Magazine subscriptions for 6 and 8 year old girls.

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Any recommendations please. We have Beano which the elder child absolutely loves and we have inherited National Geographic kids which the younger likes to look at but I don’t love it. It’s a bit too American vibes for me and full of adverts.

Anything else?

What an Earth - this is great :) I couldn’t find it in my local shop so had to get subscription on line.

Aquila. I think the suggested age is 8+ so maybe a little tricky for the 6yo still.

Whizz Pop Bang
Phoenix
First News/The Week Junior

Would all for the bill. 😊

My son loves The Phoenix. Don't get it at all myself but he thinks it's very funny. I'd say 6-9.

A daughter had The Week at 9ish.

I bought my grandchildren Whizz Pop Bang when they were 6 & 8 and they enjoyed it. It's science based with lots of activities. They'd seen it in the library so l knew they'd enjoy it.
It may be worth a visit to your local library, if they have any children's magazines you can see whether your children are interested in them.

I used to love the week. I wondered about the week junior but how do they handle all the awful news for young people?

It's done well, similar to newsround in that they don't avoid the issues but explain them in a sensible not scaremongering way. However, if you think they would potentially find things distressing I would suggest ordering and taking a look through it first.

This is exactly what we have plus national geographic

the week junior would say my current 9 year old doesn’t bother yet but her older sibling enjoyed it at that age

Not sure how universal it is over different library boards but we can access lots of magazines for free on the library app (Libby) including what on earth and the week. There's also the tat ones with a tonne of advertising but mine never bothered with those.

Only one we get delivered is the phoenix which is just cartoons but they have live (online) drawing classes etc and are very engaging. My 13 year old only stopped reading it recently. My youngest who wasn't a lover of reading started picking it up and now loves to read anything and everything. You can often get an offer for a trial and I've seen some on vinted if you just want to try a few before signing up.

The weak junior my nephew gets.

Aquila was a big hit here - we donated 5 years worth of old copies to the DC’s primary school library, and I’m told its still popular.

My girls loved The Phoenix at that age. Really good for encouraging reading at that age. And v funny.

Mine absolutely loved the Phoenix. It’s funny, daft, clever, and has some excellent artists and great storylines. It’s not “Educational” per se, so we combined it with Nat Geog and the Week J, but kids need to be kids. Plus you will come to love Looshkin and Squid Bits etc etc yourself, unless you’re made of stone!

The Phoenix might not look educational but it is great for encouraging creativity and the artists often do online (and in real life) sessions teaching the kids how to draw the characters and come up with stories. Jamie Smart, in particular, is brilliant, Neill Cameron too. My DD is now a teen who loves drawing and writing which is not her parent's skill-set so I definitely credit The Phoenix for that.