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Program for 2nd Grade+ | #AWE | $407 Value for $347
Combined Program | #AWC | $484 Value for $419
Explore Animals and Their Worlds . . .
From the first moment your beginning student opens these books, they will be captivated by the stories and engrossed in the superb illustrations. Activities are an important part of the studies that capture the interest of young students, but are still brimming with information that will satisfy the curiosity of all ages!
Meet animals who live in a variety of landscapes, from woodlands to the arctic, and even in the desert sand. Meet amazing animals who are perfectly suited for survival in their habitat, and details about each ecological system that surround them.
Younger students will benefit from a set designed to support skills with the alphabet, while older students work through a resource set with a lot more advanced content. The adventure reading will thrill even your youngest student as they tiptoe into the forest to watch a newborn fawn take its first steps. You’ll spend time tracking grizzlies, caring for a young coyote, or keeping track of a crowd of penguins.
Hands-on activities and learning opportunities are laced throughout the program. Your instructor’s guide has oodles of ideas, but in addition, many of your books have ideas such as making a paper plate elephant or watching ants eat sugar.
Take a Look at Features You’ll Love in Your Program Guide!
- Parent helps that are practical and help you “learn together” with your student
- 36-week schedule laid out so clearly, you’ll “open and go” everyday
- Fantastic crafts and active learning opportunities that are perfect for beginners
- Supply lists for activities that will help you plan your year
- More resources for older students with their own independent study schedule
- Click here to see a sample of this program guide.
Decide Which Package is Right for Your Family!
Program for Pre-K to First Grade: Targeted Learning Activities for Young Students
Your student will get introduction or additional reinforcement of phonics and alphabetizing skills. Each week the same letter is reinforced in this program that is introduced in the coordinating language arts program, “Pre-K/K Basic Phonics.” Alphabet activities provide fun games and other ideas to reinforce reading skills. Other early learning opportunities include a drawing program that increases fine motor skills, which will pay off as students increase writing skill and speed, and a dot-to-dot book that allows practice of alphabetical order.Program for Second Grade & Up: Specialized Learning on Animal Behaviors & Classification
Fantastic additional titles add enriched content for older students. The fantastic book, “The Animal Kingdom,” is a resource designed for 1st-6th graders that offers in-depth information about animals and their classification. A habitat book gives older children opportunities to explore how animals like to live near human dwellings, while a more structured drawing program teaches older students how to draw realistic animals. The Animal Behaviors series of books has marvelous drawings and kids will learn about how animals communicate, work, move and use their senses for specialized tasks. Perfect for kids who already know a lot about animals!Combined Program: Something for Everyone
Perfect for the family who’d like to use this for younger and older students, grades Pre-K to 3rd grade. This program includes one of each resource listed below and both Bible devotionals. If you intend to school two students, be sure to add the consumables that are noted at the bottom of this webpage.
Animals & Their Worlds Resources
Highlights of Your Animal Guidebook
AW-G - $60 - Free with Package Purchase
Click here to see a sample of this program guide.Simple and Ready-to-Go!
You’ll find this program guide is laid out so simply - just open and begin! Each of your 36 school weeks is laid out
to reduce your paperwork! Each week also includes activity ideas, important advice on how to teach concepts,
web search ideas, and much more!Supply List for Activities
By parent request, we’ve put together a supply list in your guidebook so you can plan your activities ahead of time,
and gather any supplies (other than routine items) you need.Older Student Independent Work Schedules
Each week, your older student will have a schedule all their own to complete the work they need to do on their
own. No more writing out “homework” schedules!Rating System for Activities
Activities have a rating on their supplies & skill level so you’ll always know what will work for you.Our Exclusive Notebooking Resource:
“Make-Your-Own” Animal Book
AW-MYO | $15Pages that have illustrations of 36 different animals or animal groups, ready to fill in with what students have learned. Gives weekly opportunities to write or draw about a highlighted animal. Full-color pages are fun and motivate students to do their best work. Younger students can draw their responses, as special visual “buttons” are designed so they repeat on every page, allowing even non-readers to learn what questions they are answering quickly and work independently on their pages. With these same sheets, older students can write and do guided research with a parent. Click here to see a sample of this book.
