1st and 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Activities

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

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

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

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

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

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

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.

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

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.

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

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.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

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:

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!

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

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:

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

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.