The Quiet Field: Junior Field Manual Junior Field Manual · A DET & CW Casebook · Ages 6–9

Sit spots, clouds, a listening map, the first star, fireflies, night animals and the Moon: eight gentle cases about noticing nature. Stand-alone, ages 6–9.

At dusk, DET sits in the field without his notebook. One firefly blinks on, then another. The first star comes out. Nobody is asking him to solve anything.

The Quiet Field is about slowing down and noticing. Each case pairs a calm DET & CW story with an outdoor activity, and some cases end with a question instead of an answer, on purpose.

What’s inside (8 cases):

•     My Sit Spot: five quiet minutes, then see, hear, smell and feel

•     Cloud Watch over three days

•     My Listening Map: sounds near and far

•     Star Count through a paper tube

•     Firefly Watch (with a flashlight version for any time of year)

•     Night Shift: crickets, owls and bats

•     Make a Moon: a lamp-and-ball model

•     Same Spot, Every Season

Every case has three parts:

•     The Case: a short read-aloud with a picture, three words to trace and two easy questions.

•     Field Work: one real hands-on activity using things from around the house.

•     My Own Case: a drawing page that turns the case toward your child’s own life. These pages are theirs to keep private.

Good to know:

•     33-page printable PDF, US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), black-and-white pages that print cleanly at home

•     Stand-alone: no other book needed (pairs nicely with The Name Before the Name)

•     Ages 6–9 (grades 1–3). Big print, tracing, drawing and short answers; drawing an answer always counts

•     Includes an “Open the Case” starter page, a word search, a Case Closed certificate, and a grown-up guide, “Things to Listen For,” with answers

•     Your download includes both a Canadian edition and a U.S. edition (spelling and a few examples differ)

•     Print for your own household or one classroom

From Perspective Detective Studios.

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