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Ranger Rick Educator's Guide

It's no secret that Ranger Rick® captivates kids. But—shhh, don't tell!—the magazine is more than just fun. It's also a great tool for building nonfiction reading skills and conceptual science understanding.

Are you a classroom teacher, a home-schooling parent, or an educator with a nature center, after-school program, or another group? If so, make the most of your Ranger Rick subscription with these educational supplements.

MONTHLY GUIDE
This concise guide provides educational extensions for each month's Ranger Rick. Delve deeper into every issue with activity ideas and student pages.

Ranger Rick® Educator's Guide:
December 2009

Archived Issues: 2005 - present

NATURE NOTEBOOK
The natural world is full of learning opportunities. Each month, a new notebook page provides an entry point for bringing outdoor investigation into your science and language arts curricula. (Go!)

RESOURCE COLLECTION
These ideas and activities can be used with any issue of Ranger Rick. Look here for teaching tips, literacy connections, activity ideas, student pages, and correlations with the national science and language arts standards. (Go!)

The Ranger Rick Educator's Guide (ISSN 1931-3470) is published monthly by the National Wildlife Federation as a complement to Ranger Rick magazine.

The Ranger Rick Educator's Guide has won the Association of Educational Publishers' Distinguished Achievement Award for excellence in educational publishing.
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Ranger Rick Resource Collection

Ranger Rick's Nature Notebook