August 2006 Beginning 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
Almanac (page 2)
Create a birthday tradition, and learn a little about the history of Highlights®.
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the twelve pictures hidden throughout the issue.
Morning at the Farm (page 12)
Solve this puzzle
Check . . . and Double Check (page 13)
Find at least fourteen differences in these pictures.
Hidden Pictures (page 14)
Find the teacup, kite, and other objects.
Surf's Up (page 19)
Figure out who owns which surfboard.
Crafts (page 24)
Design a dragonfly, and make and play Ping-Pong Basketball.
Play Outside! (page 29)
Try these games.
Thinking (page 32)
Ponder what's happening in this day-camp scene.
BrainPlay (page 39)
Imagine that houses didn't have windows. What would be different?
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Find the fifteen things that look the same in these two pictures.
FICTION
Goose Feathers! (page 8)
Mother Goose finds the perfect gift for Farmer Brown.
My Puppy Sings the Blues (page 26)
This girl learns that her puppy is not sad after all.
HUMOR
Jokes (page 19)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.
Riddles (page 21)
Kids share their favorite riddles.
The Timbertoes (page 28)
The family keeps the forest safe.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 30)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about sharing and jumping off the high dive.
REBUS
The Strongest Animal in the Jungle (page 20)
Snail wins the contest.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Science Corner (page 38)
Learn about balancing points, and find out why stars twinkle.
Dino Days (page 38)
"Why does almost every single dinosaur name end with saurus?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
Goofus says he will take a pet without asking his parents. Gallant asks first.
VERSE
Smells (page 5)
Wouldn't It Be Fun? (page 21)
WORLD CULTURES
Home Sweet Home (page 10)
Take a look at different dwellings.