This is possibly going to be the quickest of the quick literacy tips, ever. And the easiest to do. When Liliana was just starting to handle books, we signed her up for Babybug (you can see Grandpa reading it to her above) and the Sesame Street magazine. She loved them, even though she's just staring at the camera. She would usually pay extra attention to the baby magazines.
Sign your kids up for magazines. This branches off of last week's quick literacy tip because...everyone LOVES getting mail. Not junk mail, real mail!
Sign your kids up for magazines. This branches off of last week's quick literacy tip because...everyone LOVES getting mail. Not junk mail, real mail!
It also builds off of our Boy Readers segment. Boys like succinct literature with enough white space and graphics. They judge a book by its cover. Magazine publishers are good at making great covers.
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Here are some awesome kid magazines, written with kids in mind, so the content is appropriate and the reading level is more reachable. Without further ado:
And magazine subscriptions for the slightly younger set:
Here's a hint: get a subscription in a subject area they like to know things about. Generally, kids' magazines are put together by educators or those who know child psychology. Lots of things are done right - flow of the layout to encourage readers, vocabulary is strong but not unreachable and the content is interesting to kids. The only one on this list that is not for kids specifically is USA Today Sports Weekly. Their reading level tends to be right around a 5th grade reading level. Many schools already have subscriptions to National Geographic for Kids, but if your reader loves it, there's no reason you can't have it at home too!
Enjoy!
