Bite Size Lessons: Science & Technology
Bite-Sized Lessons turn mealtime into discovery time with fun facts perfectly sized for curious minds. Each printable table mat transforms ordinary moments into learning adventures – no screens required!
Bite-Sized Lessons turn mealtime into discovery time with fun facts perfectly sized for curious minds. Each printable table mat transforms ordinary moments into learning adventures – no screens required!
Bite Size Lessons turn mealtime into discovery time with fun facts perfectly sized for curious minds. Each printable table mat transforms ordinary moments into learning adventures – no screens required!
For those who celebrate, Christmas is a chance to reflect on all the reasons we have to be grateful. But there are other lesser-known days in December that also give kind kids a chance to exercise their empathy.
Bite Size Lessons turn mealtime into discovery time with fun facts perfectly sized for curious minds. Each printable table mat transforms ordinary moments into learning adventures – no screens required!
Bite Size Lessons turn mealtime into discovery time with fun facts perfectly sized for curious minds. Each printable table mat transforms ordinary moments into learning adventures – no screens required!
Do you have an empty paper-towel roll? Then you're well on your way to making a fun DIY telescope with your kids!
Lighting a candle is not always practical with kids in the house. This flameless “flickering” candle uses materials you have at home and the kids can make it safely.
With the 2024 election quickly approaching, politics is likely top of mind for most of us right now.
Peyton Anderson, a 10-year-old from Wisconsin, is a champion in and out of the water. When she’s not training for elite swimming competitions, she’s dedicating her time to helping homeless children in Wisconsin and California.
As soon as young adults step foot on a college campus, they’re flooded with credit card offers. Many sign up for them and immediately max them out. Others might sign up for one and barely use it — avoiding spending money they don’t have.
Some arts and crafts require kids to follow step-by-step directions — but there’s more than one way to get creative! Sometimes the best way to encourage kids to explore self-expression is to offer up crafts that have endless possibilities and let them use their own ideas to make a masterpiece.
It’s time to welcome back spring and its flowers, warmer weather and sunshine. It’s also the perfect opportunity to find new spring activities that will get you and your kids outside and off those screens!
Our award-winning magazines for kids deliver a monthly dose of encouragement, keeping kids of every age inspired and challenged. Help them learn and grow with kids magazines from Highlights!
In our "How Do We Celebrate" series, we share the unique and special traditions of all families, particularly with regards to spirituality and religion, but also other traditions that connect to meaning.
While homework in elementary school is usually minimal, your child has many years of studying ahead of them. Teaching study skills to kids now – in age-appropriate ways – can pay dividends later as they progress through middle and high school.
Books are a perfect way to broaden your baby’s horizon and vocabulary.
Start off summer fun strong with these cool sure-to-please summer activities.
Whoever says that if something tastes good it’s bad for you hasn’t tried one of these.
Prep time: 15 minutes
Baking time: 15 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes
Makes: 12 doughnuts
What Kids Learn
It's time for some healthy popcorn perfection! Stovetop popcorn offers just the right mix of cooking drama and gastronomic satisfaction — and it goes from burner to belly in 10 minutes flat. Here's how to make popcorn on a stove!
Making homemade ice cream is a fun way to involve kids in the kitchen. But unlike some recipes, this one has some key steps and ingredients that you won’t want to ad lib. They’re not hard (we promise!), but they’ll help you understand more about what goes into this tasty summer treat.
It is a universal truth: Mornings are hard. When the ticking clock meets with tired people, lost shoes, smelly lunch boxes and unsigned reading logs, it often makes for a not-so-pleasant goodbye, which makes the rest of the day feel a little off.
Hidden Pictures puzzles have been a beloved feature of Highlights for Children since launching in 1946. Today, there are over 30 varieties of Hidden Pictures puzzles, all created to challenge and delight from infancy through adulthood.
Between the sweet baby smell and the sound of your little one cooing with delight, there is so much to be excited about in this new chapter — and, of course, plenty of unsolicited advice.
For many parents, a child talking back or being rude is met with immediate anger or sternness—perhaps an instinctual response from their own upbringing or beliefs about respecting our elders.
January is National Puzzle Month—an annual celebration of the brain-boosting benefits and joyful fun puzzles bring to all ages. To celebrate, we’ve put together a wide range of challenges, from classic Hidden Pictures puzzles to lively word searches, ensuring there’s something for everyone!
A great outdoor space for a baby or toddler doesn’t have to be huge or cost a fortune. All you need is a safe, obstruction-free patio, porch or grassy patch with a shady area nearby where your cutie can test new skills, investigate, play and experiment.
Easter is just a hop away — so let’s think outside the basket for Easter crafts and games that the whole family will love to play! After the Easter egg hunting ends, there is still plenty of fun to be had with these screen-free activities on Easter Sunday.
Language development experts call them “environmental sounds.” These funny noises include animal sounds, sounds that represent motion (like the “vroom!” of a car or the “wheee” you might make while a ball is rolling) and household sounds, such as the ring of a doorbell.
Ready to host an epic sleepover? Just gather your kid’s best buds, serve pizza or breakfast at midnight and let them have a ball testing their creativity and skills before they go to bed.
Location: Your kid’s favorite mall
Brown-bag lunches are a breeze to make—and even more fun when kids help prepare them.
What You'll Need: Whole-wheat bread, lemon juice, peanut butter and apples
Reading is a crucial skill that opens up a world of learning. But not everybody reads: The Literacy Project estimates that only 35% of all public school fourth graders in the United States are proficient readers.
Kate Swenson is the owner of the blog, "Finding Cooper's Voice." In this very personal essay, Kate shares the advice that she wants every parent of a special needs child to know.
For many adults, making mud is not a clear winner. It's so common (and understandable) to ask, "Making mud? Is it really worth the mess?"
In this Dear Highlights podcast, Christine French Cully, Highlights Editor-in-Chief, and Hillary Bates, Director of Purpose and Impact, talk with Dr.
The word on the street for many parents of school-aged kids is that kindergarten is the new first grade. It’s no secret that kindergarten today is much more academically rigorous than kindergarten used to be, with less play and longer hours.