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PICTURE BOOK EXTENSIONS - PRE-READING

Features...
  • Color illustrations reminiscent of high-quality children’s picture books
  • Keyword vocabulary from select children’s books
  • Chalkboard print labels - no confusing “a’s” or “g’s” for young readers
  • Laminated using 7 mil film for durability
  • Corners rounded for safety
  • Kid-friendly sizing for easy handling - just large enough to capture the child’s attention

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Picture Matching Cards

Picture matching cards build visual discrimination skills; and when used as a concentration game, challenge visual memory.

 
Color Mice Concentration  7 picture matching pairs  
Suggested companion book
Seven Blind Mice
by Ed Young
Interest level: Ages 4 and up

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Snow Tracks - Who/What made these tracks?   5 matches  
Suggested companion book
The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats
Reading level: 4 - 8


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Comparison Cards

Comparison cards build observational and visual discrimination skills as the child looks for likenesses and differences.

  In My Backyard Comparisons - One/Many   12 cards - 6 comparisons  
Suggested companion book
In the Tall, Tall Grass
by Denise Fleming
Interest level: Ages 2-6
Reading Level: Ages 4-8


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  Big & Little Comparison   12 comparison card pairs  
Suggested companion book
Titch
by Pat Hutchins
Interest level: Ages 3-6


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  Wee, Middle-Sized, Great!   15 cards - 5 comparisons  
Suggested companion book
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Retold and illustrated by Jan Brett
Interest level: Ages 3 - 6


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Sequencing Cards

Sequencing cards develop logical thinking skills as the child places the cards in sequential order to tell a story.

 
Ballooning   8 sequencing cards  
Suggested companion book
Hot-Air Henry
by Mary Calhoun
Interest level: Ages 4 - 8


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Raindrops to Rainbows   6 sequencing cards  
Suggested companion book
Listen to the Rain
by Bill Martin Jr. and
John Archambault

Reading level: Ages 4 - 8


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To The Moon! Launch to Moon Walk   6 sequencing cards  
Suggested companion book
The Moon Over Star
by Dianna Hutts Aston
Interest level: PreK - Grade 3
Reading level: Ages 4-8



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Saguaro Cactus Timeline   8 sequencing cards  
Suggested companion book
Cactus Hotel
by Brenda Z. Guiberson
Interest level: Ages 4 - 8


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Lotto Board Games

Lottos are picture-matching games for two (or one) that develop language, observational and social skills.

  Sleepytime Lotto Game   2 lotto boards and 18 matching cards  
Suggested companion book
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Interest level: Toddler - Preschool



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  Pets We Love Lotto   2 lotto boards and 18 cards for matching  
Suggested companion book
Pet Show!
by Ezra Jack Keats
Ages 4-8


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  In My Backyard Lotto Game   2 lotto boards and 12 matching cards  
Suggested companion book
In the Tall, Tall Grass
by Denise Fleming
Interest level: Ages 2-6
Reading Level: Ages 4-8


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