Reading Activities and Games
Reading activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy reading activities to help practice letters to more advanced reading skills, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to narrow your search by grade.
Play Beep!: A Context Game
This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse. This provides important practice in how to contextualize what they are hearing, which is a great step towards reading and writing.
Play the Traffic Sign Game
"Stop," "Yield," "One Way" - these are just a few of the signs that children see almost every day when driving in the car with mom or dad. When a child has not yet learned, or just beginning to learn, how to read these common signs can create both a fun game and a great learning activity.
Craft Puppets Aplenty!
Perfect for getting your child imagining, designing, and performing, and cheaper than tickets to the theater, these make-at-home puppets are fun, fast, and kid-friendly.
Play Alphabet Match-up!
Research shows that children who know the names and sounds of letters when they enter school, learn to read sooner. You can help! This activity uses a clothesline, clothespins, and pictures to work on alphabet sounds.
Make a Nonsense Book!
Helping your child learn to read doesn’t only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own—a nonsense book!
Practice Reading over a Cup of Tea!
You will personalize "bags of tea" with jumbles of words that can be reconfigured to form a simple sentence. Make acquainting your child with sentence structure and improving her reading skills an entertaining challenge!
Explore Spatial Relationships
Help your youngster with important vocabulary building by leading him through some easy, fun activities that will teach him about basic spatial relationships and the words used to describe them.
Classify Everyday Objects
Simple activities that incorporate actions such as grouping, counting, classifying, and categorizing miscellaneous household items will expand your child's vocabulary and provide a foundation for your her to learn more advanced math skills.
Back Seat Activities for Preschoolers and Kindergartners!
Need a few ways to keep that active preschooler of yours happy and entertained during your next road trip? Here are some ideas!
Take the Boredom Out of the Back Seat!
Thinking about taking a road trip? Here are some simple ways to pass the time that you and your child can do together.
