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)
- Your Own Pages (page 28)
- Riddles (page 38)
- Dear Highlights (page 42)
NONFICTION
- Are You a Good Sport? (page 7)
Quiz, moderate
- My Sci (page 10)
Science, moderate, advanced
- Nature Watch (page 20)
Science, moderate, advanced
- Under the Ice (page 22)
Science, moderate
- George Washington, “a Splendid Horseman” (page 30)
History, advanced
- What a Pro Knows: Adventures with Animals (page 36)
Careers, advanced
FICTION
- For a Quick Exit (page 5)
Poetry, moderate
- A Surprise for Skunk (page 8)
Story, moderate
- A Rosh Hashanah Treat (page 13)
Poetry, moderate
- Ask Arizona®: When Disaster Strikes a Perfect Friendship (page 16)
Story, advanced
- The King’s Dog Day (page 21)
Wordless story, early
- The Paper Boat (page 24)
Story, advanced
- City Grandma, Country Grandpa (page 27)
Rebus, early
- The Timbertoes®(page 33)
Story, early
- The Great Free-Throw Challenge (page 34)
Story, moderate
- Granny Smith’s Disappearing Apples (page 40)
Story, advanced
MORE FUN WITH A PURPOSE®
- Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
- Hidden Pictures® Puzzle (page 14)
- Crafts (page 18)
- Thinking (page 32)
- BrainPlay (page 39)
- Picture Puzzler (page 43)
- What's Wrong?™ (back cover)