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Teachers in grades K through adult education in The Providence Journal circulation
area are encouraged to enroll in our NIE program. Newspapers are delivered directly
to the school.
Orders need to be placed at least two days in advance. Teachers are charged
only 14 cents per copy for orders of more than one day, 19 cents per copy for
a single delivery date and Sunday newspapers are available at 63 cents per copy for one delivery date or 45 cents per copy for multiple deliveries.
Order papers for the classroom
NOTE: Orders must be placed two days prior to the start date
We offer free workshops for a groups of at least three teachers on how to use
the newspaper to support and enhance your curriculum. Call Avis Gunther-Rosenberg
at
(401) 277-7181 to schedule a convenient time.
Teachers who order a minimum of 25 papers for their classrooms are encouraged
to take advantage of a list of free teacher guides. All guides include detailed
lesson plans and activities that use the newspaper as a teaching tool. Subjects
include:
Anatomy of a Newspaper
Basic News Writing
Celebrate Diversity with the Newspaper
Comic Relief
Creative Writing Skills
End of the Year Survival Guide
Exploring the World Through the Newspaper
Exploring Rhode Island Through the Newspaper
Football Fanfare
Grand Slam
Holidays Around the World
It’s NIE for K-3
Keep Students on Top of Current Events
March Madness Shoot Out
The Newspaper: An Economic Tool for Teaching Economics
Newspapers Add “Sum” Fun to Math
Newspaper Writing Styles
The Science of the Games
Science in the News
Slam Dunk
Speaking of Language, ESL Studies
Thanksgiving
Using the Newspaper in Values Education
We the People
Call the NIE Line at (401) 277-8139 to order.
Newspaper Knowledge
1. According to the index, what pages are the following found on: classified
ads, sports, editorials, local news, weather, and the crossword puzzle?
2. Find the following information: the telephone number would you call and the
starting weekly cost for a home delivered subscription to the newspaper. The
name of the editor and publisher of the newspaper. A comic strip showing a working
woman. The score from a local sporting event. The names of three wire services
used by the newspaper.
3. Clip and label an example of each of the following: index, byline, cutline,
dateline and headline.
4. Find a newspaper article that is about each of the following: a meeting of
a government agency, a press conference, a disaster or unexpected happening,
the schools.
5. Find five stories from different cities. Then find five stories different
states and five stories from different countries. Locate each of these cities,
states and countries on a map.
6. Project yourself into societies in which there are no newspapers. Make a
list of all the functions provided by the newspaper, including such things as
providing news, serving as an advertising medium, social announcements, upcoming
events, critical reviews, etc. How would each of these functions be met in a
newspaperless society?
7. Scan the newspaper and name some of the beats covered by reporters. If you
were a reporter, what beat would you like to cover and why?
8. Make a chart showing examples of the vocabulary variations that appear in
different sections of the newspaper. For instance, the jargon used by the food
editor and sports editor would probably be quite different.
9. In the newspaper, find examples of editorials that are written to: inform
the reader, interpret the news for the reader, entertain the reader, and influence
the reader.
10. Use the classified section to buy materials or hire services to help you
cross the following barriers: a snake pit, a barbed wire fence, a 10 foot wall,
a 20 foot deep moat with snapping crocodiles, an angry giant. Compare your selected
products and services with your classmates.
Language Arts
1. Use the front page of the newspaper to draw a circle around every blend.
Make a list of all the blends you find.
2. List all the different punctuation marks used in a news article. Read the
articles aloud and notice the influence of your voice in determining the place
of punctuation.
3. Is a photo really worth 1000 words? Cut a photo out of the newspaper. Write
a new caption and article about the action going on in the photo.
4. Find newspaper examples of paragraphs written in present, past and future
tenses.
5. Circle all the singular nouns and pronouns in a news article in red and all
plural nouns and pronouns in blue.
6. Identify as many sets of antonyms, homonyms and synonyms as you can by scanning
the headlines in the newspaper.
7. Collect pictures from the newspaper that shows different facial expressions.
Label each picture with descriptive words.
8. Select three headlines from the newspaper and rewrite them as complete sentences.
9. Find examples of ten plural words in the newspaper. Write the root word next
to each of the plural words you find.
10. Look at a photo in the sports section. Without reading the story, write
down what is happening in the photo, what happened during the game, and who
won the game. Read the story. Were your predictions correct?