God's Creatures Bible Study Resources
PRE-K to 1st ONLY | AW-B05 | $13
Big Book of Five-Minute Devotions
This colorful resource includes a short devotional perfect for younger learners and a question and answer format
that follows up on what’s been shared. A perfect tool to cuddle and learn about creatures God created.2nd GRADE & UP ONLY | AW-B06 | $13
Glow in the Dark Fish
Creatures from all over the world are introduced with great information about their qualities and unusual traits in each of these books. Both resources have material designed for the age group noted.Study Animals by Species
DK Animal Encyclopedia | AW-S01 | $20
Beautiful photographs accentuate this 376-page resource. The animal world comes to life as you’ll see a snake constricting its prey, stag beetles fighting, or a frog leaping through the air. Your student will get to know animals and their habitats and get answers to questions like, “Why don’t snakes shut their eyes?” or “What’s inside a camel’s hump?” Parents using this resource with PreK and K students should expect to summarize some material and use the book as a picture and discussion book at times. This book will benefit your family as a resource for years.Study Animals by Habitat
with the “One Small Square” SeriesThis series approaches habitat and animal study within “one small square” of that habitat. Beautiful drawings make it easy for small children to become a part of each landscape with its dangers, wonders and curious creatures. In intricate detail, the author and illustrator highlight natural processes going on in the environment, whether it be how leaf stems release from trees or how a worm helps to recycle soil. In each volume, simple activities reinforce student comprehension.
One Small Square: Woods | AW-S07 | $ 8
Look closely at the life that fills the woods around you. Study leaves, bark, soil and seasons in the woods.
One Small Square: African Savannah | AW-S04 | $11
See the rains and droughts on a savannah. Do studies on grass growth, night hunters, seasonal migration and more.One Small Square: Tropical Rainforest | AW-S05 | $ 8
Learn about the species that inhabit the three “zones” of a rainforest -- the floor, the understory and the canopy.One Small Square: Desert | AW-S06 | $ 8
Meet the different animals that thrive in the harsh environment of the desert. Look at rainfall, cloud cover and cactus.One Small Square: Arctic Tundra | AW-S08 | $ 8
Study the short days cycle and how animals prepare for harsh winters.One Small Square: Swamp | AW-S09 | $ 8
What do you know about peat? Study how this feature of swamp life supports plants and wildlife.
One Small Square: Coral Reef | AW-S10 | $ 8
Go exploring underwater to study colonies of coral, night life in the seas, and fish that glow in the dark!Enjoy Cuddling Times with Adventure Reading
The Fourteen Bears in Summer & Winter | AW-R01 | $15
Beautifully detailed drawings accent a gentle, whimsical story about a large family of bears. The book has 2 stories -- one for each season.Ereth’s Birthday | AW-R03 | $ 6
Ereth the porcupine makes a promise to a dying fox -- to care for her three kits. Can he keep his promise?The Tarantula in My Purse | AW-R04 | $ 6
If you’ve never kept a tarantula, owl or turtle as a pet, find out what kind of trouble it can be to keep them!Socks | AW-R12 | $ 6
A fun-loving cat joins a family and is distressed when a new family member becomes the center of attention.Mr. Popper’s Penguins | AW-R02 | $ 7
What to do with 12 penguins? Put them on stage!Richard Scarry Storybook | AW-R06 | $16
Richard Scarry’s special style accentuates this large storybook, and will get kids involved in the fun stories and poems they encounter along the way.Flute’s Journey | AW-R07 | $17
Follow a bird on its migratory journey to the south, and find out what challenges the bird meets along the way.
Grizzly Bear Family | AW-R08 | $ 9
A photographer records a grizzly family for a year, following their early lives and watching them grow and learn new survival skills.Coyote Autumn | AW-R09 | $ 6
A boy adopts a coyote and tries to keep it hidden. A great opportunity to talk with kids about honesty and openness.The Flying Flea, Callie & Me | AW-R10 | $ 6
A cat finds a helpless bird and discovers a friend.Lost in the Woods | AW-R11 | $20
A beautiful keepsake story about a fawn who might be lost.
Your Package Choice Includes One or Both of These Sets:
Pre-K to 1st Resources & Activities
Alphabet Art | AW-S03 | $13
Each of the letters of the alphabet is highlighted with a letter craft, activities & games to help young students learn the alphabet. In addition, animal craft projects are coordinated with the alphabet letters. NOTE: The introduction of the letters in this program are coordinated with the week they are introduced in the “Basic Phonics” LA program.At the Zoo! Explore the Animal World with Craft Fun | AW-A01 | $13
Ed Emberley’s Animals Drawing Book | AW-A02 | $ 8
This art instruction book begins with basic shapes, such as rectangles, squiggly lines, and curly-cues -- then shows the student how to combine the simple shapes to draw animals! Improves fine-motor skills.
