This online magazine has many different news stories for kids that highlight the page. One downside to this, however, is there are no major world issues scaled for kid readers. The news stories seem to highlight more obscure and fanciful stories rather than what is front page on the adult magazines. While children cannot take the same strength of story present in adult news organizations, some attention should be paid to allowing students to read and understand major current events on some scale.
The website does have a section that incorporates student authors of articles that are presented to readers. This aspect is very good as it allows readers to get information from students across the country and see their opinion on different issues at the magazine.
The magazine's web page is very colorful which will attract and hold the attention of children. The bright red is synonymous with Time but the stories are in big lettering and there are many pictures to help enhance the different articles on the site. The articles are often short, which makes it easier for younger or less experienced readers and the word choice and sentence structure makes it easy to read.
There is also a section of the website that highlights homework help and gives quizzes and games to help practice school skills in math, science and vocabulary. This could also help students stay interested and involved in reading the different news stories and practicing skills for school.
For users that subscribe to the website there are also quizzes and games built to help readers retain what they have read in the different articles on time magazine. This will help readers remember the current events they have read.
Educators can definitely have many benefits in using Time for Kids in the classroom. There are different games available that teachers can use to help students present current events or practice different skills online. It also allows teachers to track what students are reading with the quiz option and make sure that they are involved on the website and reading the different current events. There is also the idea of writing practice with students writing their own current event stories and submitting them to the magazine to have them displayed online. Seeing work by other students on the website can inspire writing and reading goals from the class so they can experience different ways of seeing the world.
For students, the colors and games really highlight the site. It is built to work for students aged 7-12 and it works to capture their attention and give them information on news they may not know. While it doesn't bring major world events, it does appeal to all ages and types with stories on world events, entertainment and the sciences. This is a great magazine for kids to get their first taste on what a news magazine can teach them.
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