Math
1. Race through the newspaper! You have five minutes. See how many numbers
from 1-25 you can find. Circle each number as you find it.
2. Circle the largest and smallest numbers on a page. Subtract the two numbers
you have found. Add the two numbers.
3. Use recipes from the newspaper to practice using fractions. Double the recipe;
halve the recipe and triple the recipe.
4. Cut words from the newspaper that relate to quantity. For example: all, none,
many, few, fewer, more, less, most etc.
5. Write a word problem that uses an advertisement as its basis. Let a friend
try to solve the equation.
6. Look at the movie ads. Assuming a 15-minute break between shows, determine
the duration of three movies.
7. Choose any three-digit and any two-digit numbers from the newspaper. Do the
following:
· Find the product of the two numbers
· Find the sum of the two numbers
· Find the difference between the two numbers
· Find the quotient of the two numbers to the nearest hundredth
· Now, find the sum of all the answers above
8. Read a page in the newspaper and underline words and phrases that refer to
time such as: annual, bicentennial, 90-day warranty, next week, etc.
9. Refer to the entertainment section and choose the kind of entertainment that
you would enjoy most and the place you would most like to eat. Determine the
total cost of your outing for one person, for two and for your family.
10. Add up the total points scored by AFC teams in the NFL on any given Sunday
or determine the total elapsed time between the first and last place Nascar
driver.
Social Studies
1. Place news items or pictures about each state on a large outline map of
the United States. See how many states you can find in the news in two weeks.
2. Chart community crimes for one-week using reports and articles in the newspaper.
Chart the type of crime, age of the criminal, location, etc.
3. Travel by means of the newspaper. Clip pictures of a country. Find articles
and check the weather page for weather conditions in your chosen country. Then
write a story about the things you might do and see if you visited that country.
4. Write an editorial on a topic of controversy for the period of history you
are studying. Study some of the editorials in today’s newspaper before
doing this activity.
5. Research good and bad relationships between the United States and other countries.
Try to categorize the reason these relationships may exist.
6. Using the newspaper, give some names and titles of international and political
leaders. Describe their roles, as you understand them from articles you have
read.
7. Read an article or editorial in the newspaper. Draw a political cartoon that
represents the article.
8. Find and read newspaper articles concerning pollution, overpopulation or
major social problems. Make a list of the various items or the social problem
you have selected. List some reasons that these articles are carried in the
newspaper. Prepare a poster or write an essay telling how you would deal with
solving this social problem.
9. Use news stories to teach new words related to geography, such as delta,
monsoon, panhandle, harbor and terrain. Discuss the way the words are used in
newspaper stories.
10. Find examples of the Bill of Rights in action as expressed in articles in
the newspaper. What articles would not be in the newspaper if we didn’t
have freedom of speech or the right to a fair trial?
Science
1. Begin a vocabulary list of science words found in the newspaper. Record
the spelling, meaning and the use of each word. Some examples might be: exploration,
narcotics, energy, pollution, preventative, analysis, comet, weather, antibiotic,
invention, alcoholism, theory, artificial, transplant, medicine, etc.
2. Using the newspaper, collect advertisements for products that were not available
20 years ago. Can you identify the scientific advances that have made this product
possible?
3. Find newspaper articles, advertisements, etc., about equipment that will
help conserve energy such as storm windows or home insulation. What claims are
made about saving?
4. Find a picture of an animal that you would like to be! Identify the animal
by its genus and species then write an article pretending you are that animal.
5. Make a “first” notebook. Use newspaper articles about science
“firsts” or discoveries.
6. Make a scrapbook of pictures and news stories about conservation. Look for
articles about hunting and fishing seasons, tree planting, energy crisis, etc.
7. Make a poster from pictures, advertisements and articles showing how machines
help people do different things.
8. Check today’s weather map. Find the longitude and latitude of the regional
city with the highest temperature and the national city with the lowest temperature.
Make a graph that illustrates how many cities have a clear, cloudy or rainy
forecast.
9. Find articles in the newspaper about areas that have experienced severe weather.
Discuss how stories such as these can help us prepare for weather emergencies.
10. Using the movie listings, count the number of movies advertised in one theater
according to ratings – G, PG, PG-13, R. Make a pie graph that represents
the number of movies in each ratings group expressed as a percentage.
Life Skills
1. Draw a rough floor plan of a home. Collect newspaper pictures of furniture
and appliances to fill the home and make it comfortable. Determine the approximate
cost of furnishing a home by using classified ads.
