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.
Make a Textured Name Plate
Make a textured name plate with your preschooler to hang on her door. She'll practice letter recognition and be able to claim her own space in the house!
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.
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.
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!
Practice Reading with a Word Hunt
Let your child play detective and search for word cards you've hidden around the house. With this fun game, she'll have a great time as she practices her reading skills!
Write Silly Sentences to Master Verb Tenses
Many children struggle to understand all the different parts of speech. Here's a game to help your child grasp the concept of verb tenses. With this silly card game, the entire family can play together and she'll become an expert of verb tenses in no time.
Make a "My Favorite Nouns" Book
This activity is a great way to get your first grader thinking about nouns. Create a book together cataloging her favorite people, places, and things to help her harness basic grammar and speech rules!
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.
