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Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

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

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.