2. Make a chart that is divided into four parts: spring, summer, fall, winter.
Cut out pictures of clothing you would wear during each season. Paste the pictures
under each word.
3. Prepare menus using food advertisements in the newspaper. Example: Christmas
dinner, Italian dinner, etc. Make sure that you include something from all four-food
groups.
4. Collect articles of accidents that have happened in the home. Tell how the
accidents could have been prevented.
5. Select a job in the classified section of the newspaper. Write a letter to
the Human Resources director of your chosen job stating what qualities make
you perfect for that job.
6. Check the salary levels for unskilled workers in the help-wanted section
of the classified ads. Compare the salaries to those for skilled laborers or
professional positions. What are the differences and why?
7. Find a recipe in the food section of the newspaper. Examine the recipe’s
ingredients to see if it includes enough of the nutrients necessary for a balanced
diet. What other foods or recipes could you add to make a balanced meal?
8. Go on a scavenger hunt in the newspaper. Find and circle the following items:
the price of a used Ford truck, the name of the president of the United States,
a TV show that starts at 8PM, the high temperature of a city, a sports score,
an index.
9. Look at the grocery ads in the newspaper and find an example of multiple
products sold for one price (example: 3 ears of corn for $2.00). What is the
cost of each item? Is a larger quantity of an item always the better value?
10. Find an example of a comic strip newspaper that shows two coworkers or an
employee and manager having a conflict. Rewrite the comic strip depicting a
better way for the characters to handle the disputed situation.
Critical Thinking
1. Choose one story from the front page of today’s newspaper. Find the
answers to these questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? Note the organization
of details in this story. Which is the most important? Where is it found in
the story? Does the headline highlight the most important fact? If not, where
did the information for the headline appear in the story?
2. Choose an editorial from the editorial page in the newspaper and underline
each fact and circle each opinion. Discuss the logic of the ideas and the organization
and development of the arguments.
3. Look at a feature article closely to see what words and sentences help to
make you have certain feelings about the article. Make a list of these words
and sentences.
4. Imagine that you are in charge of preparing a time capsule that will be opened
in 200 years. Cut items that you think would tell the most about our lives today
from the newspaper.
5. Compile a list of words that you are not familiar with in your newspaper
reading. Make a crossword puzzle using these words with your definitions.
Character Education
1. Make a Hall of Fame, Hall of Shame poster of bulletin board. Clip articles
and cartoons of people who are exhibiting good character traits. Place these
under the Hall of Fame heading. Place examples of people not using good character
traits under the Hall of Shame heading.
2. Go through The newspaper and make a “survival vocabulary list”
of words that a person would need to know to be a good responsible citizen in
today’s world. Be sure to list the legal terms you find that we assume
all people understand.
3. Read an article in the newspaper about an individual who is honest. What
has the honest act? What were the consequences of the act? Would you have made
the same decision?
4. Make a family crest that shows examples of what is good about yourself and
your family. Look through today’s paper and cut out words or pictures
that remind you of what you like about your family. Paste them on a sheet of
paper.
5. Look through the newspaper for an article that shows individuals, groups
or nations involved in a conflict. Write down the different sides, and what
seems to be the reason or reasons for the conflict. Think of as many different
ways as you can that they might resolve this conflict. Write a letter to the
editor that explains how the groups or nations can resolve their conflict. Would
these groups need courage, kindness, forgiveness, and patience? What other character
traits would they need to exhibit to solve their conflict?
Elementary
1. Find as many synonyms for “Win” and “Lose” as you
can.
2. Circle five verbs located in the Sports section of the newspaper. Take turns
acting these words out to see if your classmates can guess the words you chose.
3. Using the television show listings, graph the number of comedies, news shows,
dramas and documentaries airing between 8PM and 11PM.
4. Using the classified ads, find prices of cars that are equal to, greater
than, or less than $9999.00
5. Locate the statistics from games in the Sports section. Graph the total number
of yards rushed, homeruns hit, passes thrown, etc. in a single game.
6. Read articles in the newspaper about court cases. Compare the structure of
our court system with the judicial system created by the Ancient Romans.
7. Skim the articles and photographs on the front page of the newspaper. Rank
each news items in order of importance. Why did the news stories get the news
placement that they did?
8. Scan the newspaper for articles about someone what has broken a law. How
would you feel if you were the lawbreaker, the victim, the lawyer or the judge?
