AQUILA aims to inspire children to notice, question and appreciate the world. Unlike other magazines aimed at this age group it encourages concentration and focus and, importantly, does not pressurize youngsters to be older than their years.
Each issue has a topic – Native Americans, Museums and the Coast of Britain are just a few of the recent ones. Articles and activities are designed to help children improve their skills in language, maths and science, but beyond this, the magazine helps to enrich children’s learning by stimulating them to follow up their own interests and enthusiasms – and to share them with others. The letters pages bear witness to this – here they can exercise their skills of argument, discussion and persuasion.
‘This is just what I want for my children’
However, it’s not just the children who give AQUILA the thumbs up. Continued success depends on parents and teachers recognizing the intrinsic value of the magazine, and on word of mouth recommendation. Office manager Janet says, “We hear the same message time and time again: ‘this is just what I want for my children’ and ‘I wish I had heard of you before’.”
Educational specialists also approve. Joan Freeman, leading authority on high ability children described AQUILA as, ‘the best enrichment material available for the able child.’ The enthusiasm of the writers for their young audience shines out.