100 WAYS TO USE THE NEWSPAPER

Home Management

In addition to news, newspapers deliver a wealth of information for use in our daily lives. Students will focus on information as it pertains to the home — clothing, food, furnishing, heating, repairing and entertaining.

Make a chart that is divided into four parts: spring, summer, fall, winter. Print and cut out pictures of clothing you would wear during each season. Paste the pictures under the right word.
Prepare a mobile feast using pictures and words taken from the newspaper depicting various groups of foods. Examples might be: favorite foods, party foods, picnic foods, snacks, etc.
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 newspaper ads.
Print and collect newspaper ads for home cleaning products. Prepare commercials to sell their products. Tape the commercials to share with the class.
Prepare menus using food advertisements in the newspaper. Example: Christmas dinner, Italian dinner, etc.
Print and collect newspaper articles of accidents that have workers, construction workers, farmers, a puppy or kitten, etc. Discuss ways in which they are similar and different.
Print and collect newspaper articles of accidents that have happened in the home. Tell how the accidents could have been prevented.
Print out pictures of toys from the newspaper. Analyze the toy for its safety, durability, cost, interest span, and as an aid in physical and mental growth in relationship to the child.
Print and collect picture, articles and advertisements from the newspaper that demonstrate improved methods, instruments and chemicals for: heating homes, cooling homes, painting homes, caring for lawns, remodeling homes. Compile this information in a housing notebook.
Choose healthy dinners from food advertisements in the newspaper for: growing boys and girls, office workers, construction workers, farmers, a puppy or kitten, etc. Discuss ways in which they are similar and different.
Roleplay a situation taken from the newspaper that influences the emotional and/or social growth of children. Determine whether this will have a positive or negative effect on the child.