How would you rewrite the article from the point of view of one of those people?
9. Select six headlines from the pages of the newspaper. Cut apart the words
from those headlines. Using your words, create new sentences. Identify the noun,
verb and adjective in each. How many complete sentences can you create?
10. Look through the pages of the newspaper to locate something you can see,
something you can smell, something you can taste, something you can hear, and
something you can touch.
Junior High
1. Using a ruler, figure out the percentage of space on a given page for ads,
pictures, stories and headlines.
2. On the front page of the newspaper, circle all the numbers you can find and
give the range. Determine also the mean, median and mode.
3. Over a period of several weeks, clip articles that deal with problems and/or
issues facing your local city government. Discuss the reason for these problems,
and how the government hopes to solve them.
4. Find a news article written in past tense. Clip it out of the paper and rewrite
it in present tense.
5. Research the area of drugs, tobacco or alcohol, and write an article that
informs the local readers of the dangers of one of the substances.
6. Look in the classified ads to find job listings for the medical/health professions.
What is the median pay range? Job requirements? Educational requirements? Benefits?
Opportunities for advancement?
7. Look for slogans used by businesses in their advertisements. What is the
reason for these slogans? Are they believable to you? To whom do they appeal,
and what propaganda devise is used? Make up five businesses and write slogans
for them.
8. What are the qualifications a person should have to hold public office? Make
a list, and then see how the current office holders of candidates stack up.
Use articles from the newspaper and other sources to find out about previous
jobs, experiences, and other factors that make each candidate or office holder
prepared to serve as an elected official.
9. Select three apartments listed in the classified ads for rent section. For
each of the following, compute the total rent for a year. Determine the average
monthly rent based on the apartments you have chosen. Which of the three apartments
you have chosen appears to be the best choice for the money and why?
10. Scan through the newspaper and list ten occupations that are discussed.
Don’t use your classified advertisements for this activity!
High School
1. Look for a grocery ad with a soft drink advertisement. Figure out how many
fluid ounces are in the eight bottle carton or six pack, and break it down into
pints, quarts, gallons and liters.
2. Every week, check through the job listings and put a red X through those
jobs that could not be filled by a high school dropout. Put a black X through
those that could not be filled by a person with a technical school or college
training. Discuss your findings.
3. Choose an editorial and read it carefully. Decide which statements or parts
of the statements are facts, which are opinion, and whether or not the tone
of the editorial is conservative or liberal. Watch for upcoming issues to see
if there is any reaction to the editorial on the letters to the editor page.
4. To improve map skills and stimulate interest in current events, follow the
route of a government official as he travels around the country or around the
world. Show the route he or she takes on a map with a marker or pushpins.
5. Find the area of the floor in your classroom or library. Using a carpet or
tile ad from the newspaper, compute the cost or carpet or tile the room. If
the carpet were offered at a 20% discount, what would the cost of the carpeting
be?
6. After skimming the newspaper each day, select the important news story of
the day and post it on a bulletin board. At the end of the week, have the class
vote on the most important story of the week.
7. Look in the newspaper for articles about countries at war. Use newspaper
archives and reference books to look for the same topic 3 or 5 years ago –
what has changed, been resolved or worsened over the past 3 to 5 years?
8. Have a discussion of employment trends and demands in your community, based
on the help wanted section of the classified ads and any related articles.
9. Study the periodic chart of the elements, and then take a red magic marker
and mark the appropriate chemical symbols found in scientific articles in the
newspaper.
10. Select a sports story that is of interest to you, and rewrite passive voice
sentences into active voice.
(NIE activities compiled from various sources obtained through NAA Foundation)
www.thegateway.org
Free lesson plans on a large assortment of topics sorted by subject and grade.
www.yahooligans.yahoo.com
A teacher guide to internet literacy with sample lesson plans for all grades
and subjects.
www.pbs.org
Lesson plans in art and literature, health and fitness, math, science, and social
studies, searchable by grade level.
www.educationworld.com
Curriculum, site reviews, inspirational stories, teaching strategies and classroom
management tips.
www.proquestk12.com
Links to state and national educational standards, professional development
and grade-specific help.
www.scholasticnetwork.com
Tips on classroom layout, timely lessons, lesson plans and online classroom
activities.
www.smgww.org
The online stock market game, gives an overview of how the simulated game works.
