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.
Send a Phoneme Postcard
Even in first grade, spelling can seem awfully complicated, so teaching your child some spelling strategies and patterns can really help him improve. In this activity, give your child the opportunity to get some spelling practice in while creating a wacky postcard at the same time.
Play "Roll Those Words", A Reading Activity
Let those good reading times roll! Re-use wooden building blocks or old board game dice to get your child practicing her reading and sentence-writing skills in this twist on a classic word dice game.
Unplug Yourself with a "Little House" Dinner
The "Little House" books are a popular series with adults and kids alike. In this activity, you'll start a book club with your family and then plan a themed dinner based on the "Little House" books. It's a guaranteed good time for everyone!
Create an Illustrated Bookmark
In first grade, your child starts the great adventure of reading whole books. Give your child the support to build good reading habits by helping him make and illustrate a bookmark with his favorite story scene!
Sequence Those Sentences, A Story Game
For kindergarteners, the concept of a story having a beginning, middle, and end is only just starting to make sense. Help your kindergartener develop his story sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about story parts with sentence strips.
Learn to Spell with Scrambled Letters
Boggle is a popular game among adults who love a good word puzzle. Here's a homemade version that your second grader can play that will help him learn to spell. Compete together to make it fun for the whole family!
Make a "Word Slider"
Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your kindergartner or first grader using paper plates and card stock to make "word sliders."
Directions First: Reading to Draw
Here's an activity that'll encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to decode directions on colors, numbers, and shapes in order to create cool pictures he can add to his art collection!
Design and Create an Alphabet Journal
By the start of kindergarten, most kids are able to sing the "Alphabet Song." But reading, writing and understanding all those letters and their sounds? That takes more time, and practice makes perfect. Here's a journal activity that can help your child develop her alphabet understanding.
Have a Word of the Day Competition
Increase your child's vocabulary with this fun, competitive game. One word is picked out of a bag each day, and whoever uses it correctly the most times wins! This game will help build your child's word bank, and can even help her score higher on those tricky standardized tests!
