tliddan Pleturas 1 Learn as you play!Original edition © 2007 Boyds Mils Press, Inc ‘This edition © 2008 by Learners Publishing Pte Lid published under licence trom Bayds Mis Press, Inc, United States First published 2008 by Learners Publishing Pte Ltd 222 Tagore Lane, #03-01 TG Building, Singapore 787603, Al rights reserved. No part ofthis book shal be reproduced, or transmitted by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher Email: learnpub@leamers.com.sg Visit our website: http:/we Jearers.com.sg ISBN 978 981 4151 887 Printod by 8 & Jo Enterprise Pte Lid, Singapore Please remember that unauthorized photocopying of this book is illegal. ‘Associre Cowpanes RIC Learners international Limited P.O. Box 332, Greenwood WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6924 RIC Publications Limited (Asia) Sth floor, Gotanda Mikado Building 2-5-8 Hiratsuka, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo JAPAN 142-0051 ‘To 09-3788-8201 Fax: 03-3788-9202 Email: ell@ricpublications.com ‘Website: wwnwstepubications,comContents Preface 4 Drawing in the living room 5 Living in a shoe house 6 Life in Mouse Town 7 Life in Mouse Village 8 ‘Out in the fields. 9 ‘Among the flowers 10 In the flowerbed 1 Is there a safer way? 12 Bringing in the harvest 13 Making peanut butter 14-15 Delivering dog snacks 16 Enjoying ice cream ina shop 7 Visiting the public library 18-19 Seeing the dentist 20 Performing card tricks a Having fun at the fair 22-23 Dancing ballet on stage 24 Queuing for autographs 25 Racing scooters in a park 26 Riding a tandem downtill 27 Cheering on a football game 28 Cleaning up after the game 29 Meeting at the clubhouse 30 Playing Gulliver in Lilliput 31 Quenching thirst with juices 32 Satisfying hunger with tacos 33 Competing in log-rolling 34 Putting to win the match 35 Whose act is better? 36 Now, all together! 37 Cooling off in a puddle 38 Going on a fishing trip 39 Gophers having a barbecue 40 Alligators enjoying a picnic 4 Giving Mr Snow a ride 42 Enjoying a cool concert 43 Competing in an ice rink a4 Skiing in the countryside 45 Gathering for story-time 46-47 Celebrating a birthday 48 Giving and getting valentines 49 Out visiting on Halloween 50 All set for Christmas 51 In step for the New Year! 52 Answers 53-64Preface Hidden Pictures, a series of four books, is produced in the belief that not all learning is text-based. Learning occurs with every human activity. It is especially effective when the activity is purposeful and focused while at the same time exciting and pleasurable. Solving hidden pictures puzzles is just this kind of activity. Besides being enjoyable, it develops figure-ground perception and improves the ability to establish object constancy and size relationships. Educators have shown that working on such puzzles can also enhance a child’s attention to detail, reinforce good work habits, increase both word and general knowledge and aid in developing self-confidence. With guidance, this potential can be realized. At the start of the activity, the child could be told to look at the big picture and describe the scene as a whole—that is, say what the picture shows or is about. Then he/she could be encouraged to talk about the details. Finally, the child's attention could be drawn to the things illustrated in the margins and he/she asked to identify them in the big picture. 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Dy)’ & i Li @ \ 2 i) ii ~ ERS LA® y INN AS . eS OH) IE) ‘owe 4 ga: : ; if as PG - eS SS eS fy 4 vAV Page 20 Y Page 17 Y Pages 18-19YY Page 21 Page 24 \ [eg Mae io t eR : % 2 cod / l is ln , : 4 o : oD i Pay é Sh pa] l= ASU aY Page 29 Y Page 31PUES Tel ey Y Page 33PU EES ¥ Page 39 Y Page 37 V Page 40 ¥ Page 38,V Page 43 V Page 41 Y Page 42¥ Page 48 Ke ; » cS fo SS ah > iy D aThis series of four books promises hours of fun and loads of benefits for all the family! Each seek-and-find activity can be done individually as a pastime, or played as a game with a partner or a ‘rival’ group. But more than that, solving the puzzles develops figure-ground perception and improves the ability to establish object constancy and size relationships. In fact, educators have shown that working on such puzzles can * enhance a child's attention to detail, * reinforce good work habits, * increase both word and general knowledge and * aid in developing self-confidence.