Supporting Early Learning Goals by Sally Jenkins

Magazines are quickly becoming an important tool to support learning goals for young children and teenagers.

• Teachers know that a text book education is boring.
• School librarians know that not all youngsters have the patience to sit down and devour a whole book.
• Parents know that they should encourage their children to read but that’s easier if the reading material involves current fads and trends.
• University lecturers demand that their students broaden their outlook and learn from the real world.

Reading is a vital part of education and magazines play an ever more important role in that reading. There are now a wide range of titles catering for all age groups which can be used to support national curriculum learning goals.

Nursery Reading and Writing

Peppa Pig magazine is based on the television series of the same name and is immediately appealing to nursery-age children. It supports the National Curriculum’s Early Learning Goals so nursery staff can use its activities with the confidence that the youngsters in their care are learning as well as having fun. Each issue comes with a workbook, sticker sheet and free gift – making it an essential purchase for parents who want to ensure that both the fun and learning continue at home. Taking out a subscription through Unique Magazines to Peppa Pig or any of the other publications aimed at pre-schoolers will guarantee a continual stream of ideas to captivate a young mind.

Fun learning for Primary Boys

Primary school age boys can be reluctant readers so it’s important to provide them with easy access to appealing literature. KiCK! Is a high-quality, hands-on monthly magazine packed with quizzes, puzzles and competitions. It will appeal to any child that loves football and, who knows, may even encourage them to try a ‘proper’ book on the subject.

Engaging reading for Testing Teens

As youngsters enter their teenage years and move up to secondary school their tastes change and even a previously avid reader may not want to be seen reading a book in case they appear ‘un-cool’. Teenagers are also desperate for advice and information as they move through puberty. So there are multiple benefits in making magazines like Mizz, Shout and Sugar readily available to teenage girls. A subscription can be easily set up through Unique Magazines.

University and college students need to keep up to date with current events, especially if they are to impress interviewers on the annual recruitment milk-round. A wide-range of thought-provoking magazines can be found at http://www.uniquemagazines.co.uk and they cover a broad spectrum of specialisations, such as National Geographic, Management Today and The Economist. Keeping magazines such as these readily available in each department could increase the employment rate of your students. Or if you’re a parent why not ensure that your son or daughter receives their own copy regularly?

Unique Magazines (http://www.uniquemagazines.co.uk) understands the needs of nurseries, schools, colleges and families. The website is a one-stop shop for a wide-range of magazine subscriptions that both appeal to and educate pupils and students of all ages.

Remember, subscribing to a magazine is invariably cheaper than buying it in a newsagent’s and Unique Magazines is a one-stop shop for a myriad of titles, some of which are hard to find in the High Street.