High Five Magazine
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Highlights' High Five Magazine
<a href="http://www.highlights.com/high-five-magazine-for-kids?productId=hhfmag">High Five</a> is a magazine for preschools and their grown-ups to enjoy together. It supports early literacy initiatives such as ECRR2/Ohio Ready to Read as the stories and activities are created using the “six skills” as well as other early learning content standards. Example features are highlighted below. Please note: High Five has a rotation for features and activities, so not all issues will include the features below.
The Adventures of Spot
This is a cartoon where the pictures clearly show the story. Children can practice their narrative skills (talking) by using the pictures to tell the story before or after a read-aloud with a grown-up.
My First Hidden Pictures
In this activity, children are encouraged to find specific objects hidden in the illustration. Learning to recognize specific shapes helps build the skills necessary for letter recognition/letter knowledge/ABCs.
Look and Look Again
This is a spot-the-difference activity featured quarterly. The ability to distinguish fine details such as a boy leaning on a umbrella verus a boy leaning on a broom help children to notice fine details elsewhere, such as the difference between capital letter P and capital R. If you have problems with finding a reliable <a href="http://www.bestwritingservice.com/essay-service.html">essay service</a> that offers assistance not only with creating essays but term and research paper writing as well, I highly recommend you to visit BestWritingService.Com.
That’s Silly
This activity featured in the middle of every issue. It is simply a picture that includes many silly things to get kids and their grown-ups talking, such as a camel with ballons tied to the tail. This interaction helps kids build storytelling ability (narrative skills/talking). Best of all, every family can do this activity in the language they are most comfortable speaking—no English required!
The <a href="http://www.highlights.com/high-five-magazine-for-kids?productId=hhfmag">High Five website</a> includes helpful <a href="http://www.highlightsparents.com/activities_for_parents_and_kids/highlights_high_five_parent_teacher_guides">guides</a> for Parent-Teachers (and Librarians!). Guides typically showcase three sections of each issue and highlight how parents and children can enjoy each section together. The guides also point out which early learning standards particular stories/activities address. All in all, it’s a swell resource to help busy children’s librarians link library materials and activities to early learning content standards. The <a href="http://www.highlightsparents.com/media/pdf-hhf/TeachersGuideJanuary2011.pdf">inaugural guide</a> (PDF) elucidates every aspect of that issue.
