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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Stained Glass: Painting With Sunlight [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article discusses stained glass including its history, how it is made, and materials used to make it.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 8: Guitars:the Kings of Rock [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
Read this magazine article to learn about guitars including the history of guitars, kinds of guitars, and how they work.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Young Heroes: Katie Stagliano's Dream [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this magazine article, learn about how Katie Stagliano is working to feed the hungry by growing food for they hungry.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vo. 5, Issue 5: Monster Stories [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
This magazine article discusses legends of monsters like Big Foot and The Loch Nest Monster. It explains how studies have disproved the existence of these monsters.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 1, Issue 3: Posters Over Time [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This magazine article explains how posters were used years ago for news and how they are used today for advertising.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 2, Issue 2: Fractured Fairy Tales [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This magazine article explains the difference between the older fairy tales like the Three Little Pigs and how that fairy tale would be changed to teach a different lesson today.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 2, Issue 3: Totem Poles [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article provides information about Totem Poles such as what they are made of, their purpose, and who makes them.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 2 Issue 4: Nesting Dolls [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
This magazine article features nesting or matryoshka dolls. It explains that they are Folk Art which shows what is important to a group of people; it also provides a history of this type of doll dating back to Chinese artists about 1000...
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 3, Issue 1: Greek Mythology [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This magazine article discusses Greek Mythology; it explains how the people made up stories and gods to explain things that scientists had not yet discovered such as lightning, the daily rising and setting of the sun, and ocean waves.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 1, Issue 4: Working Dogs [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article is about working dogs such as seeing eye dogs who help people who are blind live independent lives.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 2, Issue 5: Posters That Pop [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
This magazine article discusses two artists LeRoy Neiman and Peter Max who use bright colors in their work and look as though they are real and capable of movement. Many of these painting have been made into posters and sold.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Midnight Sun and Northern Lights [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article discusses the arctic where in the summer, the sun shines all day and night, but the winter is dark all day and night. It also explains the Northern Lights or aurora which is like a light show with beautiful pinks...
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Young Inventors: Chester Greenwood [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article explains how Chester Greenwood invented ear warmers when he was 15 years old.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 4, Issue 4: Nicknames [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article discusses nicknames including shortened versions of first or last names, baby nicknames that stick, or friends who give each other nicknames. It also talks about making fun of people by calling them a name is not a...
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 6: What's Your Name? [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This magazine article discusses how technology changes have added or changed meanings of words such as Internet, browser, e-mail, mailbox, and blog.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 1, Issue 7: Quilts: Pieces of Art [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
This magazine article focuses on quilting including the history of quilting, the use of quilting for warmth in harsh weather, and quilting as an art form.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol.2, Issue 1: Bats [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
This magazine article provides information about bats including the different kinds of bats, how they are different from birds, what they eat, how and when they fly, and the sound they make.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol.1, Issue 5: Cool Hats [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
This magazine article explains that hats are not just a cool fashion statement, but also protect the head from sunburn and shade the eyes.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 1, Issue 2: Going With the Flow [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
The article "Going with the Flow" is about water pollution and recycling. It explains what causes problems and what we can do about them.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 4, Issue 5: Sammy Lee: Olympic Diver [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
This article focuses on Sammy Lee, the first Korean American to win a gold metal.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Changing Lives, One Cow at a Time [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this article to learn about Heifer International and other organizations who donate farm animals like cows, buffalo, goats, and sheep to poor people to improve their lives. It talks about 2nd graders raising money to help fund these...
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 3, Issue 4: Moles [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article is about moles; it discusses how they dig underground, what they look like, and what they eat. It also explains that they help the farmer even though many people consider them a pest because they tear up the lawn.
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Kid Space: Magazing & Newspaper Articles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here are descriptions of popular magazines appropriate for young readers from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Follow linked titles to the magazines' homepages.
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Amazing Kids! Magazine: Predicting the Weather

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learn about how weather predictions can be made by different instruments in this article.