The Post-Standard is an inexpensive, educational and easy to use reading material. Newspapers offer ever-changing stories on a wide variety of subjects that offer you numerous opportunities to read, think and learn with your child.

Listed below, we offer you dozens of activity ideas to help you use The Post-Standard with your child. The activities are fun, educational and most importantly something you can do together as a family. Throughout the year we will add new activities, so visit us often! New activity ideas are also posted weekly on our blog.

Do you have tips to share or questions you’d like answered regarding using the newspaper with your children? Send us an email.

ACTIVITY IDEAS

*NEW* E/M: TV Turnoff Week (or anytime!) -- Click the links below to access easy, fun and educational activities to do with your children. These activities were developed in partnership with the NYS Parental Information and Resource Center, New York Newspaper Publishers Association, NYS PTA and Think Bright New York. Fun Ways to Learn What's Next, How Can I Help My Child Learn to Read?, Promote Good Listening, Promote Respect and Responsibility, Remember Your First Teacher?, Respect Diversity, Worried About Your Children Learning?, Fun Ways to Learn, How Can I Help My Child to Read 2, A Time and Place for Homework, Activity for Beginning Readers, East Tip for Reading Aloud

*NEW* E/M/H: The Parent Newspaper Guide -- This guide offers suggestions on how to use the newspaper to reinforce what's being taught in school, to talk about shared interests, and much more. Click here for a copy of the Guide in Spanish.

E: Learning Together -- A 7-page guide to using the newspaper to read, talk and think with your child.

E/M: Sing, Dance, Act, Read! -- Activities uniquely designed for use with stories about events, entertainment, books, movies… whatever it is your child takes an interest in! Use this activity sheet with The Post-Standard’s CNY and/or Weekend sections.

E/M: Good Sports and Reading! -- If your child has an interest in sports, this activity sheet will provide great fun! Use The Post-Standard’s Sports section to learn about numbers, statistics, geography and more.

E/M/H: Reading in Your Own Back Yard -- Special activities designed to be used with stories about your community. Use these with The Post-Standard’s Local and/or Neighbors sections.

M/H: By the Numbers: Mathematical Connections in the Newspaper -- This 5-page booklet offers activities on money matters and life skills.

H: Attention High Schoolers -- Check this out to find out why The Post-Standard wants to hear from you, how The Post-Standard can give you something to talk about or something to do and how The Post-Standard can help you with your homework!