Highlights for Children articles from August 2008

Highlights for Children archives from August 2008

Summer's last hurrah!(Fun This Month)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. Host an outdoor art show. 2. Wear your favorite summer clothes. 3. Make up a rhyme about summertime. 4. Create a scrapbook. Write funny captions for photos.

Find the pictures.(Fun This Month)
August 1, 2008... Can you find each of these 10 pictures at another place in this magazine? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Find the way through the fair.(Fun This Month)(maze puzzle)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Adrian has a job taking Ferris-wheel tickets at the county fair. Help him find the fastest route from the fair's entrance to the Ferris wheel. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

What is it?(Fun This Month)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Answer A close-up of marshmallows toasting.

Tongue twister.(Fun This Month)
August 1, 2008... Say this three times fast. When Sam Sim Swims, he wins.

Flying machines.(Fun This Month)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Humans fly in many ways--in airplanes, in helicopters, in space shuttles. National Aviation Day, August 19, marks the birthday of Orville Wright, one of the men who started it all with the first self-powered flight. If you could design your own...

A birthday this month? Have an archaeology party!(Fun This Month)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Make "parchment" invitations by pouring cold tea over crumpled paper (and drying it) before writing on it. Bury objects in a sand-filled box, and give each guest a plastic shovel to dig up as many "artifacts" as he...

What interests you?(Dear Readers)(bird watching)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... This past spring I took a walk along the Delaware River not far from the Highlights office. I was thrilled to see a bald eagle's nest--as big as a mattress--high in an evergreen tree. I didn't see the bald eagles that built it, but it was fun...

Burning Bright.(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Burning Bright A mermaid's tears have silver fish in them, a tiger's. Mine have spikes and spokes of bikes and yours have blue guitars. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Art by Neil Waldman

Tent trouble times two.(Ask Arizona)
August 1, 2008... Dear Arizona, I'm bad at making things. The beaded jewelry I created fell apart, the dollhouse I built collapsed, and the model car I made doesn't go. Nothing ever comes out looking right. What am I doing wrong? --T. Wrecks-a-Lot ...

Doctor dog.
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The sun is not up yet, but a three-year-old dog named Ansley is on his way to work. He works at Nationwide Children's Hospital helping children who need therapy. The therapy helps kids learn skills again after...

The cedars are scared!(anagrams)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Anagrams are made by rearranging the letters of a word or phrase into another word or phrase. In the world of anagrams, you might find a canoe in the ocean. You can glimpse three in there! In each sentence below, one...

Matching.
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Look at each mask on the left. Find one like it on the right.

Thinking: travel back in time at a Renaissance Fair.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Which people are dressed like aristocrats and royalty? * Which are dressed like commoners and workers? * Which people are entertainers? * What Foods might be sold here? * What Foods would not be...

The case of the purple party paper.(Short story)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Pig went to visit Duck, he found Duck crying. "What's the matter?" asked Pig. "Qu-Qu-Waack," wailed Duck. "I've lost my party invitation!" Pig wondered who could be having a party. Pig loved...

Fun at the pool.(Hidden Pictures[R])(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In this big picture, find the nail, sock, comb, ring, star, fishhook, snake, ice-cream cone, toothbrush, heart, golf club, pencil, hammer, and musical note. Stumped? The answers to this puzzle are on...

Jokes.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Myah: Why was the corn angry? Payton: Because the farmer was pulling its ears! Payton Welch, Kentucky "Knock, knock." "Who there?" "Tank." "Tank show?" "You're welcome! Elizabeth and Emma Easterling ...

Brand-New Holiday.(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Brand-New Holiday The rain is cumins down in sheets. The sky is thunder gray. No point in Fettino dressed because we can't, go out to play. So bring on the crayons, books, and games-- the family's in to stay ...

The story-time dragon.(Short story)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Princess Gwen sat drinking cocoa in her dragon friend's comfortably furnished cave. "Please tell me what's wrong, Ethelred," she said. Ethelred's three heads looked up from their tea, coffee, and milk. Eth, the...

Science letters.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What makes copper turn green when it's put in air? Madeleine Atwood, Age 7 North Carolina We asked Dr. Brian Anderson, a chemist at The University of Texas at Austin. He wrote: "Air is a mixture of...

The bear family.(Brief article)(Cartoon)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Poozy: Are you writing a story for the contest, Woozy? Woozy: I don't know. A lot of cubs are entering. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dad: That's true. You'll have to do your best. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Goofus and Gallant[R].(Brief article)(Cartoon)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Find another game. We were here first," says Goofus. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Sure. You can play next," says Gallant. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Goofus tries to get close to wildlife. [ILLUSTRATION...

