Activities
Need some ideas for reading-based activities you can do with children? This section includes several articles designed to help parents, childcare providers, and teachers fill kids' days with fun and stimulating reading and writing activities. Parents may want to look in the Parent Tips section for more ideas. Teachers, please see Teaching Strategies for additional classroom suggestions.
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Family Literacy Bag: Where the Wild Things Are
Go on a "Wild Thing" reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with Reading Rockets family literacy bags — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Level: Kindergarten)
Everyday activities are a natural and effective way to begin teaching your young child about letters and words. Download and print these colorful "take-along" activities the next time you go to the grocery store or farmer's market. Turn your regular trip into a reading adventure!
Family Literacy Bag: Dinosaurs
Go on a "dinosaur" reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with Reading Rockets family literacy bags — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Level: First grade)
Help your child get the most out of a family or school trip to the museum. Spend some time at the library or online to learn more about subjects that interest your child. And don't forget to ask family members about their own interesting collections!
Family Literacy Bag: What's Next? The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Go on a "Very Hungry Caterpillar" reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with Reading Rockets family literacy bags — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Level: Pre-K and Kindergarten)
Family Literacy Bag: Environment
Go on a "green" reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with Reading Rockets family literacy bags — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books.
(Level: First grade)
Family Literacy Bag: Folktales
Go on a "folktales" reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with Reading Rockets family literacy bags — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books.
(Level: First grade)
Go on a "time-ly" reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with Reading Rockets family literacy bags — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books.
(Level: First grade)
Go on a "musical" reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with Reading Rockets family literacy bags — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books.
(Level: Kindergarten)
Go on an "animal" reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with Reading Rockets family literacy bags — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books.
(Level: Kindergarten)
Go on a "food" reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with Reading Rockets family literacy bags — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books.
(Level: Kindergarten)
Adventures in Reading: Family Literacy Bags
Reading Rockets has developed a set of family literacy bags to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books.
Making Reading Relevant: Read, Learn, and Do! (K-3)
Making Reading Relevant: Read, Learn, and Do! (Pre-K)
A Teacher’s Guide to Using Newspapers to Enhance Language Arts Skills
Newspapers expand the curriculum with an unlimited amount of information to use as background for learning activities. Discover new ways to use the newspaper in your language arts studies, with these activities from the Newspaper Association of America.
During the holiday season, consider adding some new traditions for your family that will make meaningful memories and strengthen foundations for reading and learning success.
Learning That's Hands-On Holiday Fun (Pre-K)
Use Summer Fun to Build Background Knowledge
Nursery Rhymes: Not Just for Babies!
It Happened Over There:
Empathy Through Children's Books
Reading Rockets helps parents and educators address the aftermath of the tsunami disaster with children through reading and books.