Highlights® June 2007 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)
Turn your sidewalk into a game board and try some tongue twisters.

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

Orange-Banana Smoothie (page 10)
Mix up a cool beverage.

Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the belt, bow tie, and other objects.

Thinking (page 21)

Ponder what's happening in this beach scene.

Check . . . and Double Check (page 28)
Find 13 differences in these pictures.

Crafts (page 32)
Create a photo holder, make a sneakered octopus, and design and play a travel game.

BrainPlay (page 39)
Do rocks change shape?

Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Figure out where the pieces of this jigsaw puzzle belong.

FICTION
Too Many Vegetables (page 16)
Patrick and his dad share their bountiful zucchini harvest with neighbors and they get treats in return.

When Jean Forgot to Say "When" (page 34)
This girl finds it's not wise to daydream when your hostess pours cream.

HUMOR
The Timbertoes® (page 11)
Tommy tires himself out as he tries to build his muscles.

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

Riddles (page 38)
Kids share their favorite riddles.

READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 24)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.

You Told the Story! (page 36)
Kids share tales they created after seeing an illustration in an earlier issue.

Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about a fear of bugs, insects, and arachnids and being late to submit items for contests.

REBUS
The Hero (page 29)
Nick saves some toads.

SCIENCE AND NATURE
Science Corner (page 20)
Find out how a boulder got on top of a hill and learn why hummingbirds are always looking for food.

Dino Days (page 20)
"What did Baryonyx eat?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.

Windmills Fixed the Floods! (page 26)
See how windmills eased flooding in Holland.

VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
Goofus leaves the refrigerator door open. Gallant closes the refrigerator door.

VERSE
The Toaster (page 5)

At the Zoo (page 15)