Looking for opportunities to help your students learn with Highlights? This monthly guide to the magazine will help you find stories and activities that suit your students' reading level.
ACTIVITIES Fun This Month (page 2) Design a roller coaster and solve a puzzle.
Math Magic (page 8) Solve this mathematical puzzle.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14) Find the pencil, funnel, and other objects.
Knights and Dragons (page 15) Play this game.
Thinking (page 19) Ponder what you can discover at a natural history museum.
Crafts (page 26) Create a Father's Day coat of arms, design a picnic-party invitation, and develop a way to send secret messages.
BrainPlay (page 41) Can sounds affect your mood? How?
ARTS Jack Prelutsky's Rib-Tickling Reign (page 20) This Children's Poet Laureate once thought poetry was boring.
Animal Antics (page 22) Jack Prelutsky shares his poetry.
FICTION Ask Arizona (page 16) Arizona wants a dog, but her parents say no.
The Bragging Turtle (page 18) This turtle speaks at the wrong time.
Helping Holman (page 28) Aaron overcomes his concern about losing his center-field position, and helps the new kid on the team.
Summer with Papaji (page 38) This girl finds that her stern grandfather isn't such an unaffectionate man after all.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS What Are Your Favorite Books? (page 12) Kids write about books they enjoyed.
What Would You Take to Outer Space? (page 24) Kids tell what they would pack for a space adventure.
Your Own Pages (page 34) Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42) The editors deal with readers concerns about wanting to get taller and remembering to pick up dirty clothes.
SCIENCE AND NATURE Invading the Finches' Nest (page 10) Find out what happens when a cowbird moves into the finches' nest.
Science Letters (page 31) Learn why wheels spin so fast when a car moves.
Science Corner (page 36) Find out why rice gets bigger as it cooks, and discover why it's best not to touch poison ivy.
Dino Days (page 36) "How did dinosaur footprints stay the way they are without eroding?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VALUES Gallant Kids (page 9) Trevor and Rebecca Sage use their birthday parties to help others.