Preschool - 1st Grade Reading 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.

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.

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

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

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.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

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.

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

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

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

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.

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!

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!

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

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:

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

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!

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.

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