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seeker ↓

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 12:42 am

Trying to find something to subscribe to for engaging reading material for kids who are a little hard to reach. I'm thinking current events might grab them and open discussions and responses. I googled and I see Washington Post has a kids edition ($40 a year or $4 a week). I know Hamodia has a kids news section that is sold separately for schools but I'm not sure if you can get it as an individual or how much it costs. I see you can get web access to the whole paper for $7/month but I'm only really interested if I could print out articles.

I don't know about the relative quality or reading level of either of these.

Curious what resources others have used for this and what you can share about them.

amother

Vanilla

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 12:44 am

following

amother

Clover

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 12:53 am

If you're not averse to secular options, then check out The Week Jr. My parents got it for our oldest for a couple of years until she lost interest because the reading level was a bit low for her. It's better for elementary than middle school.

https://theweekjunior.com/

National Geographic magazine for kids appealed for longer.

https://www.nationalgeographic.....aw.ds

amother

Moonstone

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 1:33 am

My daughter's teacher discusses items from kids Binah

teachkids

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 1:59 am

I used to print articles from newsela

amother

Viola

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 9:03 am

My children come home with photocopied papers called news on the run. I think it's made for school. Not all on the same level.
They love it!
(If you google news on the run lakewood n.j a phone number comes up. Call them!)

LK1 ↓

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 9:15 am

Binyan has a kids newsletter (think we used it in school)

New on the run is great, they have it in all different levels for different grades.

It's really nice and written well. I read it every week when they bring it home.

You can contact Mrs. Gastfreund in Lakewood for them.

amother

Maple

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 9:27 am

Thanks!
I should have clarified I'm looking for an interest level of grades 7-8.
Binyan (Hamodia) might be good but I'm not sure they sell it separately, I'll reach out to them.
I found National Geographic Kids to be vapid in the last few years.
Do you know how to contact this Mrs. Gastfreund? Is that the number that turned up in Lakewood?
Doing some homework later, thank you all!

↑ LK1 ↓

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 9:30 am

Yes. This is her phone number (732) 901-7331
She has for those grades as well.

GLUE

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 9:32 am

Hamodia does sell it's Binyan magazine separately

amother

Hibiscus

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 3:27 pm

teachkids wrote:

I used to print articles from newsela

I also like this website.

Also newsomatic-if you have internet access in school they have videos and slideshows to go along with the articles. Kids love it.

amother

Antiquewhite

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 3:40 pm

amother Viola wrote:

Me, an adult, learns so much from news on the run! We love it! It’s geared to little kids.

↑ seeker

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 10:06 pm

Binyan (Hamodia) standalone is only sold in bulk to schools, as far as I can tell, though I sent them a follow up request.

Does News on the Run have an email address or do I just really need to find time to call?

No internet access, must be printable.

Thanks again!

amother

Honeydew

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 10:11 pm

seeker wrote:

worldnewsontherun@gmail.com

↑ LK1

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 10:14 pm

It's printable. She sends you a PDF

STovah

Tue, Sep 20 2022, 10:23 pm

amother Clover wrote:

This looks really interesting. Do you recall if it had a liberal slant or if it was just straight up news/current events reporting?

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