue, we also take kids         map "Voyage with Sy Montgomery” with them at
         on a literary adventure to places closer to the      symontgomery.com/about-sy (scroll down to the
         equator: Rwanda, French Guiana, and Borneo.          bottom of the page to find the map). View videos of
         These are just some of the places author and         the settings where Sy met her animal friends, such as
         naturalist Sy Montgomery visited to meet the         “Borneo Jungle.”
         animals of her dreams. She shares how she            Ask about your child’s favorite part of Montgomery’s
         became friends with gorillas and emus and an         story, and why. Can she or he visualize Montgomery
         octopus to name a few, what they’ve taught           befriending the different animals? Then ask your child to
         her, and what we can all do to help.                 imagine being Montgomery, and journal or draw about
                                                              the adventures. The journal entry should include the
         To access an interactive version of this             place and kinds of animal(s). What are the animals and
                                                              your child doing? Afterwards, ask what your child’s
         issue online, visit KindNews.org. Check              favorite part of their own story was! Encourage your child
         out our recommended book list at                     to learn more about those animals and ways people can
         RedRover.org/books.                                  help, and pass that information on to others.




                                                                          RedRover.org/Readers

         Where’s Raja?                                        Did you know that RedRover offers online

      RAJA IS HIDING ON PAGE 5!                               professional development for educators? Learn more
                                                              about the fun and engaging RedRover Readers
                                                              program that uses stories and discussion to help kids
                                                              learn about animals and practice the steps for
           A PUBLICATION OF                                   empathy: RedRover.org/Readers.
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