Add one or a couple of these fun & educational subscriptions to supplement your child’s learning!
Subscription services are super convenient, and offer many different options when it comes to what interests children.
No wonder they have become increasingly popular over the last few years!
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The rise in popularity with subscriptions
The latest, newest, and most popular thing nowadays are subscriptions. There are subscriptions and subscription boxes for anything and everyone in your family. Coffee, clothing, razors for shaving, shoes, toys, educational homeschool items…you name it, there is a subscription for it! Obviously subscriptions make life for a busy family EXTREMELY easy; you can pick what you want or need online, and it gets delivered right to your door! it doesn’t get any easier or more convenient than that, that’s for sure!
Subscriptions for all ages
With all the buzz and hype surrounding subscriptions, I decided to give you my list of top 4 subscriptions for kids. Each subscription varies in price, products, ages, and frequency of the subscription. A few of these I remember having a subscription to when I was younger, and I absolutely loved them! I subscribed to a few of these for my daughters when they were in elementary and middle school as well, and they still talk about how much they loved getting “mail” and having their own products delivered to our house that belonged to them.
Subscriptions are great for everyone; and depending on what topics interest your child or children, you are surely to find one or more of these subscriptions that your child will fall in love with!
The 4 BEST kids subscriptions you need to sign up for RIGHT NOW!
1. Little Passports
Little Passports has four different monthly subscriptions ranging in ages from three to twelve years old. Little Passports is an award winning subscription that allows children to learn about the world through monthly subscriptions and activities.
The Little Passports Early Explorers
Ages 3 to 5
The characters take you on a worldwide adventure, perfect for the younger learner!
The subscription comes with:
- high quality stickers
- trading cards
- flashlight game
- photo postcard
- letter from characters Max and Mia
- fun souvenirs
- activity booklet
Skills taught:
- Geography
- Following directions
- Color recognition
- Fine motor control
The Little Passports World Edition
Ages 6 to 10
The characters take you on a trip around the globe and teach your children about world cultures!
The subscription comes with:
- high quality stickers
- activity sheets
- photo postcard
- letter from characters Sam and Sophia
- fun souvenirs
- bonus recipes and crafts
- online games and activities
Skills taught:
- Geography
- Country recognition
- Imagination
- Empathy and Memory
The Little Passports USA Edition
Ages 7-12
The characters take you on trip to explore and visit the 50 states, famous landmarks, and state history!
The subscription comes with:
- 32 page state journal
- educational stories
- hands-on activities
- tasty recipes
- fun facts
- 3D landmark models
- online photo album and more
Skills taught:
- State recognition
- Creative thinking
- Reasoning and logic
- Focus and attention
The Little Passports Science Expeditions
Ages 9+
Help the characters solve scientific mysteries while they collaborate with international scientists!
The subscription comes with:
- achievement badges
- 8 page experiment guide
- 16 page comic book with glossary and activities
- lab notebook prompts
- experiment kits
- bonus online video
Skills taught:
- Experimentation
- Problem-solving
- Observation
- Note taking
Little Passports also has a huge selection of individual products as well as the subscriptions.
2. Curiosity Pack
Curiosity Pack is a monthly subscription that inspires a love of learning through activities that teaches children to be caring and empathetic while learning letters, numbers, science, and art; just to name a few. They have two subscription options; and a Personalized Learning Plan, perfect for home school, depending on what your needs are.
Countdown to Kindergarten
Ages 3 to 5
Teaches the academic and social skills children need for Kindergarten.
The subscription comes with:
- Curiosity pack or a book pack
- Curiosity packs include: the Letters pack, the Numbers pack, and the Feelings pack
- Each pack includes parent education, ready to use activities and information about child development
Skills taught:
- real world learning situations with numbers and letters
- feel more comfortable about a new environment
- develop empathy
Change Makers Club
The Change Makers Club is an 8 week subscription that teaches children to be empowered to change the world for the better!
Ages (0-5) Know Your Power
Ages (6-8) Connect & Amplify
Ages 9+ Be the Change
The subscription comes with:
- Weekly email plans
- Downloadable activities to print and complete
- Scripts and questions
- Profiles of other kid heroes that have mad a difference
Skills taught:
- Explore and learn from your community
- Help your child identify themselves as a helper
- Articulate and communicate values
3. Highlights
Highlights Magazines have been a childhood favorite for more than 70 years! Their subscriptions magazines provide opportunities to learn through games, puzzles, rhymes and more!
Ages 2 to 6
The monthly High Five Magazine is geared toward the younger, inquisitive learner.
