Highlights® January 2008 Parent/Teacher Guide (Beginning Readers)

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)
Solve a picture puzzle and get some ideas to start the new year.

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

Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the cupcake, fish, and other objects.

Crafts (page 20)
Make a decorative bowl with yarn, create some balls to juggle, and design a memo board.

Check . . . and Double Check (page 24)
Find 13 differences in these pictures.

Thinking (page 34)
Ponder what all is located in this high-rise.

Drawing with Ovals (page 38)
Illustrator Jenny Campbell shares some tips for drawing.

BrainPlay (page 39)
If a room had five walls instead of four, how many corners would it have?

Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Decipher some picture puns created by kids.

FICTION
The King's Hat (page 7)
A feathered hat draws a lot of attention in this wordless story.

Stage Fright (page 16)
Samantha overcomes her fear.

A Wild Ride! (page 35)
This bumpy trip turns out to be fun.

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

Sit. Stay. Laugh! (page 31)
Enjoy some jokes, riddles, and cartoons about dogs.

The Timbertoes® (page 33)
The family thinks about the wonderful things Pa created in his old workshop.

Riddles (page 38)
Kids share their favorite riddles.

READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 28)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.

Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about being embarrassed to read in front of the class and having trouble looking up words in a dictionary.

REBUS
The Snowman's Nose (page 25)
Zoey and Trent find an unusual nose for their snowman.

SCIENCE AND NATURE
Flash! Splash! Training a Deaf Polar Bear (page 8)
Find out how zookeepers work with a deaf polar bear.

Science Corner (page 18)
See why many stone walls are found in the woods and learn how popcorn pops.

Dino Days (page 18)
"How did raptors attack their prey?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.

VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
Goofus is impatient when other people can't keep up with him; Gallant walks at a pace that's comfortable for others.

The Bear Family (page 19)
Poozy discovers that it's a good idea to save money.

VERSE
The Llamas' Holiday (page 5)

Resolution (page 15)