Little Fish's Favourite Magazine

Today I have a rave and a deal for the expat parents out there. A friend passed on her old copies of Chickadee magazine, from a few years ago. They are aimed at ages 6 to 9 so I had them in storage. I was moving things around while packing to go to Canada and Little Fish spotted them. He was quite interested but the crafts and reading pages were a little beyond him.

I went online and found that the company that publishes Chickadee also publishes two other kids mags. Chirp is aimed at ages 3 to 6 and Owl is aimed at ages 9 to 13. I ordered some back issues of Chirp just to see if it would be worth subscribing. It took a while for the mags to arrive, but once they did, Little Fish fell in love! He asks for Chirp time at least once a day.


He especially likes the cut out page (we made a dragonfly today, cutting together and he glued it by himself) and the silly jokes. His favourite now is: What did the sink say to the toilet? You look a little flushed. LOL! He get his sense of humour from my dad.

There are two awesome things about Chirp for us expats. One is the online page. There are things the kids can do, but also printouts for colouring and other resources. The other is the fact that ordering back issues means you pay the same shipping as anyone else! $3.25 for a magazine to be shipped to Japan is a deal I can't resist.

Did I mention it's a Canadian magazine? It is! ;)