Search Comprehension Question Hands-on Activities

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.