Newspapers are a form of daily communication with the outside world, and provide lots of learning activities for children. Children who see lots of reading material coming into the house will be eager to read some of it for themselves. Clip out an interesting news story and cut the paragraphs apart. Ask your child to read the paragraphs and put them in order. Ask your child to read a short editorial printed in your local newspaper and to underline all the facts with a green pencil and all the opinions with an orange pencil.
Pictures fascinate children of all ages.
Clip out pictures in the newspaper. Ask your child to tell you about the picture or list adjectives to describe the pictures. Have your child first look up the movie page by using the index in the newspaper. After a movie has been chosen, have your child study the picture or text in the ad and tell you what he or she thinks the movie is about. Have your child pick a headline and turn it into a question.