Highlights® December 2011 Parents' Guide

Looking for opportunities to help your kids learn with Highlights? This monthly guide to the magazine will help you find the stories and activities that suit your child's reading level and interests.

CHILDREN'S CONTRIBUTIONS

Each issue of Highlights features creative work from children. While we cannot publish every submission, the staff of Highlights writes personal responses to every letter.

  • Jokes (page 15)
  • What's Hiding? (page 22)
  • Your Dream House (page 23)
  • Your Own Pages (page 34)
  • Riddles (page 38)
  • Dear Highlights (page 42)

NONFICTION

  • Gallant Kids (page 9) Profile, advanced
  • My Sci (page 18) Science, moderate, advanced
  • Reading in Mongolia (page 20) Adventure, world cultures, advanced
  • Korver Connects! (page 30) Sports, advanced
  • Living Near Pronghorn (page 40) Science, advanced

FICTION

  • Oh Calendar! (page 5) Poetry, moderate
  • Winning Christmas (page 6) Story, advanced
  • Why Bears Sleep All Winter (page 10) Story, moderate
  • The Timbertoes® (page 13) Story, early
  • Wish (page 15) Poetry, moderate
  • Light-Years to Hanukkah (page 16) Story, advanced
  • Ask Arizona&reg: Mixed-Up-Word Worries (page 24) Story, advanced
  • One Mitten (page 27) Rebus, early
  • The Bear Family (page 32) Story, early
  • The Claw (page 36) Story, advanced

MORE FUN WITH A PURPOSE®

  • Goofus and Gallant® (page 8)
  • Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
  • Crafts (page 28)
  • Thinking (page 33)
  • BrainPlay (page 39)
  • Picture Puzzler (page 43)
  • What's Wrong?™ (Back cover)