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            <title>Play Vacation Bingo!</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/vacationbingo_kindergarten/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/32201_32300/32280/file_32280.jpg" /><p>Got a long car ride ahead? Keep the kids busy in the back seat, with these free, printable bingo cards. Or create your own version, using our template. Let the games begin!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Story Starters: A Book Making Activity</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/storystarters_kindergarten/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/32101_32200/32124/file_32124.jpg" /><p>Want to spark some creativity? Give your child some pictures for a story, then let his imagination run wild! Not only is this book-making activity quick and easy, but it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues. So get a stack of old magazines and get your kid ready to spin a yarn!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Sweet Sorting: A Fun Activity to Practice Categorizing</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/sweet_sorting_third/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/32001_32100/32088/file_32088.jpg" /><p>Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Take a Backyard Map Skills Expedition!</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/teddy_bear_expedition_third/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/27101_27200/27191/file_27191.jpg" /><p>This game helps children learn directions in a fun way. The object of the game is to find a hidden prize by using only cardinal directions and coordinates.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Make a Book Square!</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/27201_27300/27273/file_27273.jpg" /><p>If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square. It's a fun way to highlight important story details and put them in a logical order. She can even use the Book Square as a bookmark, and add information to it as she reads!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Play Word Bags to Learn Parts of Speech</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/play_word_bags_third/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/32001_32100/32057/file_32057.jpg" /><p>Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around by creating this fun, easy learning game that your child will enjoy playing!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Race for Spelling Patterns!</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/race_for_spelling_patterns_third/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/32001_32100/32059/file_32059.jpg" /><p>In this high energy, interactive game, third graders are challenged to a race involving spelling patterns in words. This is one race your child will want to run again and again! And it will do wonders for her reading fluency.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Dictionary Treasure Hunt</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/dictionaryhunt_first/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/24901_25000/24975/file_24975.jpg" /><p>In first grade, vocabulary moves to center stage. But when a kid gets stumped--and we all feel that way sometimes, even as adults--it's time to turn to a lifetime resource: the dictionary.   Want a fun way to help your child start making friends with this reference tool? Try this treasure hunt!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>The Cause and Effect Card Game</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/Cause_Effect_Card_middle/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/26901_27000/26998/file_26998.jpg" /><p>Looking for an indoor game with a lot of learning? Here's a fun card game that quizzes your child on cause-and-effect relationships, with a pinch of creative thinking thrown in!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Play Story Ball: A Reading Comprehension Game</title>
            <link>http://www.education.com/activity/article/storyball_first/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<img style="float:left; padding:10px;" src = "http://www.education.com//files/25001_25100/25043/file_25043.jpg" /><p>Take a regular old beach ball, a sharpie marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch! </p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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