Reading Activities : Page 2

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

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!

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

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

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

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

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.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.