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                | JenExpedition Leader
 
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 Jennifer
 Calico Rock 
                AR
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                      |  Posted - Feb 08 2008 :  12:37:29 PM       
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                      | Do any of you mommas subscribe to Your Big Backyard magazine? It's the National Wildlife Federation's magazine for 3-7 year olds (the younger companion to Ranger Rick magazine). My kids love it. 
 It's on my mind today because I just started writing little songs for them that appear in the back of the magazine. I've been writing poems for them for years, but this is a new twist. It's tough to come up with nature rhymes that match familiar song tunes, but it's really silly fun.
 
 Check out the magazine's website at:
 http://www.nwf.org/yourbigbackyard/kzPage.cfm?siteId=2&CFID=21038238&CFTOKEN=6f2d8996219fad29-F0FF03FE-15C5-5FE8-B083ECCEFF76F302
 
 Jen
 
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                      | Edited by - Jen on Feb 08 2008  12:38:27 PM
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                | LeslieAnneoutbound
 
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 LeslieAnne
 Shallowater 
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                      |  Posted - Feb 09 2008 :  08:24:34 AM     
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                      | Hi Jen, 
 Glad you posted this... I gave my 3 year old grandson a subscription to Your Big Backyard last Christmas... I haven't read it myself in a long time, but maybe I should...
 
 The year before, I gave him Wild Animal Baby, NWF's magazine for even younger kids...
 
 LeslieAnne...westTexas
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                | JenExpedition Leader
 
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 Jennifer
 Calico Rock 
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                      |  Posted - Feb 09 2008 :  6:25:07 PM       
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                      | Good choice, LeslieAnne! I have always thought that they are THE BEST magazines for kids (ever since I read Ranger Rick as a kid). The Carus Corp. has some good ones too (Babybug, Ladybug, Spider, Cricket, etc.), but the National Wildlife Federation has the market cornered on outdoor education. 
 Jen
 
 Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
 
 The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
 
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                | LeslieAnneoutbound
 
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 LeslieAnne
 Shallowater 
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                      |  Posted - Feb 10 2008 :  11:34:18 AM     
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                      | I've always like them too... when my son was young (he's 33 now), we subscribed to Ranger Rick... 
 Thanks for reminding about the Carus Corp.'s magazines... I might have to pick one up next time I go to the bookstore...
 
 LeslieAnne...westTexas
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