Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

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

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

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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

Encourage your child to create a tribute to their past, and explore future dreams and goals with this narrative assemblage.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

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

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

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!

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will hear the story Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story for Kids, learn the benefits of yoga, and create their own yoga sequence to teach someone else.

Jump into the story of Cinderella by making a pumpkin coach of your own!

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 this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Finger puppets encourage creative play, communication, and they give you a great way to share the Passover story with your kids.

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

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

Children will learn about diversity, hear a story that reflects appreciation and acceptance of differences, and connect with a pen pal in another country through writing and drawing a letter.

In this activity, your child will hear a story and practice mindful breathing. They will paint a picture that reminds them to bring mindfulness and kindness to their puppy mind.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Hearing true stories of compassionate people can be uplifting and inspiring! In this home activity, your child will hear a true story of compassion and then set goals to bring compassion to their home and/or community.

Nature is so generous to us all. How often do we reflect and thank nature? In this activity, children will engage with the classic story, The Giving Tree, and actively practice gratitude in nature for trees and all that trees do for us!