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Safari Park

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Round Trip
by Ann Jonas

Take a round trip all within the pages of this book. Silhouette art captures the journey from home to city and back again. When you think you’ve finished, flip the book, and return home by reading the book from back to front.

Mathematical topics to explore with this book: spatial relationships, shapes, patterns, measurement, problem solving, cause and effect, predicting outcomes

Resources for Round Trip:
Full Book Review (English)
Full Book Review (español)
Brief Book Review (English)
Brief Book Review (español)

Online External Resources

Activities for Round Trip:
Home and Back Board Game Instructions (English) Instrucciones para el juego de Viaje Redondo (español) Home and Back Gameboard (English)
Home and Back Gameboard (español)
Home and Back Home Cards (English)
Home and Back Home Cards (español)
Home and Back Game Spinner (English)
Home and Back Game Spinner (español)


Alphabet Symmetry – figure out which letters of the alphabet and digits 0 - 9 have 1 line of symmetry or 2 lines of symmetry. Do any letters or numbers have 3 or more lines of symmetry?
Instructions (English)
Instrucciones (español)
Letter Symmetry
Number Symmetry

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