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.

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

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.