Magazines are a springboard for further research. Additionally, print and online resources lead to discussions with peers, teachers and family. Here are some activities you can do using children’s magazines in the classrooms or at homes.
- Discuss festivals and related stories.
- Poems from magazines could be an inspiration for composing verses
- Read aloud stories from the magazines and discuss the story elements.
- Find information about people who made a difference to society and talk about what you liked.
- Create a topical display board using ideas from magazines.
- Projects like rearranging the magazine features for a better reading experience.
- Brainstorm and create new feature/segment for a children’s magazine.
- Creat a new logo for a magazine.
- Peers or reading buddies club together to complete activities like creating a sales copy for their favourite magazine.
- Find the message in a comic strip and discuss it.
- Discuss which are the genres in the magazines and how did you identify them.
- Science experiments in magazines give the lead for new projects.
- Presentation, debates, and surveys.
- Magazines are used to teach
Magazine reading can improve vocabulary and creative writing
Authors use various writing styles and unique methods to create suspense, mystery, humour, or expository text to keep the readers hooked. Children involuntarily pick up this vocabulary and can identify writing styles with robust reading habits. Reading outside syllabus for recreation and gaining new information gives a wider perspective/big picture of life.
- Write poetry inspired by poems in magazines.
- Create unique stories using images from old magazine issues or newspapers.
- Inspired by magazine images, create a new comic strip storyboard with captions.
- Write letters, short stories, artwork, jokes, poetry, and creative comic strip. Submit them to the magazine editor.
- Few magazine websites have additional resources, useful for children, parents and teachers as well.
- Subscribe to magazine blog articles, they act as a springboard for activities, lessons and projects.
- Use children’s magazines as a classroom management technique.
Magazines can bring excitement and renewed vigour in the spirit of inquiry and research. Children get excited about topics and parents can’t ask for more.
Magazines turn beginner readers into avid readers
Magazines support reading out of the syllabus. Children read magazines and storybooks for the love of reading. They keep going back to reading children’s magazines because they are interesting and fun to read. Young learners grow up to become avid readers by reading picture books, early reader books, children’s magazines and chapter books. Kids develop the habit of reading by easy access to children’s magazines and books of their reading level and interests.
Reading magazines de-stresses children
Do you think kids feel happy when they read magazines? It’s because magazines have,
- A mix of multi-genre format
- Interactive content
- Child-friendly appealing presentation
- A lot of visual aids
- Breaks the routine of homework and assignments
- A sense of community with peers
Reading magazines aids holistic development
Through magazines, kids come to know what is happening in the outside world. Regular newspapers don’t always have news articles that are fit for children to read. Children’s magazines convey news in a gentler way. Educational and recreational content in children’s magazines are specially designed for children and teenagers.
Conclusion
Children’s magazines greatly benefit kids and teenagers. The several activities listed above will enrich the reading experience. Are you thinking of a magazine subscription? Interests, age and reading level are important factors to consider for choosing magazines for children.
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