Time-capsule mystery.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... When Bill was in second grade, his class buried a time capsule. They drew a map that marked 10 steps to the place where the capsule was buried, Now Bill is in sixth grade. His class followed the map, but the time capsule wasn't there. Why might...

The Westwood Elementary knitters: there's some of Goofus and Gallant in us all. When the Gallant shines through, we show our best self.(Gallant Kids)
August 1, 2008... Before school on Thursday mornings, one hundred third-graders fill the Westwood Elementary cafeteria with chatter, laughter, and the click of knitting needles. These boys and girls, all members of the school's knitting club, create blankets and...

Revealing nature's wonders.
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Roger Tory Peterson was born 100 years ago, in August 1908. is you might not be familiar with his name, you've certainly heard about his favorite subject--birds! Have you ever seen a bird and wanted to know what...

Starfish.(Your Own Pages)(Poem)
August 1, 2008... Starfish Waves crash on the ocean shore Red sandy starfish Lying in the tidal pools Allison Hancock, Age 12 Tennessee

I have a cat named Bella.(Your Own Pages)(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... I have a cat named Bella. Her fur is orange and white. She likes to play with string, and she sleeps with me at night. Kennedy Companion, Age 5 Nova Scotia, Canada

Let's play ball!(Your Own Pages)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michael Petersen, Age 11 Michigan

Peace Is ...(Your Own Pages)(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Peace Is... Peace is like water. Calm as sand on the beach. Quiet as a fish swimming in the sea. Peace is as free as a wave. That is peace, in my mind. Collin Connors, Age 9 Georgia

Butterfly.(Your Own Pages)(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Butterfly A butterfly landed on my nose, and for a moment I had a pair of gorgeous glasses showing me a world of harmony. Kathleen Begley, Age 10 Pennsylvania

"Big Boy" train.(Your Own Pages)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Grayson Lane, Age 6 Texas

Grandma's Cooking.(Your Own Pages)(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Grandma's Cooking Grandma's food is the best. It is better than all the rest. Pumpkin, apple, and lemon pie; biscuits light as a feather in the sky. White, yellow, brown, and black cake-- I love to help her bake....

Cake.(Your Own Pages)(Poem)
August 1, 2008... Cake I like to eat cake. Make a cake. Bake a cake. I like to eat cake. Troy Spencer, Age 4 North Carolina

My pal.(Your Own Pages)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lena Biedrzycki, Age 13 Illinois

Scribbles.(Your Own Pages)(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Scribbles Has no breed, kind and loyal, eats mints, wee bit spoiled. Sleeps where she has the nose to, digs where she is not supposed to. Runs outside, plays soccer, hates it when you tie or lock her. A...

My dragon.(Your Own Pages)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sam Person, Age 7 Montana

Friends.(Your Own Pages)(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Friends My friend Jordan and I are different in a few ways. He is white and I am brown. He has brown hair and I have black hair. He is shorter and I am taller, but who cares? That's what friends are all...

Big Places.(Your Own Pages)(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Big Places When I go to big places, it all looks so 3-D, 3-D. It looks like a video game, video game. A mall is a temple, a temple. And I echo, echo. Eli Lefcowitz, Age 7 New York

Lizard.(Your Own Pages)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kyle Holloway, Age 6 Arizona

Hiss!(Your Own Pages)(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Hiss! When Mama buys those shoes. the ones that fit so tight, sometimes it feels as if my feet just want to fight. Those shoes, they fit so tight. the laces stretch and fight; they feel like snakes around my...

Kitty in the window.(Your Own Pages)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sydney Martin, Age 11 Washington

Sometimes I Believe I Can Fly.(Your Own Pages)(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Sometimes I Believe I Can Fly Sometimes I believe I can fly, past green meadows and over the blue. I only stop for a second or two. Then I'm on my way with lots to do. Cheyenne Sellars, Age 8 New...

Animals everywhere.(Your Own Pages)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ben Gustafson, Age 7 Minnesota

Going clamming.(Short story)
August 1, 2008... Jacob woke up early at Becky's house. Now that Becky and Dad were married, this was Dad's house, too. Jacob had a room here, but it didn't feel like home. This house was filled with Becky's furniture, Becky's books, and her pictures on the...

The Timbertoes[R].(Brief article)(Cartoon)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Here, Splinter!" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Where was that cat? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] That sounded like Splinter. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It was Tommy. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] That...

