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

Use your cookie cutters with jello to have the kids create a story with the shapes they choose.

In this activity, help your kindergartener develop sequencing skills with these easy story sequence cards

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

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

These simple yet stylish place cards will dazzle your guests and make fun conversation starters at dinner.

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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.

Make some fairy tale felt board stories with your child the next time you're looking for a fun activity for a lazy afternoon.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

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!

Regale your kindergartener with the beloved story of Rudolph, and then segue into a Christmas craft project in which he makes his own reindeer creation!

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

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.

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.

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

In this activity, you and your child will read a story about heartfulness, practice heartfulness by sending kind wishes to others, and draw pictures of those you both love and care for (such as family members, friends, or pets).

Determination can go along way, especially in difficult times. In this home activity, your child will hear the true story of Ivy, the very determined dog, who plays, loves, and runs, just like the other dogs, even though she does not have the ability to

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.