Reading Comprehension Activities : Page 3

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.

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!

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.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

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:

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

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!

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

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

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts 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:

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

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."

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

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