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Highlights
Highlights
Highlights is the world's largest selling magazine for children from pre-reading up to age 12.
It was founded in 1946 by two of the most respected educators in the USA:
Dr. Garry Cleveland Myers and Dr. Caroline Clark Myers.
"This book of wholesome fun is dedicated to helping children grow in basic skills and knowledge, in creativeness, in ability to think and reason, in sensitivity to others,in high ideals, and a worthy way to living, for children are the world's most important people."
This is a wonderful credo.
Highlights has many Classic Features:
Hidden Pictures - Helps develop attention and visual discrimination skills.
The Timbertoes - Very short, simple stories are told in pictures as well as words to reinforce comprehension.
Rebus Story - A short story for pre-readers and beginning readers in which several words are illustrated.
Goofus and Gallant - Captioned illustrations featuring two regular characters. Contrasts right and wrong behavious in particular situations.
You can make it! - Features six crafts with instructions to make them. Improves motor skills, measuring, hand-eye coordination, and encourages creativity.
What's wrong? - The Back cover puzzle. Encourages children to think open-endedly as no answers are provided.
Reading and Development
Children love to read. And they love being read to even more. Highlights prepares pre-schoolers to read and helps primary school children become strong readers. One of the greatest gifts you can give your child is a lifelong love of reading.
As they say:
"Today's readers are tomorrow's leaders."
Highlights is Unique
Highlights is careful not to depict violence. Values of fairness, honesty and regard for others are actively promoted, without being preachy. To protect children from commercialisation, Highlights never accepts ads.
The motto of Highlights is "Fun with a purpose and the purpose is learning." You will see this in every feature.
Early reading success, leads to success in school, and later on in life. Highlights develops 75 skills in 9 key areas.
Click Here to know more about what's behind Highlights and read what Dr. and Mrs. Garry Cleveland Myers, the editors of Highlights have to say about their philosophy.
