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

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 child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

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

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

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

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

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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

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.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

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

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

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

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

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

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

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