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Picture Study
Artist Exploration Cards & Directory
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Artist Exploration Cards & Directory
A printable art card for every artist on the Kindred Thicket Masters List, each with a representative work and a QR code that opens the artist on our website, plus the Artist Directory: every artist with their dates, country of birth, and representative piece in one table.
Picture Study Discussion Cards
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Picture Study Discussion Cards
The shared Picture Study discussion cards. Print them once and use them all term with every artist study: look long at one painting, then tell back what you saw.
N.C. Wyeth Picture Study Images
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N.C. Wyeth Picture Study Images
The six illustrations from the N.C. Wyeth picture study, at full resolution and numbered in lesson order: One More Step, Mr. Hands; On the Island of Earraid; The Astrologer at His Tower; The Passing of Robin Hood; “Speak for Yourself, John”; and Sir Mador’s Joust. Show them on a screen or print them for the wall.
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Norman Rockwell Picture Study Images
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Norman Rockwell Picture Study Images
The six paintings from the Norman Rockwell picture study, at full resolution and numbered in lesson order: Boy with Baby Carriage, No Swimming, Pardon Me, Painting the Little House, Mother Tucking Children Into Bed, and The Love Song. Show them on a screen or print them for the wall.
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Edward Mitchell Bannister Picture Study Images
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Edward Mitchell Bannister Picture Study Images
The six paintings from the Edward Mitchell Bannister picture study, at full resolution and numbered in lesson order: Streamside, Moon over a Harbor, Approaching Storm, Boat on Sea, Oak Trees, and Hay Gatherers. Show them on a screen or print them for the wall.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir Picture Study Images
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir Picture Study Images
The six paintings from the Pierre-Auguste Renoir picture study, at full resolution and numbered in lesson order: La Grenouillère, La Loge, Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, Madame Charpentier and Her Children, Luncheon of the Boating Party, and Girls at the Piano. Show them on a screen or print them for the wall.
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Literature
Aesop’s Fables · Cards & Coloring Pages
Fables 1–11
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Cards & Coloring Pages · Fables 1–11
Printable character cards and coloring pages, so your child can point to the fox, the crow, or the mouse as she narrates each fable.
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Fables 12–22
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Cards & Coloring Pages · Fables 12–22
Printable character cards and coloring pages, so your child can point to the fox, the crow, or the mouse as she narrates each fable.
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Science and Nature
The Burgess Bird Book · Bird ID Cards
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Bird ID Cards · Chapters 1–45
A printable card for every bird in the book, over ninety in all, each with the story name, the modern common name, the scientific name, and a photograph.
The Burgess Bird Book · Coloring Pages
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Coloring Pages · Chapters 1–45
A coloring page for the main bird of every chapter of The Burgess Bird Book for Children.
Birds of the Air · Coloring Pages
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Coloring Pages · Chapters 1–15
Printable coloring pages for the whole book of Birds of the Air, Arabella Buckley’s gentle nature study, to color chapter by chapter alongside the read-alouds.
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Lesson Guide$14Vocabulary and narration support for every chapter.Explore the Lesson Guide →
Copywork$8Three levels, with print and cursive practice.Explore the Copywork →History
Fifty Famous Stories Retold · Cards & Coloring Pages
Chapters 1–11
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Cards & Coloring Pages · Chapters 1–11
Printable character cards and coloring pages, ready to color and point to as your child tells back each short tale.
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Lesson Guide$14Vocabulary and narration support for every chapter.Explore the Lesson Guide →
Copywork$8Three levels, with print and cursive practice.Explore the Copywork →
Chapters 12–22
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Cards & Coloring Pages · Chapters 12–22
Printable character cards and coloring pages, ready to color and point to as your child tells back each short tale.
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Lesson Guide$14Vocabulary and narration support for every chapter.Explore the Lesson Guide →
Copywork$8Three levels, with print and cursive practice.Explore the Copywork →
Chapters 23–33
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Cards & Coloring Pages · Chapters 23–33
Printable character cards and coloring pages, ready to color and point to as your child tells back each short tale.
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Lesson Guide$14Vocabulary and narration support for every chapter.Explore the Lesson Guide →
Copywork$8Three levels, with print and cursive practice.Explore the Copywork →
Chapters 34–50
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Cards & Coloring Pages · Chapters 34–50
Printable character cards and coloring pages, ready to color and point to as your child tells back each short tale.
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Lesson Guide$14Vocabulary and narration support for every chapter.Explore the Lesson Guide →
Copywork$8Three levels, with print and cursive practice.Explore the Copywork →
Viking Tales · Chapters 1–15 · Cards & Coloring Pages
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Cards & Coloring Pages · Chapters 1–15
Printable character cards and coloring pages, so your child can meet Harald, Olaf, and the seafaring folk of the north as she narrates each story.
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Lesson Guide$14Vocabulary and narration support for every chapter.Explore the Lesson Guide →
Copywork$8Three levels, with print and cursive practice.Explore the Copywork →
Our Island Story · Chapters 1–11 · Cards & Coloring Pages
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Cards & Coloring Pages · Chapters 1–11
Printable character cards and coloring pages, to color and narrate through the earliest chapters of England’s tale.
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This Country of Ours · Chapters 1–11 · Bonus Materials
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Bonus Materials · Chapters 1–11
Printable character cards, scene cards, and coloring pages, to color and narrate through the Norse voyages, Columbus, and the first colonies.
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Lesson Guide$14Vocabulary and narration support for every chapter.Explore the Lesson Guide →
Copywork$8Three levels, with print and cursive practice.Explore the Copywork →What else comes with the list
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