First Grade Reading Activities

First Grade Reading activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy first grade reading activities to more advanced, we've got you covered!

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Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with their budding reading skills to create a fun game that's perfect for birthday parties to rainy days at home.

Consonant Blend Scavenger Hunt

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Phonics

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like 'ch' and 'sh' with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Play Beanbag Letter Blend Toss

First Grade
Phonics

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes, while introducing a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Play Nursery Rhyme Madlibs!

First Grade
Comprehension

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

Play Picture Book Charades!

First Grade
Comprehension

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Learn Sight Words with a Water Game!

First Grade
Sight Words

You've probably played the game 'I Spy.' It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

Play Syllable I Spy

First Grade
Phonics

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

The Build-a-Word Card Game: Better than Go Fish!

First Grade
Phonics

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with her very own story using magnetic words inspired by 'Green Eggs and Ham' by Dr. Seuss.

Make a Story with Magnetic Words

First Grade
Comprehension

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

Practice Reading with Newspaper "Highlights"

First Grade
Comprehension

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

It's All Natural! A Materials Scavenger Hunt

First Grade
Phonics

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

100 Words: Word Building

First Grade
Phonics

Give your first grader some extra practice in reading and writing with these 'monster marking' riddles!

Mystery Riddles

First Grade
Comprehension

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Make a Lunchbox Magnet Board

First Grade
Phonics

Grocery Store Decoding

First Grade
Phonics

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Draw a Fairy Tale Map

First Grade
Comprehension

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