Highlights High Five (May 2019)

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Dear Readers


Puzzles for Everyone





Starting in infancy, puzzles and games capture children’s interest and attention.
Great games can also grow with a child. I played anagrams and Hearts as a young girl,
and those games are just as fun to play now as they were then.
The puzzles in Highlights High Five are created so that readers can experience
successes and challenges. In the Look and Look Again puzzle, younger children will

find success by identifying things that are the same between the two photos or illustrations.
Older children will be able to find the differences as well as the similarities. So if you and
your child did part of one puzzle, try revisiting it later. It may be just as fun the second time!


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focuses as
he makes a
toasty treat he
found in our
October 2018
issue. Yum!
















What a village! Brynley, age 3, from Illinois had fun
decorating and playing with the paper-bag village
(December 2018).



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Presents A My First Hidden Muscles!

A poem Pictures Puzzle What do they feel like?


The Adventures Spring Planting Hammered

of Spot A Look and Look Again Flower Prints

Spot’s smart nose puzzle Grab a hammer to make
this craft.
Sharing Books The Silliest

A Tex and Indi story Checkout Line Mini Berry Trifles
A That’s Silly! puzzle A berry-ri c dessert
Bats Under

the Bridge Buildings
A nonfiction verse to Explore

A poem puzzle
Hello, Flopsy

and Mopsy Back Cover Puzzles

These friends are Robot Maze
lop-eared rabbits. Look for Us Inside


It’s Laundry Day

An English/Spanish

story with Chica-Chick
and Grandma Hen







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Reading



Mother’s Day Presents








By Eileen Spinelli • Art by Maria Neradova




Pot of catmint.


Yarn—bright blue.


Windup mouse toy.

Fishy stew.


Cozy basket,


Fluffy mat.


Happy Mother’s Day,


Mama Cat.

Reading












By Marileta Robinson • Art by Ron Zalme





























Spot’s nose knows a lot. His nose knows a deer walked here.































It knows a squirrel is in the tree. It knows a fox is on the hill.












5&6 On p
t e orch, , , , . .


nd,
W W n ,











His nose even knows . . . when it’s dinnertime!



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Reading





Sharing Books Tex and Indi









By Lissa Rovetch • Art by Amy Wummer


































































“Welcome to your local library,” said Mr. Watkins.

“Who wants to take home a book today?”


“Oh no,” said Kate. “I didn’t bring any money.”


“No worries! You don’t need money because the


books are free,” Mr. Watkins said. “You check out books

with your library card. Then you take good care of the


books and bring them back for others to read.”





6 May 2019

“I’m interested in trucks,” said Indi.

“I know just the book,” said Mr. Watkins. “How does


Wheels look?”


“Great!” said Indi.


“I like rhyming stories and animals,” said Tex.

“Hmm.” Mr. Watkins thought. “How about Can You


Make a Giraffe Laugh? Or I’ll See You in the Zoo?”






May 2019 7

The kindergartners used their very own


library cards to check out their books.


“I can’t believe we get to keep these books

for three whole weeks!” said Eli.







8 May 2019

After school, Tex and Indi’s sister, Arizona, said,


“Wheels looks cool. Is it OK if I look at it?”

“Sure,” said Indi. “Library books are for sharing!”








May 2019 9

Puzzle















My First







Bedtime Puzzle







Books Find these objects hidden



in the big picture.



By Courtney McKinney-Whitaker









How many books


can I read before bed? Candle Screwdriver Pencil





How many stories

can fit in my head?





Look at these books


spread out on the floor.

Suitcase Rolling Pin Leaf


The answer is always . . .


there’s time for one more!












Party Hat Flashlight Candy Cane







10 May 2019

Art by Paula J. Becker


May 2019 11

Reading




Bats Under the Bridge











By Patricia M. Cooley • Bat art by Sheri Amsel







































Mexican free-tailed bats

hang


underneath the bridge


and wait


past eight

for sunset to come.










People in Austin

gather


on top of the bridge


and wait Bat photo by Johner Images/Alamy Stock Photo


past eight

for sunset to come.





12 May 2019

Bridge


























When skies start to glow


orange, pink, and yellow





Mexican free-tailed bats


leave


from under the bridge


and fly

up high


looking for insects.






























Bridge photo by Arco Images GmbH/Alamy Stock Photo

Mexican Free-Tailed


Bat Facts A baby Mexican free-tailed Photos (top to bottom): Michael Ventura/Alamy Stock Photo; Aigars Reinholds/Alamy Stock Photo; iStock/Getty Images Plus/jansucko


bat is called a “pup.”











Free-tailed

Mexican free-tailed bats weigh bats are

about as much as a AAA smaller than

battery, around one-half ounce. the palm of

your hand.





14 May 2019

Children watch the bats


soar

above the bridge.


“Hooray!”


they say


for sunset has come




Photos (top to bottom): National Geographic Image Collection/Alamy Stock Photo; E+/Getty Images/GaryAlvis; iStock/Getty Images Plus/pporicook
and the bats are on their way!















Free-tailed bats have a wingspan of 12 to 14 inches.




















Mexican Free-tailed bats like to


free-tailed live near water. The


bats feed water attracts moths


at night. and other insects,


which the bats eat.

Puzzle


Spring Planting








Art by Loufane




























































































How are these pictures the same?





16 May 2019

Look and

Look Again




































































































How are they different?






May 2019 17

Puzzle



hat’s illy!











Art by Katie McDee

































































































18 May 2019

What



silly things



do you see?














May 2019 19

Reading








Hello, Flopsy and Mopsy








By Maggie Smith • Art by Peter Francis







































































Sometimes I spend the afternoon down the street

with Ms. Wood. She has two pet bunnies, named


Flopsy and Mopsy, just like Peter Rabbit’s sisters!


