Reading Activities : Page 4

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

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

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

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

Help your child learn about the various elements of a story by creating a play based on her favorite picture book.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

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.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Make a photo essay! This fun middle school photography activity makes creative writing come to life by turning words into pictures.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Help your child navigate their own passion for reading with a bookmark that celebrates their favorite moments, allowing them to relive them again and again.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.