Highlights® January 2009 Parent/Teacher Guide (Independent Readers)
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)
Brainstorm ideas for new inventions, and find your way through a maze.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the clock, screwdriver, and other objects.
Check . . . and Double Check (page 20)
Find at least 12 differences in these two pictures.
Crafts (page 32)
Make and play Bocce in a box, design a Chinese dragon puppet, and create a penguin pal.
Thinking (page 34)
Ponder what's happening in this city scene.
BrainPlay (page 39)
Is it possible to touch the sky? Why or why not?
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Solve these puzzles to figure out six well-known phrases.
ARTS
PLOrk: The Orchestra of the Future (page 16)
These musicians perform with laptop computers.
FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 18)
Ollie and Arizona choose serious and silly resolutions for the new year.
The Lost Sock (page 22)
Read this story, and then perform it as a puppet show.
The Mixed-up Fish Dance (page 40)
Marisa tries to play a different role in the annual dance.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 26)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about getting in trouble when helping another student and wanting to improve drawing skills.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Nature Watch (page 13)
Learn about the gray fox.
Science Letters (page 20)
Find out if a yo-yo works in space.
Science Corner (page 30)
Learn why stars seem so bright during the winter, and try an experiment.
Dino Days (page 30)
"Why did the Coelophysis eat its baby?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
Try This! One Penny's Time to Shine (page 35)
Discover how to really clean a penny.
The Colors of Space (page 36)
See the beautiful colors of clouds in outer space.
SPORTS
Blind Ambition (page 10)
Find out how this blind skier zips down the mountain.
VALUES
Gallant Kids (page 9)
Camaria Lehman uses her passion for dance to help others.
WORLD CULTURES
Cleopatra Finds Her Voice (page 24)
This future queen learned many languages when she was young.