Try This At Home

Try these learning games with your child. Remember when parents and children read together, everyone is a winner! Use the newspaper as your reading material—the content changes all the time and it helps your child become connected with the community.

The Case for Punctuation

Punctuation was not known in Ancient Egypt — hieroglyphics did not contain capital letters or commas. Go through this story on the pyramids and add the correct punctuation so that it makes sense. Continue reading →

Reading with the Family

Children who love to read will become better students and will build a better future. We want to get kids to appreciate the joys of reading in order to achieve that outcome. Continue reading →

Phrases

Pirates and piracy have brought about some vivid terms and phrases. Discuss with your family what each one might mean or make up an explanation of your own. Have some fun with this and then you can look up the … Continue reading →

Word Pals

In today’s newspaper, find five sentences containing at least one adjective each. Underline each adjective in red. Underline the noun it describes in blue. Use this list of adjectives and nouns to write five new sentences.

Trick-or-Treat

Write a letter to the editor of the newspaper describing ways kids could stay safe while trick-or-treating. Include safe practices for walking the streets at night and safeguards for eating candy.

Constructive Criticism

The first amendment gives our society the right of free speech. This includes the right to say or print negative things about governments, people and policies. Look through today’s newspaper to find a critical article or editorial. What or who … Continue reading →

Pet Seeks Owner

Imagine that animals could seek owners by running an ad in the classified ad section of the newspaper. Pretend that you are an animal looking for an owner. What kind of animal are you? Write a help wanted ad for … Continue reading →

Sports

Play this game with the whole family, or a group of pals. You will need a newspaper or magazine with pictures of sports men and women. 1. One person secretly selects a picture of a sports personality from the newspaper … Continue reading →

Hink Pinks

Gather your family together and enjoy the guessing game of Hink Pinks. Hink Pinks are a pair of one-syllable words that rhyme. One person comes up with the definition and the rest must guess the two words that rhyme. Example: … Continue reading →

What Can Be Recycled

Look through the newspaper for items that can be recycled. List the items and check if they can be recycled in your community. Make a further list of how and where to recycle each item. Think of creative ways to … Continue reading →