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

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

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

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!

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.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

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

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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!

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

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

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