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/teacher/
Teacher guides, lesson plans for using editorial cartoons.
www.edycatuibwirkd,cin.a_lesson/lesson205.shtml
Ten terrific newspaper lessons.
www.crayola.com
Rainy day activities, party tips, family travel tips and a guide to partners
as partners in education.
www.disney.com
Family fun with recipes, party planning, and games.
www.yahooligans.yahoo.com
Material on safe web surfing and web surfing as a family adventure.
www.nickjr.com
Parents pages offer articles on health and fitness, school concerns, advice
and a movie and video guide.
General homework help
www.factmonsters.com
Harry Potter quizzes, today in history, almanac, atlas, encyclopedia, games
and homework help.
www.homeworkspot.com
Help on writing book reports, a reference desk, and tutorials on a variety of
subjects geared toward grade level.
www.encarta.msn.com
Virtual tutors,
dictionary, atlas, encyclopedia and a web directory of homework help.
www.timeforkids.com
Online version
of TIME magazine written for kids with articles on news, politics, math and
the environment, plus homework help and games.
www.about.com
Homework help with link to a variety of subjects.
Careers
http://content.monster.com
Career advice, interviewing techniques, salary charts.
http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htm
Career information for kids who like music/arts, math, science, physical education/outdoors,
social studies and reading.
English/literature
www.teenlit.com
Features poetry, short stories, essays, contests, writing workshops, book reviews
and teen links.
www.shakespeare.com
Biography of Shakespeare’s life, quotes, synopsis of plays, and how to read
Shakespeare’s plays.
http://pbskids.org/arthur
Arthur stories and games.
www.vocabulary.com
Puzzles, definitions, etc. based on lists of vocabulary words.
www.webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
Guide to grammar and writing.
Government/Elections
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/elections/
Presidential election maps from 1860-1996 including information on the popular
vote v. the electoral vote.
www.state.ri.us
Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State’s official website. Includes information
on the elections, a list of state officers, a link to the U.S. Constitution
and R.I. Charter, history and facts of interests about the state’s cities and
towns and the lyrics on the state song.
www.declareyourself.com
Information about the importance of voting, how to register to vote, absentee
ballots, etc.
www.whitehouse.gov
The official White House website.
www.rockthevote.com
MTV’s website about voter registration.
History/Social Studies
http://calendarhome.com/tyc/
Find what day of the week anything happened in history.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Link to the Library of Congress studies, online versions of books on 102 countries
and regions.
http://eh.net/ehresources/
Find out the buying power of the dollar throughout history, with figures dating
back to 1665.
www.holidays.net
Dates and descriptions of holidays celebrated around the world.
www.50states.com
Facts about state capitals, flags, mottos, birds, flowers, etc.
www.nationalgeographic.com
Maps, history, culture, link to the magazine.
www.smithsonian.com
Link to Smithsonian
magazine.
Journalism
www.highschooljournalism.org
ASNE site for scholarships, resources, links for high school journalists.
www.newspaperlinks.com/voyager.cfm
State by state links to local newspaper websites.
Languages
http://world.altavista.com
Babel Fish translates copy from one language to another. Languages include Chinese,
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese,
Russian and Spanish.
Math
www.onlineconversion.com
Convert ltemperature from Fahrenheit to Celsius, speed from miles to knots to
kilometers and volume from liters to ounces. Conversion of temperatures, cooking
terms, length and distance, etc.
www.math.com
Ask an expert, calculators and tools, games and math tutorials.
Reference
www.bartleby.com
Search for quotations and verses. Includes Bartlett’s Dictionary of Quotations.
www.ipl.org/youth
Internet public library reference desk with tips for science fairs, research
tools.
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
Online version of the Guinness Book of World Records.
www.itools.com
Easy search, language and research tools.
www.dictionary.com
Easy to use dictionary and thesaurus, with tips on proper grammar usage, and
more.
www.kidsclick.org
A search tool compiled for kids by librarians.
www.referencedesk.com
Search Google, Yahoo and MSN, get help with SATS, learn a word of the day, or
study gas prices or the world clock. It’s all here.
www.brittanica.com
Encyclopedia Brittanica online, the complete text.
www.wordcentral.com
An illustrated,
easy-to-use dictionary for kids.
www.google.com
Search the web, today’s news stories and visual images.
www.askjeeves.com
Search the web by typing in a question, a good search tool for young children.
Science
www.ksc.nasa.gov
Kennedy Space Center site with live video, launchings and landings, science
and exploration info.
