Enrich Classroom Learning with Educational Magazines

Magazines created for elementary, middle school,the curriculum, will get your kids reading and will
and high school students are a great way tolet you, the teacher, discover the interests of
enhance core curriculum studies with current,your students, and monitor to some extent the
up-to-date information. Periodicals have the abilityinformation these young people are exposed to. If
to take into account current social trends amongyou have the money in your budget, or if you
young people while reflecting the latestcan find a benefactor for your class, you may be
advancements in educational theory.able to subscribe to a magazine or two and
Between the "juvenile" and the "teen and youngreceive enough copies for every student in your
adult" categories, lists over a hundred magazinesclass - a great motivation for kids.
devoted to people under the age of eighteen;Offer magazines at different reading levels.
many of these are designed to meet theEvery classroom has students at a variety of
educational needs of kids at the same time thatreading and maturity levels, and your collection of
they entertain and inform. Science, math, history,magazines needs to reflect that. Some
social studies, art, archeology, sports, andmagazines, such as Appleseeds Magazine, by
literature are only a few of the topics covered.Cobblestone & Cricket, have content suitable
Adding some of these well-written, colorfulfor older kids who may be struggling with reading.
magazines to the classroom can keep youngYou may also have students who are way
people excited about school and learning.beyond their age level in terms of reading
Emphasize the use of magazines in yourcomprehension, and magazines are a great way
classroom.to provide enrichment for these advanced
Subscribing to a number of these magazines is astudents.
great first step; but you can do more to integrateStay connected to your students by staying
the periodicals into your classroom. Some of therelevant.
publishers offer free previews of upcoming issuesAs young people mature, they crave more
and curriculum guides that allow you to plan yourindependence, both in their school careers and in
themes around specific issues. Beyond that, it's asocial areas, and can pull away from adults whom
good idea to announce the arrival of a new issuethey see as uncaring or not understanding of
to your class, and even to give the students anthem. High-quality magazines and books attuned
overview of the contents of each issue. Considerto both their educational needs and their desire to
checking with your school library to find booksconnect with today's world can help keep their
with content that enhances the material in theschool studies relevant and keep them connected
magazines, and display the magazines and booksto the educational process so important to their
in your reading center. You may find thatfutures. By providing them with reading materials
students will get really excited about certain issuesthat reflect their concerns, their lives, and their
and actually request more information on specificinterests, you will manage to keep that important
subjects, which will give you additional ideas aboutconnection to them as they grow and learn;
possible themes for future study.perhaps more importantly, as they see you
Depending on your budget, you may be able toworking to understand their world, they will feel
actually poll your students at the beginning of themore comfortable turning to you when they
school year to discover what magazines theyconfront problems they feel unequipped to handle.
would like to see in their classroom, and order theStay up-to-date on the information they're
most popular requests. Even fashion magazines orreading, stay relevant to their world, and you
automotive magazines, while not a reflection ofstay connected.