April 2008 Independent Readers Guide
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)
Solve a party code and think of ways to love the earth.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the spoon, stocking, and other objects.
Thinking (page 24)
Ponder what's happening in this Washington, D.C., scene.
Discover What's Undercover (page 25)
Try this make-it, play-it game for two or more.
Crafts (page 32)
Design a goldfish windsock, create beautiful butterflies, and make and play a pizza game.
Check . . . and Double Check (page 38)
Find 12 differences in these pictures.
BrainPlay (page 39)
What information would be good for a babysitter to know?
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Identify these mystery photos.
ARTS
Heartbeat of Mother Earth (page 10)
Learn about pow wows, public celebrations of native song, dance, and crafts.
FICTION
Egg Drop Soup (page 6)
Two friends win more than the Egg Drop Challenge.
Ask Arizona (page 20)
Arizona discovers ways to avoid being so clumsy.
Crawdads and Dominoes (page 36)
These boys find a way to keep the memory of their grandpa alive.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Oops, I Goofed! (page 22)
Kids share some silly moments.
Your Own Pages (page 28)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about inventions that don't work and forgetting to take care of a pet.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Big Night at the Vernal Pool (page 16)
See the dangerous journey that wood frogs take each spring.
Science Letters (page 30)
Discover whether fish have ears.
Science Corner (page 34)
Find out why the Hoover Dam is curved, and learn why a puffer fish blows up like a balloon.
Dino Days (page 34)
"When you find fossils, how do you know which dinosaur left the print?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VALUES
Gallant Kids (page 19)
Eliza Orrick collects shoes to send to people who need them.