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/efs
Views of earth – including specific cities – from space.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/Frog2
Virtual dissection of a frog.
www.endangeredspecie.com
List of endangered species in your state, causes, how to help.
www.nwf.org/kids
National Wildlife Foundation site with Ranger Rick activities.
Just for Fun
www.crayola.com
Crafts and fun art activities for kids.
www.yahooligans.yahoo.com
Games, fun, reference materials.
www.disney.com
Games, activities and more with a Disney theme.
www.4kids.org
Games, activities and contests just for kids, and tips on using the web.
www.corypaints.com
Online coloring book, stories, paper dolls.
www.kidscom.com
Coloring book pages, paint pad, mazes, games, and ways to express yourself.
www.cartoonnetwork.com
Games, trading cards, etc. based on the cartoons.
www.discoverykids.com
Articles and games on a variety of topics.
www.kidsdomain.com
Crafts, cliparts and contests for kids.
www.foxkids.com
Games, video clips, etc., featuring your favorite Fox Network cartoons.
Activities for preschoolers to beginning readers
1. Cut out pictures of cars, bicycles, motorcycles, boats, buses, etc. and paste
on sturdy cardboard. Punch holes to bind into a transportation picture book.
2. Do the same with pictures of different foods to teach about food groups and
nutrition.
3. Or cut out pictures of people doing different jobs and make a book about
your community. Include firefighters, police, doctors, teachers, government
officials, etc.
4. Cut out numbers and make your own flashcards, or create flashcards from simple
words.
5. Search for opposites – big and small, old and young, hot and cold,
etc.
6. Make an alphabet book with pictures and words beginning with each letter
of the alphabet. Extra credit for finding X and Z!
7. Cut out the individual panels on the Comics page and have children put them
back in order. What came first? Last? Ask them to guess what might have happened
before and after the first and last panels.
8. Cut out pictures from unrelated stories, and write a children’s story
together using the pictures as illustrations. Read it at bedtime.
Activities with older children
1. Plan a family outing. Use the newspaper listings to plan dinner and a movie,
or a nature walk or a weekend getaway. Older children can help budget for the
event, and can make a schedule.
2. Follow a developing news story and plan a dinnertime discussion. Make predictions
about what might happen next. Hold mock elections or debates after dinner.
3. Make a game of guessing which of your favorite sports teams will win or what
the score might be. Read the paper for the results. The winner gets to choose
the next game or activity.
4. Go through the circulars together and make a grocery list for the week. Peruse
the food section for recipes that use ingredients that are on sale. Cook a meal
together from start to finish. Make sure to include dessert!
5. Borrow an idea from the schools and Drop Everything And Read. Adults too!
Pick 20 minutes and read silently then meet to discuss the funniest thing you’ve
read, or the saddest, or the most interesting or thought provoking. Let your
children see you reading – the newspaper, a book, the back of a cereal
box. Read often and read together.
6. Use the newspaper as a starting place. Read the Sports section together then
help your child research a favorite player or team on the Internet or at the
library. Read a movie review, then see the movie, and research the topic or
actors. Find conflicting reviews online. Write your own review and email it
to friends and family.
7. Copy what you like! Use the newspaper as a springboard for ideas to create
your own family newsletter, The Smith Family Times or The Jones Journal. Add
photos and souvenirs from a family vacation or celebration. Make copies and
give it to your grandparents as a gift.
Recycling
Create a playhouse out of recycled newspaper
Create a playhouse with your child and recycle newspapers at the same time.
Instructions for creating a R. Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome out of a stack
of 100 sheets of newspaper and a roll of masking tape are online at www.nieworld.com/special/recycle/geodesic.htm.
Turn your old newspapers into a “lasagna garden”
Instructions for recycling the paper into a layered vegetable garden that requires
no digging, tilling or weeding are available online at www.nieworld.com/special/recycle/lasagna.htm.
Just don’t bring us your extra zucchini. We probably have enough!
Make a newspaper book cover
Yesterday’s news can wrap today’s text book. Find instructions for
a “newsie” book cover at www.nieworld.com/special/recycle/bookcover.htm.
What do dress patterns, Christmas wreaths and glass cleaners have in common?
They can all be made from recycled newspapers. So can pot holders, fire starters,
kites, sponges and even new paper. Visit www.make-stuff.com/recycling/newspaper.htm for more tips and instructions.