Playing around and around ... This merry-go-round works while kids play.
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sometimes it's hard to tell if kids are working or playing. Just look at the kids using new merry-go--rounds in South Africa. Kids go round and round for fun--and they are pumping clean water for their communities at...

Puzzling notes.(Crafts)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. On card stock, write a note to someone special. 2. Decorate the note with crayons, markers, or colored pencils. 3. Cut the note into puzzle pieces. Put the pieces in an envelope and deliver it.

Sea-creature vase.(Crafts)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. Glue craft foam to the outside of an empty plastic container. Decorate it. 2. From craft foam, cut arms and legs, and glue them to the bottom of the container.

Hourglass-shaped drum.(Crafts)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. Tape or glue together the bottoms of two paper cups. 2. From paper bags, cut four circles large enough to cover the open ends of the cups. For the drumheads, glue two circles over each open end. 3. Glue...

Really big checkers set.(Crafts)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... 1. Cut 4 twelve-inch squares of corrugated cardboard. 2. Tape the squares together to form a larger square, leaving one side untaped so that the board can be folded. 3. Glue card stock to each square. 4. Cut 32 three-inch squares...

Daisy note-holder.(Crafts)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. Color a craft stick. 2. Glue a large button to one end of the craft stick. Let it dry. 3. Add a thick layer of glue to the front of the button. Press paper clips into the glue. 4. Add another layer of...

Scrub bugs.(Crafts)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... 1. Glue materials such as pompoms, wiggle eyes, and chenille sticks to plastic pot scrubbers. 2. For legs, thread chenille sticks through the bottom of the pot scrubbers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Allyson Felix: speed queen.(Biography)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Allyson Felix is one of the fastest women in the world. But it took some trial and error to figure that out. Finding Her Sport Raised in Los Angeles, Allyson played basketball in grade school. She enjoyed...

Tires made of glass?(Science Corner)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Look around to see how metal, wood, and other materials are used. Can you imagine clothes made of rocks or windows made of metal? Make up your own silly uses for common materials. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Clearly focused.(Science Corner)(light waves bending underwater)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a swimming pool, look at your hand underwater. Notice how clearly you can see it. Now put your face in the water and look again. Why does your hand look blurry? Clearly Focused--When light waves go from the...

I wonder ... why horses wear metal shoes.(Science Corner)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A horse's shoes protect its hooves. Long ago, horses lived on soft, grassy plains. Now, many horses must walk on hard or stony places that can damage the hooves if they aren't protected.

Dino days.(dinosaurs)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Do we know T. rex was a meat eater? Scientists think T rex ate meat because it had sharp teeth and powerful jaws. Like a lion, T rex had the right tools for eating meat. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Where and when did the dinosaurs meet?...

Dragonflies.(Poem)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I want to see a dragonfly up close. I hope I will. I'm sitting on a rock beside a pond. I'm staying still. So many dragonflies dart by, but I don't move. I wait. Then one lands gently on my arm. It holds...

Make-it, take-it traveling scrapbook: take this souvenir saver on the road!(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... A ticket stub from an amusement park. A foreign coin. A small pink shell. If you like to collect things on vacations or field trips, here is a project to help you keep souvenirs safe until you get home--and to display them once you do! You can...

Your alphabet animals.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... You came up with great ways to form animals using only the alphabet! Here are just a few of your creations. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lion U, O, L, J, M, V Kelly Stankiewicz, Age 6 New Jersey [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Canning day.(Short story)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Angelo and his parents arrived early on Saturday to help his great-aunt move to the senior apartments. But Zia Angelina didn't look ready. Her kitchen teemed with steaming pots, gleaming utensils, boiling jars....

Your best self.(Cartoon)
August 1, 2008... Someone needs to feed Izzy. I'll do it! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Riddles.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... (1) What do you spray to make a cat happy? Charlie Faramarzi, Georgia (2) What did the farmer say to the cows at night? Holly Schafer, Pennsylvania (3) You're a bus driver. At the first stop, Four people get on. At the next...

Brain play.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When do you use a toothbrush? Which come from plants? Corn, goldfish, seeds, fans, coins, milk. Whom do you talk to every day? When you walk, do you usually start with your left Foot or with your right...

Dear Highlights.
August 1, 2008... There is a girl who has been my best friend since we were little. When I hang out with her, everyone teases me because I'm a boy and she's a girl. What should I do? Colin (by e-mail) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You can't control what...

Picture puzzler.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... It's August, the 8th month of '08--and today is a grrrr-8 day to visit the water park! These bears took a ride on the slide. Figure out which of them can make it to FINISH. Then see how many 8s you can find in the scene. [ILLUSTRATION...