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Is Your Child Ready for Big Backyard?
Children who have outgrown Wild Animal Baby will love Big Backyard, our nature magazine for beginning readers.
If your child can do these things, it may be time to move from
Wild Animal Baby to
Big Backyard:
- Will listen comfortably to a story for 15–20 minutes.
- Can hold a phone conversation with an adult relative.
- Reliably follows two-part directions, i.e., "Go get that ball and put it in the basket."
- Can sort objects by color and shape.
- Attempts to "read" stories from memory.
- Can recognize his/her own name in print.
- Can use scissors to cut out simple shapes such as circles and squares.
- Can draw a recognizable object such as a house, person or dog.
- Can count to 10.
- Can hold a pencil to copy some letters, numbers and shapes.
Ready to make the move?
Click here or call 1-800-611-1599 to move your subscription to Big Backyard.
Still not sure? You can try Big Backyard and easily switch back to Wild Animal Baby at any time by calling 1-800-611-1599.