The subscription includes:
- Easy recipes and crafts
- Action rhymes that encourage exercising
- Stories from other parts of the world and cultures
- Hidden pictures
Skills taught:
- Boosts thinking and problem solving
- Includes basic concepts of science, nature and art
- Teaches word recognition
- Introduces math concepts
- Promotes values and creativity
Ages 6 to 12
The monthly Highlights Magazine is designed for school aged children to build upon and expand on the skills they learn while in school.
The subscription includes:
- Hidden pictures
- Stories from other parts of the world and cultures to expand empathy
- BrainPlay and other features to let them know their opinion is valued
- Crafts and science experiments
Skills taught:
- Attention to detail and concentration
- Fascinating science and nature topics
- A chance to see their own creative work in print
- Critical thinking and creativity
Highlight has many other products as well, such as clubs, apps, toys, and books. Check out all they have to offer here.
4. Zoobooks
Zoobooks Magazines teaches children about all things related to animals. They have three different subscriptions, that are great for child up to twelve years old!
Ages 0-2
The subscription comes with:
- Lift the flap and peek-a-boo features
- Beautiful photography
- Durable toddler tough pages
Skills taught:
- Mind building concepts like colors, shapes and sizes
- Ideas for nature fun for the whole family
Ages 3 to 6
The subscription comes with:
- Amazing photographs
- Fun cartoon characters
- Fascinating illustrations
Skills taught:
- Games, puzzles and activities in the Fun Pages
- Access to online learning
- Loads of ideas for extended learning opportunities
Ages 6 to 12
The subscription comes with:
- Amazing wildlife photography
- Games and puzzles
- Online access to Secret Jungle Club
Skills taught:
- Learn about animal habitats
- Social life of animals
- Conservation
- Encourages kids to be life long learners
What to take from this
These subscriptions provide variety for all ages and all stages of development. Any one of these would be a great addition to any classroom, home school curriculum, or as a beginning to your child’s life long learning adventure! They all offer some great, fun learning activities, that really capture a child’s interests!
Do you have a subscription that you also enjoy? Feel free to tell me more about it in the comments!
Happy subscribing, and I hope you find a subscription that fits your child’s educational needs!
Anitra J.
I loved Highlights as a child! I definitely want to get Little Passports when my girls get just a little older.
Laura, I loved Highlights too!
loved curiosity pack and highlights as well, will surely try them when my girls are a bit older
Little Passports looks so cute! My girls would definitely love that!
Great suggestions. I’ll check them out.
I so want to try some of these with my kiddos!
These are great I’ve not heard of some of them but loved highlights as a kid. I forgot about it but gonna check it out for my kids they would love it too. Thanks!
Such great information and my daughter LOVES to get mail as well. She receives Highlights at the moment and I think I may be more excited than she is when it arrives. I have been contemplating Little Passports for a while now and I think I will sign up for it soon!!! Thank you so much for the information.
No problem Jill! Thank you!
Oh I wish I had little ones, Some of these sound so fun.
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Great magazines for young kids especially Zoobooks for Science. I loved Highlights as a child.
I remember loving Highlights as a kid! These are all wonderful and would make great gifts as well!
Those all look like a lot of fun for kids. I just to have a subscription for my son too when he was a little younger. Getting a surprise in the mail every month is really something they look forward to.
What a great gift idea for a child in your life!!
Wr get Highlights and National Geographic Kids…but now I’m thinking about doing Little Passports for summer.
Fun! Little Passports is a super fun subscription too Rachel.
We used to get the highlights for the kids and they loved the search and find in there
I had Highlights when I was a kid! We don’t do any of these with our daughter, but are currently subscribed to Kiwi Co and have tried a We Craft Box! She loves the craft boxes.
My toddler would love these! This is a great idea for winter coming up! She loves stickers and hidden picture puzzles!
My kids have so many toys, I love the idea of Zoobooks or hi-lilghts!
Love Highlights and Zoobooks! We got our boys these subscriptions last Christmas, and they love getting stuff in the mail. Then they pore over each magazine issue until they are loved to shreds. Great post.
I can’t wait to grab Highlights and Zoobooks for my kid! I enjoyed them as a kid, and I’m excited to share those moments with my own.
Liked the idea of highlights and zoobooks subscriptions. I will share this information with my friends.Thanks.
All of these subscriptions for children sound great. I like the idea of continuous engagement for them – something they can look forward to!
Aw man! Highlights was one of my favorites as a child. Thank you so much for sharing this just in time for our summer vacation.