{"id":713,"date":"2026-04-15T17:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/manny-the-mastodon\/?page_id=713"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:10:33","slug":"3-5-resources-for-parents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/manny-the-mastodon\/3-5-resources-for-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"3-5 Resources for Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Science<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Friend Manny<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Website Scavenger Hunt\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Description: For this activity children should be provided with the attached worksheet. This worksheet does not need to be printed for this activity. The worksheet will instruct them to access the Rutgers Geology Museum website and research the scientific history that relates to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Friend Manny<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> text.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In terms of skills learned and developed within this activity, this activity will help:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technology and media literacy\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Active recall\/memory\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Critical thinking and problem solving\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summarization\/relying on information<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Reading<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #cc0033\"><a style=\"color: #cc0033\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/manny-the-mastodon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1463\/2026\/04\/Mannys-Poetic-Adventure.pdf\">Science Meets Poetry Challenge<\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Description: Children should be provided with the attached worksheet that prompts them to write a poem using the vocabulary from the text. This activity will allow them to practice rhyming, metaphor, rhythm, and more.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is also an additional worksheet with poetic vocabulary and its accompanying simple definitions for children to review<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In terms of skills learned and developed within this activity, this activity will help:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creative thinking\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Language skills\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Communication skills\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scientific vocabulary\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poetic vocabulary\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Manny Arts &amp; Crafts<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #cc0033\"><a style=\"color: #cc0033\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/manny-the-mastodon\/manny-arts-crafts\/\">Visit our collection of mastodon-themed activities here.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My Friend Manny Website Scavenger Hunt\u00a0 Description: For this activity children should be provided with the attached worksheet. 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