1st Grade Reading Activities

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First grade is a year of firsts: your child's first full day of school, the first time she'll write a small story herself, and the first time she'll read a complete book cover to cover. We've got dozens of wacky reading and math activities, cool science experiments, and indoor and outdoor games to keep the learning fun.

Make a Lunchbox Magnet Board

Here's a way to get your kids involved in the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

First Grade | Reading | Arts and Crafts

Make Your Own Reading Tour Pointer

Help your first grader practice his sight words by creating a reading pointer and having him take the family on a house-wide reading tour!

First Grade | Reading | Arts and Crafts

ABC Book of Fun with Dad

With Father's Day coming up soon, why not connect the holiday with some valuable literacy learning, and make Dad happy in the process? Here's a simple, fun way to do it.

First Grade | Arts and Crafts | Writing | Reading

Make a Family Time Capsule This New Year's

"Wrap up" the old year and welcome the new one with this family time capsule that supports your first grader's reading and writing skills.

First Grade | Writing | Reading

Play Punctuation Red Light/Green Light!

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

First Grade | Reading | Writing

Sequence Sentences...and Make Your Favorite Sandwich!

Which comes first: the bread or the turkey? Whether first graders are telling a story about a sandwich or making a real one to eat, the sequence is crucial! Help it all make sense--and taste good, too--with this activity.

First Grade | Writing | Reading

Play Flip Over Vowels

Hereâs an activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words and help your child get a quick visual representation of how adding a silent e to the end of a word changes the vowel sound in the middle.

First Grade | Reading

Practice Reading with Newspaper "Highlights"

With a newspaper, a highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

First Grade | Reading

Guess The First Letter: A Reading Challenge

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

First Grade | Reading