Here are some suggestions for children’s magazines that will help your child learn to read and learn about the world through some fun, playful activities you can do together at home. While all of these magazines are available by subscription, most libraries carry them as well. You might consider buying one subscription for your family while a friend buys another for her family — then trade. (Do the activity pages in PENCIL - so they can be erased and used again.)Or ask relatives for subscriptions when they need gift ideas.
Ladybug Magazine — From the publishers of the award-winning “Cricket” literary magazine for children comes “Ladybug” a magazine for kids ages 2-6 with simple stories and fun activities. For subscription info visit: http://www.cricketmag.com .
Click Magazine – Also from the publishers of “Cricket” — Click is ascience and exploration magazine for children ages 3 to 7, designed to encourage a child’s natural curiosity about the world. With amazing photographs and beautiful illustrations, you can join Click the mouse and his inquisitive friends as they learn how bridges are built why ants dig tunnels, and how artists create paintings. http://www.cricketmag.com
Wild Animal Baby — The National Wildlife Federation produces a great magazine for kids ages 1 to 3(or 4). Stories, activities, features and fingerplays! http://www.nwf.org
Your Big Backyard — The National Wildife Federation’s magazine for children ages 3-7. Fun stories, interesting information about wildlife, and great activities to do at home. http://www.nwf.org
Turtle Magazine – Turtle Magazine for Preschool Kids (published bi-monthly by the Children’s Better Health Institute) features colorful and entertaining stories, poems, and rebuses, perfect for reading aloud. Hidden pictures, dot-to-dots, mazes, science experiments, and recipes. http://www.cbhi.org/magazines
Humpty Dumpty - Also published by the Children’s Better Health Institute for ages 4-6. Contains stories, printables, games.
Zootles - Created for children 2-6 years old by the publishers of Zoobooks. It’s Zoobooks for little ones: pre-readers and beginning readers. Each issue includes a featured animal, number, and phoneme sound. Counting and sound recognition games are built in to the
content, along with read aloud stories, poems and more! This magazine is so much fun, youngsters won’t realize how much they are learning. http://www.zoobooks.com/store
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1 TZ // Nov 17, 2007 at 11:48 pm
oh have you tried family fun? it’s not a homeshcool magazine, but they have some fun things to do in there too…also like the magazine wondertime
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