June 2006 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
Almanac (page 2)
Learn about a natural wonder and figure out a Stars-and-Stripes Puzzler.
Hidden Pictures (page 14)
Find the bat, kite, and other objects.
Thinking (page 19)
Ponder what's happening in this view of the Grand Canyon.
Crafts You Can Make (page 30)
Design a clubhouse flag and create a unique mousepad.
BrainPlay (page 39)
How do animals play?
Follow the Photos (page 43)
Figure out the order in which a group visits exhibits at the Discovery Museum.
FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 6)
Arizona reveals how she handled stage fright.
Fairy-Tale Housecleaners (page 16)
Adventure awaits this ambitious girl.
Back in the Game (page 40)
The batter and pitcher have a hard time playing again after a baseball-game accident.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
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 moving and a friend who plays rough.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
A Black Bear in My Yard (page 18)
This author got an up-close view of a bear at her cabin.
Stars and Sea Lions (page 22)
See some of the protected creatures of the Galápagos Islands.
Science Corner (page 28)
Learn how a volcano makes smoke and fire.
Dino Days (page 28)
"What place has the most dinosaurs on it?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
Emme Loves Bees (page 32)
This 15-year-old girl is a beekeeper.
Science Letters (page 37)
"Why do I feel dizzy when I just get out of bed?" Senior Science Editor Jack Myers, Ph.D., answers this question.
SPORTS
On the Move with Freddy Adu (page 12)
This teen is a professional soccer player.
VALUES
Gallant Kids (page 9)
Meet Brady Behling, a young fundraiser.
VERSE
Rug (page 5)
WORLD CULTURES
Just for Elephants (page 26)
Fifty elephants live in a beautiful old palace in southern India.