Reading Activities : Page 2

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Put your kid to the test and have him compare and contrast elements in a narrative text by identifying how characters and situations are alike and different.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!