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.

Prereaders

ACTIVITIES
Fun This Month (page 2)
Get some gift-making ideas and solve a puzzle.

Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.

Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the in-line skate, ladle, and other objects.

BrainPlay (page 39)
Beep! Beep! Brian was thinking of traffic sounds for a story. What other words might he use?

Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Find at least 15 differences between the two snow globes.

HUMOR
The Timbertoes® (page 10)
Pa makes pogo sticks for the whole family.

READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 32)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.

REBUS
Crow Gets a Drink (page 35)
A thirsty crow figures out how to get a drink from a glass jug with a narrow neck.

Beginning Readers

ACTIVITIES
Fun This Month (page 2)
Get some gift-making ideas and solve a puzzle.

Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.

Penny Pickup (page 6)
Try this experiment.

Make an Advent Wreath (page 11)
This simple wreath can make family time “brighter” for families that observe Advent.

Hidden Pictures (page 14)
Find the in-line skate, ladle, and other objects.

Pizzas of Art! (page 20)
Make a snowman pizza.

Columns of Cats (page 20)
Find the two columns that include the same five cats.

Crafts (page 26)
Create a Pinecone Snowman, make and play the Flip-the-Latke Game, and design a Cozy Cottage Recipe Holder.

Thinking (page 34)
Ponder what's happening in this blood-drive scene.

Silly Shadows (page 22)
Match the hands to the shadows they make.

Crafts (page 26)
Make and play a Turkey Races game, design a Kandil, a Lantern for Divali, and create a Thanksgiving Place Mat.

BrainPlay (page 39)
What makes something a "pet"?

Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Find at least 15 differences between the two snow globes.

FICTION
A Cup of Tea (page 8)
The animals work together to create a treat for everyone.

Play with Me (page 21)
Will figures out how to interest Max in playing.

HUMOR
The Timbertoes® (page 10)
Pa makes pogo sticks for the whole family.

Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.

Riddles (page 25)
Kids share their favorite riddles.

READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Wacky Races (page 31)
Readers share some silly-rule races they created.

Your Own Pages (page 32)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.

What Are Your Favorite Books? (page 35)
Kids tell about books they enjoyed.

Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers' concerns about being picky about food and working to overcome shyness.

REBUS
Crow Gets a Drink (page 35)
A thirsty crow figures out how to get a drink from a glass jug with a narrow neck.

SCIENCE AND NATURE
My Sci (page 16)
Find out why it's winter in North America when it's summer in places like South America and Australia.

VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
Goofus copies someone else's poem; Gallant does his own work.

The Bear Family (page 30)
Piddy learns that it's more fun to share.

VERSE
How Doth the Little Crocodile (page 5)

What Is It? (page 15)

Independent Readers

ACTIVITIES
Fun This Month (page 2)
Get some gift-making ideas and solve a puzzle.

Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the in-line skate, ladle, and other objects.

Crafts (page 26)
Create a Pinecone Snowman, make and play the Flip-the-Latke Game, and design a Cozy Cottage Recipe Holder.

Thinking (page 34)
Ponder what's happening in this blood-drive scene.

Nine Times Trick (page 38)
Multiply by 9s the easy way.

BrainPlay (page 39)
Name something that can rust. Name something that can't.

Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Find at least 15 differences between the two snow globes.

FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 12)
Arizona and her friends have fun with a clothes swap.

Night Run (page 22)
Josh and his sled-dog team are on a training run when two of the dogs accidentally plunge into the icy water.

The Second Miracle (page 36)
Chaya and Boris find a way to reunite their mothers through a Hanukkah tradition.

HISTORY
Remembering Christmas of Long Ago (page 18)
Kathryn Mulhollen Yoder recalls having much to be thankful for even though her father was out of work during the Great Depression.

READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Wacky Races (page 31)
Readers share some silly-rule races they created.

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 being picky about food and working to overcome shyness.

SCIENCE AND NATURE
My Sci (page 16)
Find out why it's winter in North America when it's summer in places like South America and Australia.

Tracking a Runaway Star (page 28)
Learn about Betelgeuse, a massive star that is racing away from its birthplace.

VALUES
Gallant Kids (page 7)
Tobi Agbede raised money to help the people of Haiti after the earthquake.