1st - 4th Grade Reading Activities : Page 3

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.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

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

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

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

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

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:

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.

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

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

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.

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

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

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

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

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

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

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

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.

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.