Kids Magazine Subscriptions Top 20 List

Kids have very short attention spans and find reading a tedious task, especially when it’s an assigned reading that the child has no interest in. We need them to read so they can grow into critical thinkers with a well rounded vocabulary. Kids who read frequently will do better in school and also become more successful in their later careers than kids that are reluctant readers.

One way to get kids to read more often is to invest in a few magazine subscriptions. Magazines offer the best of both worlds; they have short articles and activities that keep children interested. Kids aren’t getting lost in some boring (to them) novel; magazines peak their interests and allow them to explore new interests. Kid’s magazine subscriptions are a good way to make lifelong readers of your children. Below is a selection of great kid’s magazines to help get your child interested in reading.

11.  Highlights High Five - kids age 4 to 8 – A magazine which holds to the simple values and gentle lessons of kindness, friendship, and learning.  Full of beginning phonics stories and puzzles to keep children happily interested.

12.  Muse - kids age 9 to 14 – This is a magazine that challenges children by featuring articles on space, genetics, computers, physics, math, earth science, rain forests, and visual arts, to name a few. Sponsored by the Smithsonian.

13.  Babybug - kids up to age 2 – Filled with colorful pictures, simple rhymes, and stories that parents will love to read to their youngsters.

14.  Ladybug - kids 2 to 6 – A magazine full of colorful pictures and illustrations with stories of characters that preschoolers will love.  Also full of activities, songs, and poems.

15,  School Arts - k thru 12 – This is actually a teacher’s resource magazine but it’s full of art projects and ideas for all age groups.

16.  Kids Discover - kids 6 to 12 – A magazine to help children become lifelong readers by engaging children with science and social studies articles and colorful photography and illustrations.

17. National Geographic Little Kids - preschoolers – An engaging magazine for preschoolers and their parents, full of interesting photography, games, and stories.

18.  Click - kids 3 to 7 – A magazine about the sciences, nature, and the environment that will engage children from preschool up to 2^nd grade.

19.  Ask - kids 7 to 10 -  Each issue of this magazine is devoted to one theme presented by past and present inventors, artists, and scientists,  and investigates that theme through cartoons, contests, projects, web experiments, games, and puzzles. 

20.  Wild Animal Baby - kids up to age 3 – This magazine is full of great animal photos, picture stories, and fun activities directed at toddlers and to be engaged with their parents.