March 2010 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
Fun This Month (page 2)
Make a pinwheel and figure out a maze.
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.
Dillon's Vacation (page 6)
Solve this puzzle.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the open book, spatula, and other objects.
Tag with a Twist! (page 21)
Try these new ways to play an old favorite game.
Lunch at The Banana Café (page 22)
Trace the path that will lead Max to his friends and a delicious banquet.
Crafts (page 26)
Design a Personalized Mobile, create a CD Rainbow Sun Catcher, and make a Lezim, an Indian musical instrument.
Check . . . and Double Check (page 34)
Find 12 differences in these pictures.
Thinking (page 35)
Ponder what's happening in this race.
Make 11 (page 38)
Enjoy this game for two players.
BrainPlay (page 39)
If you found your old backpack at the bottom of your closet, what might you expect to find in it?
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Untangle this maze to unite dogs with the people who are walking them.
FICTION
Kissy Face (page 12)
James finds that being a big brother is a good thing.
Nighttime in the City (page 36)
The city noises sing a lullaby.
HUMOR
Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.
The Timbertoes® (page 29)
Mabel plays a silly trick on Tommy.
Riddles (page 38)
Kids share their favorite riddles.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Stories (page 20)
Kids share stories they wrote.
Your Own Pages (page 32)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about getting angry and including others in activities.
REBUS
A Big Dinner for Little Mouse (page 11)
This mouse has a healthy dinner and a good night's sleep.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Try This! Swirling Colors (page 10)
Watch the colors flow and mix.
Science Corner (page 18)
Find out how hot water can help open a jar.
Dino Days (page 18)
"Do you have an idea of how big a dinosaur's brain was?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
Goofus doesn't read the directions; Gallant checks the instructions first.
The Bear Family (page 19)
Piddy learns to watch but not touch the baby animals.
VERSE
A Man for All Seasonings (page 5)
Reflections (page 15)