Highlights High Five (February 2020) [Ages 2-6]

FEBRUARY 2020
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Highlights High Five
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2020!
February


















Reading Puzzles





4 Verse Hungry Scissors
10 My First Hidden Pictures
We Love Hearts
5 The Adventures of Spot
Who’s There? 16 Look and Look Again

The Missing Cupcakes
6 Tex and Indi

Celebrating Chinese New Year 18 That’s Silly! The Busiest Airport


12 Fiction Dino Breakfast
24 Poem Puzzle I Like Sweaters


15 Nonfiction: What’s This? 35 Whoops! Car Time

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
36 Back Cover Which animal isn’t singing?
20 Fiction I’m Not José



26 English and Spanish Activities
Bebo and Juan Visit the Dentist


30 Recipe Cucumber Bites


32 Craft Shark Marionette



34 Move It! Jump!p

























Join the fun!


HighlightsForChildren

HighlightsForChildren

Highlights

Verse By Claudia Kramer Kohlbrenner Art by Rob McClurkan








Hungry Scissors













Open. Close. Open. Crunch!



Open. Close. Open. Munch!



I gobble up the lines you draw


with my alligator jaws.





Straight lines. Curved lines.



Zigzags too.


I bite through paper.


Chompity-chew!

























































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The Adventures of Spot






WHO’S THERE?



Episode #158

By Marileta Robinson Art by Ron Zalme






























Someone is in the yard. Who is it?































“Go away,” barks Spot. The stranger doesn’t move.































“It’s OK, Spot,” says Tommy. “It’s a snowman.”



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Find the objects hidden in the picture!








Can you find

this starfish

on the back


Carrot Flower Banana Starfish cover?





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Fiction
Dino











Cereal-saurus






























































Cereal-saurus

wanders the plains,


grazing on cornflakes


and great-tasting grains.



























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Breakfast















By Suzy Levinson Art by Gary LaCoste







Fruity-o-saurus























































Fruity-o-saurus


lets out a roar,

chomping on apples,


bananas, and more.





















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Cinnamon-saurus
























Cinnamon-saurus


glides coast-to-coast,


hunting up buttery


cinnamon toast. Lunch-o-saurus?



























































Dinosaurs start out


their day with a munch.

First comes some breakfast . . .


next, dino lunch!




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SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD What’s This?





Shark
























This shark gets its name from

the shape of its head.



























Scalloped hammerhead sharks

eat fish, squid, and stingrays.






Eyes at the ends of its

head allow the shark to

see many things at once.















Use a pool noodle


to pretend you’re a

hammerhead shark.










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Look and Look Again Art by Villie Karabatzia






How are these pictures the same?


























































































The Missing
















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How are they different?





















































































Cupcakes
















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That’s Silly! Art by Maria Neradova





The Busiest













































































































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What silly


Airport things do





you see?






































































































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Fiction




















































































































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I’m Not
















osé



















By Alyson Greene Art by Barroux















Papa calls from


the table, “José! It’s



dinnertime!”


José lunges onto his

seat. “I’m not José.



I’m the king of the



jungle!” He roars and



devours a forkful of


broccoli.















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After dinner, Papa says,


“José, it’s bath time.”


José saunters into


the bathroom. “Arrr, I’m

not José. I’m Captain


Whitebeard.” He sticks


soap bubbles on his chin


and cheeks.

















































































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After José is dry, Papa

says, “OK, José, it’s pajama


time.”


José soars around his

room wearing his towel as


a cape. “I’m not José. I’m


Super-Stretchy Man.” He


reaches under his bed for


his teddy bear.
























“Hmm,” says Papa. “Where’s


José? It’s time for his good-night


hug and kiss.”

José hops onto Papa’s lap. “I’m


right here,” he says.


“Are you sure?” asks Papa.

“You’re not a lion or a sea captain


or a superhero?”


“No, I’m José, and I have the


biggest José hug for you!”
















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Poem Puzzle












I Like







Sweaters









By Dianne Moritz Art by Patrick Corrigan









Red sweaters, pink sweaters,


Purple sweaters, green.


Brown sweaters, black sweaters,


Lime or tangerine.






Plaid sweaters, striped sweaters,


Polka-dotted, blue.


I like sweaters,


And I like to count them too!














How many sweaters



do you see?




What else do you see?












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English and Spanish












Bebo and Juan




Visit the












Dentist





















By Ana Galán ⋆ Art by Roberta Angaramo ⋆ Spanish pronunciation by Linda Elman, Ph.D.










Bebo was visiting the dentist for

the first time. Juan was keeping him


company.


“¡Mira, es aquí!” said Juan, looking up


at a sign.


“Let’s go in,” said Bebo.







¡Mira, es aquí!


MEE-rah ehss ah-KEY

Look, it’s here!













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Once the friends were inside,

an assistant led them to a room.


“¡Mira esa silla grande!” said


Juan.


“This is a big chair,” said

Bebo, climbing in. “I’m a little


nervous.”







¡Mira esa silla grande!


MEE-rah EH-sah SEE-yah GRAHN-deh

Look at that big chair!















The dentist greeted Bebo

and Juan. “Open your mouth,”


she said to Bebo.


“¡Mira esos dientes!” said

Juan, looking at Bebo’s teeth.


“Yes,” said the dentist. “Bebo


is a young bear with big teeth!”


The dentist smiled. “And no


cavities!” She gave Bebo a new

toothbrush.





¡Mira esos dientes!


MEE-rah EH-sohss dee-YEHN-tehss

Look at those teeth!










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“Would you like a toothbrush?” the dentist asked Juan.

Juan opened his beak. “¡Yo no tengo dientes!”


“You’re right,” said the dentist. “Toucans don’t have teeth.”


“But he can brush his beak!” said Bebo.


“¡Sí, gracias!” said Juan, taking the toothbrush.







¡Yo no tengo dientes! ¡Sí, gracias!


YOH NOH TEHN-goh dee-YEHN-tehss SEE GRAH-see-yahss

I don’t have teeth! Yes, thanks!










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Recipe By Bonnie Baker Photo by Jim Filipski, Guy Cali Associates, Inc.











Cucumb




















Pretzel




Turkey





















Olives




Pickle










Pepperoni






















Send us a photo


of your bites!

highlights.com/HighFive



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A slice of cucumber with a dollop of cream cheese makes a great snack.




er Bites



















Sprinkles?

Peas










Cranberries





























What will

you put
on top?









T asty!











Raspberries







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Craft By Lisa Glover Photos by Jim Filipski, Guy Cali Associates, Inc.





















































S HAR K








a i n
M r o e te
t











You Need


Scissors

Short cardboard

tube

2-foot-long piece

of yarn

Craft stick

Markers

Cardstock

Tape







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“Doo doo doo . . .”





Where will your



shark swim?


































1 Cut. 2 Pull.








Cut a notch in the top and Pull the yarn halfway

bottom of both sides of the tube. through the tube. Tie each
end to a craft stick.































3 Cut. 4 Tape.







Draw a shark head, tail, and three Tape on the fins. Slide the

fins on cardstock. Cut them out. head and tail into the notches.








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Move It! Photo by Jim Filipski, Guy Cali Associates, Inc.





























Wheee!



















Jump!
















































Can you jump 10 times?







What animals jump?





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Whoops!
Art by Josh Cleland
Car Time




























































Small Car Square Car












































Tall Car Banana Car? WHOOPS!





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