Highlights for Kids: Idea #14

Do your kids like the computer? A great website your child can use is Highlights Kids: http://www.highlightskids.com/. On this website it has four different options you can click on: 

1. PLAY IT- Where your child can do hidden pictures, games, or art activities
2. READ IT- Where your child can read, listen or watch a variety of stories
3. MAKE IT- Where your child can learn a craft or do a science experiment or even learn a recipe
4. SHARE IT- Where your child can look at others' work or send in their own

Obviously I will focus this post on the 'Read It' portion of the website. The animated stories have the words from the story on the side, so the child can follow along. This is a way to get your child excited to learn how to read because the story comes to life!

The other stories are not animated, but allow the child to follow along and view beautiful pictures as they read. They have both fictional (under the STORIES tab) and non fictional (under the ARTICLES tab) and even poems (under the POETRY PLAYER tab). Some stories are more like something you would read in a newspaper (under the ARIZONA ZONE tab). The last tab has a place for kids to write words to their comics (under the THE TIMBERTOES tab).

This website is a great way to get kids reading who don't particularly enjoy it. Just make sure they aren't playing games the whole time!!