April 2009 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)
Read poems out loud, and hold a dance party!
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the bowl, candle, and other objects.
Thinking (page 25)
Ponder what's happening at this garden center.
Crafts (page 26)
Make and play Bird Egg Tic-Tac-Toe, create a kite card, and design an animal knickknack box.
Laundry-Basket Theater (page 33)
Stage a play.
BrainPlay (page 39)
In what ways are a library and a television alike?
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Place these puzzle pieces.
FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 8)
Arizona tries to outsmart Ollie on April Fool's Day.
Ducktective Max and the Missing Farm Animals (page 22)
This detective and his assistant solve a mystery.
Joey's Passover Question (page 40)
Duncan is welcomed at Joey's home.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Favorite Sounds! (page 10)
Kids describe sounds they like to hear.
Your Own Pages (page 18)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about a house fire at night and eating healthy foods.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Science Letters (page 20)
Find out how spiders avoid getting stuck on their webs.
Science Corner (page 28)
Try an experiment with salt, and discover why a grasshopper jumps so high.
Dino Days (page 28)
"Was Deinosuchus the fiercest of all prehistoric creatures?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
The Man Who Tagged Butterflies (page 36)
This scientist invented a way to find out where the butterflies went.
VALUES
Gallant Kids (page 7)
Ashlee Smith collects toys for kids in need.
WORLD CULTURES
Remembering Our Ancestors (page 30)
Learn how people in China honor their loved ones who have gone before them.