Animal Alphabet Dot-to-Dot | AW-A03 | $ 4
The dots in this book are labeled with the alphabet, helping your student learn alphabetical order.Animal Alphabet Coloring Book | AW-A04 | $ 4
Each page has a large letter surrounded by animals.Eric Carle’s Animals, Animals | AW-S02 | $ 9
Beautiful torn-paper art adds interest to this book of poetry for beginners.2nd Grade & Up Resources & Activities
NEW! The Animal Kingdom | AW-E13 | $23
A creation science resource that takes students through the animal kingdom, adding a lot of content for older students.Easy-to-Create Wildlife Habitats | AW-E01 | $13
Create refuges for animals in country or city spaces.Draw Write Now Animals & Habitats | AW-E02 | $13
Kids learn to draw animals in their natural habitats.Animal Habitats! AW-E09 $13
Learn about animal habitats with games & activities.The Kids’ Wildlife Book | AW-E12 | $13
Explore a selection of animals in detail with activities.NEW! Habitats, Hollows & Homes Journal AW-E14 $22
This WP Exclusive is an exciting addition to this program. These interactive notebook pages allow students to record experiment outcomes, track weather, study animals and more! Fully illustrated. Consumable.
Click here for sample.The Animal Behavior Series
These books share animal behaviors by topic with gorgeous pictures that enhance the text!Animal Talk | AW-E05 | $ 7
Animal Defenses | AW-E04 | $ 7
Animals and Their Young | AW-E03 | $ 7
Animals at Work | AW-E08 | $ 7
Animals in Motion | AW-E06 | $ 7
Animal Senses | AW-E07 | $ 7
What Consumables are Needed for Extra Students?
For an extra student in Pre-K to 1st Grade, purchase an extra of these:
“Make-Your-Own” Animal Notebook (AW-MYO)
Animal Alphabet Dot-to-Dot (AW-A03)
Animal Alphabet Coloring Book (AW-A04)
For an extra student in 2nd Grade or Up, purchase an extra of these:
“Make-Your-Own” Animal Notebook (AW-MYO)
Habitats, Hollows & Homes Journal (AW-E14)
Perhaps you’d like to see the Language Arts Programs that coordinate with “Animal Worlds:”
Pre-K/K “Basic Phonics” Language Arts
Advanced K Language Arts
Accelerated Reading Language Arts
First Grade Language Arts
Second Grade Language Arts
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding this Program
My student knows so much about animals already -- can he or she really learn from this?
From a comprehensive look at habitats to studying animal classification and behavioral patterns, this program is chock full of information, especially in the older student’s package. Even if your student is an “animal buff,” they’ll systematically learn information about the animal kingdom that will put a lot of things together for them and introduce them to entirely new concepts about animals and the “worlds” they inhabit. Many is the time that a parent calls us with concerns that their child already eats up information about animals and loves Discovery Channel, then later lets us know that their student has learned so much from this program and loved it every step of the way.I’m torn between which package to get for my first grader -- younger or older?
We have provided quite a few learning tools in the younger package to reinforce the phonics and alphabetical order use that is key to the further development of a new reader. Even if a student knows their alphabet and sounds, this program can be useful in developing faster sight recognition, sound recognition and skill with the alphabet. However, many parents have also used the older package successfully with a first grader who is already well-developed in these areas. There may be a couple of resources in the older package that are a little advanced for a first grader if you go this route, but with accommodation for their age, you’ll be able to use this program, especially if you’ve got an “animal expert” on your hands! Another choice is to purchase the younger program and add a few of the resources from the older to it, such as “The Kids Wildlife Book” (AW-E12), the "Habitats, Hollows & Homes Journal" (AW-E14) and the “Animal Behaviors Series” (AW-E03 to E08). All items in either package are scheduled in the one guide.I’ve already got a few of the items in the package. Can I still get the package price and leave them out?
We love to offer our package prices to our parents to help them purchase a great program with a great discount. We do, however, have to sell all the items in the package in order to honor the discount. Usually the discount outweighs the value of the resources you might already have. If not, you can choose items individually to build your program, but remember -- the purchase of a themed program package ensures you also get free shipping, another discount you’ll want to take into account as you look at your total purchase.How do the Language Arts coordinate with this program?
We have several language arts programs that coordinate with our Animals and Their Worlds. “Pre-K/K Basic Phonics” introduces the same letter of the alphabet in the same week as does the younger program. “Advanced K” has readers with animal characters in it and highlights animals in other resources as well. “LA 1” and “LA 2” each have reading lists of books about animals right at their respective grade levels to enable students to experience comfortable reading growth. You can link to any of these program in the section above these questions.
