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Favorite Things: Back to School

Picture Word Flashcards Buy local: Learning Express in Fort Collins

Perfect for those learning to read, this 96-card set includes 95 sight words as well as a bonus game card for additional learning fun. Studying with flash cards increases concentration and improves recall. These can be used as review cards or creative, fun games that allow children to play and learn. Flash cards also allow children to develop thinking, decision-making, turn-taking, and social skills.

School Years Record Book: Save and Organize Memories from Preschool through 12th Grade By Reader’s Digest Buy local: Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins

Sorted by year, this book helps record scholastic and extracurricular successes, organize and store artwork and photos and stores report cards, performance programs, and other memorabilia in one place over the school years. Pockets hold 8½ x 11 pages and fillable pages offer prompts to chronicle your child’s achievements, and spaces to place your child’s school photo each year.

School’s First Day of School Written by Adam Rex and illustrated Christian Robinson Buy local: Words of Windsor in Windsor

Perfect for kiddos who are nervous about the new year starting, meeting new friends, and more. This story tells us about the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone’s just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself.

What will the children do once they come? Will they like the school? Will they be nice to him? The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he’s not the only one going through first-day jitters.

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