Highlights® March 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)
Learn "The Star-Spangled Banner," and have a craft party.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the heart, scissors, and other objects.
Thinking (page 18)
Ponder what's happening at this recycling center.
Philippine Tic-Tac-Toe (page 27)
Try tapatan, a game from the Philippines.
Crafts (page 30)
Create a spring-flower candy dish, make and play a marble golf game, and design a leprechaun "hair" planter.
BrainPlay (page 39)
What do you think makes an activity a "sport"?
FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 16)
Arizona discovers that luck seems to be a combination of being prepared, believing in yourself, and maybe just a tiny bit of magic.
Talent Night (page 22)
Benjamin's skill helps make Talent Night a success.
The Woman in the Moon (page 36)
A young mother gets help for her people from an unexpected source.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
What Are Your Favorite Books? (page 11)
Kids write about books they enjoy.
Your Own Pages (page 24)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about making friends and being afraid of shots.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Nature Watch (page 10)
Learn about mayflies.
The Dog Who Helps Save Whales (page 20)
This canine tracks orcas.
Science Corner (page 26)
Try an experiment with sound, and find out why lizard's tails come off.
Dino Days (page 26)
"How were the three periods of dinosaurs (Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous) separated?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
Science Letters (page 34)
Discover why snakes open their mouths so wide.
SPORTS
Making a Lay-Up (page 12)
Perfecting this shot takes practice.
VALUES
Gallant Kids (page 7)
Sky Nockels earns money to help animals at a zoo.
WORLD CULTURES
Growing Trees for Kenya (page 28)
Thanks to Dr. Wangari Maathai, Kenya is a little greener.