They usually live in their hutch outside, but when


I come over, Ms. Wood takes them inside.





20 May 2019

They are called lop-eared rabbits because of


their floppy ears.


First, they hop around the house, exploring and

sniffing. Mopsy likes to jump into things. Flopsy


hides for a while, but she always comes back out.






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Next, I give them some kale, which is their


favorite food.

Flopsy eats fast, and the big leaf disappears


like a magic trick! Mopsy eats slower, but she


finishes every bit.








22 May 2019

Then Ms. Wood gives me the special bunny blanket.


“Here, Flopsy. Here, Mopsy!” I call quietly. I have to


be patient.


It’s worth it when first Mopsy, then Flopsy hop up

and settle down on my lap. I like watching their noses


twitch. Their fur is the softest thing in the whole wide


world. I smile as I pet them gently.








May 2019 23

Puzzle



Buildings








to









Explore















By Sue Gagliardi • Art by Stephanie K. Birdsong





In the city, you will find

buildings of every shape and kind.


Tall buildings, small buildings,


apartment buildings too.


Museums and libraries,


and houses at the zoo.


Stone houses, brick houses,


hospitals, and stores—


all kinds of buildings


in the city to explore.








How many tall buildings



do you see?



What else do you see?










24 May 2019

May 2019 25

Read Aloud in English and Spanish




It’s Laundry Day










By Ana Galán • Art by Francesca Assirelli









































































Grandma Hen carried a basket of wet clothes to the yard.


“¡Yo quiero ayudar!” said Chica-Chick.

“Thank you, Chica-Chick. That’s so nice of you,” said


Grandma Hen. “Why don’t you pass me the clothes and


I’ll hang them.”







26 May 2019

Chica-Chick pulled out a green T-shirt.

“Una camiseta verde,” she said, passing


it to Grandma Hen.






¡Yo quiero ayudar! Una camiseta verde.


yoh key-EH-roh ah-you-DAHR OO-nah kah-mee-SEH-tah BEHR-deh

I want to help! A green T-shirt.



Spanish pronunciation by Linda Elman, Ph.D.



May 2019 27

Chica-Chick grabbed a


blue blouse. “Una blusa


azul,” she said. Grandma


Hen hung the blouse on

the line.























“Dos calcetines


rojos,” said Chica-Chick,


and she handed two red


socks to Grandma Hen.





























Una blusa azul. Dos calcetines rojos.


OO-nah BLOO-sah ah-SOOL DOHS kahl-seh-TEE-nehs ROH-hohss

A blue blouse. Two red socks.





28 May 2019

Then Chica-Chick ran to the end of the clothesline.


“¡Una Chica-Chick amarilla!” she said.

“And one yellow Chica-Chick!” said Grandma Hen.





¡Una Chica-Chick amarilla!


OO-nah CHEE-kah CHEEK ah-mah-REE-yah

A yellow Chica-Chick!






May 2019 29

Activity You Have
MUSCLES!




















By Peggy Ashbrook • Photos by Jim Filipski, Guy Cali Associates, Inc.

























































1 Feel your


muscles inside

your arm.
















Peggy Ashbrook is
an early childhood
science educator.



30

2 You use your muscles 3 Other animals



to move your body.
have muscles too.




























































Photos (clockwise from top left): E+/Getty Images/amriphoto; iStock/Getty Images Plus/GlobalP; iStock/Getty Images Plus/
4 Can you move like
michellegibson; (bottom worm) iStock/Getty Images Plus/motorolka; (top worm) iStock/Getty Images Plus/Raffalo

an earthworm?


















5









When you gently hold a

moving earthworm, you are

feeling its muscles move.





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Activity





Hammered









Flower Prints











By Megan Devine • Photos by Jim Filipski, Guy Cali Associates, Inc.






You Need



• Flowers

• White
cotton cloth

• Hammer

• Paper towels

• Scissors

• Cardstock

• Glue




Before You

Begin


Ask permission to
use flowers from
a garden or a

flowerpot.

1. On a hard, protected 2. Pound the cloth with a

surface, place flowers hammer. Use a paper towel

between a folded piece to wipe off what’s left of


of cloth. the flowers.








































3. Cut out a heart 4. Fold a sheet of

shape from the cloth. cardstock in half to make

a card. Glue the heart onto

the card. Let it dry.









May 2019 33

Activity


Mini Berry Trifles











By Laura J. Colker • Photos by Jim Filipski, Guy Cali Associates, Inc. Before
You Begin

Wash your
hands.























1 Put berries in a 2 Pour pudding mix

You Need large bowl and sprinkle and milk into a large

granulated sugar on top. container with a lid.

• 1 pint each Chill in the refrigerator for Close the container and
blackberries,

blueberries, and 30 minutes. shake, shake, shake!
raspberries, washed Chill until ready to use.


• 2 tablespoons
granulated sugar


• 1 box instant
lemon pudding mix

• 2 cups milk


• ½ cup heavy
whipping cream

• ½ teaspoon

confectioners’ sugar


• ∕ teaspoon 3
1
8
almond extract To make whipped 4 Cut pound cake
• 1 loaf prepared cream, put the cream, into slices.

pound cake confectioners’ sugar, and

extract into another jar with

a lid. Close and shake until

thick, about 3 minutes.


34 May 2019

YUMMY!





For the most delicious

results, let your trifles

chill in the refrigerator

before serving.








5 Layer pound

cake, berries,


and pudding. Top


each trifle with

whipped cream


and more berries.































































Adults: Whipped cream can

also be made using an electric
mixer. Beat until peaks form.
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Can you help


the blue robot


find his friend?







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Look for these pictures




inside the magazine.







A. page 11 B. page 22 C. page 9 D. page 19









Look for the hidden “Smiling ”


on the front cover.
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