Here are 33 simple fun reading activities for kids and a printable gift for you to enjoy reading books with your kids. These ideas are filled with reading tips, learning, fun, and lots of creativity!
33 Fun Reading Activities for Kids!
You just need a book to get the creative, positive, learning juices flowing for kids. Keep reading to the bottom for a printable gift to you of 33 Fun Reading Activities for Kids!
1.Talk about WHY we learn to read: learn God’s love for us, our interests, instructions, fun
2. Sight Word Hopscotch: hop on sight words and yell out the words or letters
3. Animal Reading Party with stuffed animals or pets, sharing animal stories and animal snacks
4. Paint favorite book characters on Reading Rocks
5. Bubbles and Books Picnic: read books on a blanket and blow bubbles outside when you’re done
6. Books at the Beach: bring your books to an outdoor place you love
7. Create a Bookmark: cut out a rectangle, write a quote, your name, or draw and add stickers
P.S. If you’re new here, Hi! I’m Tracy Murdock, a Jesus-loving wife, and author mom of 2 sons (one on the way) and my twin daughters who inspired my #1 best-selling, award-winning children’s picture book “Zoe in Double Trouble“, all in God’s glory! Join us for “Twin Momspiration Tuesdays” with faith and family love @yourtwinmom on FB, IG, Twitter, Pinterest and get momspired with Your Twin Momspiration Newsletter. We have a private Your Twin Mom Group for twin moms with prayer requests, mom questions, and uplifting FB Lives too!
8. Silent Reading Game: Who can stay quiet the longest when reading?
9. Read a fun Recipe and make it together
10.Make a card for a friend and practice reading it aloud before you mail it
11. Read Instructions to a new craft or toy to build together
12. Reading Rockstar: listen to children’s songs and sing out to the fun words you hear
13. Write or draw your own story: Focus on beginning, middle, end of your story
14.Take pictures of your favorite things and make a poster: write the words under the pictures
15. Playdough sculptures of your favorite characters
14. Name Game: Make letters of your name with your body
15. Change names in the stories to your names when you’re reading
16. Partner Reading: Take take turns with reading or share picture walks together
17. Make fun new voices when you are reading
18. Have a puppet show about a favorite story or your own story idea
19. Keep a weekly book log and compare the stories at the end of the week
20. Read and Snuggle under a book fort
21. Act out a story and have your family guess which book it is
22. Pretend to be a teacher and read aloud to your class of siblings or toy characters
23. Make a collage from pictures in a magazine and write the picture words
24. Book Baskets: put together your favorite books for you to read and share
25. Book Nook: in a corner of your room, add a little pillow and a book for cozy reading
26. Book Light: turn out the lights and read a book with a flashlight
27. Take pictures of kids and family reading and post them on a poster “Reading Rockstars”
28. Show them pictures of mommy and daddy reading as kids
29. Share your favorite books with them from when you were little
30. Read in a box: make the box about your favorite reading topics like a car or spaceship
31. Research new favorite interests in books and keep a journal of new facts you learn
32. Change the ending of a story you share
33. Do a picture walk looking at the pictures in a book and predict what is happening in the story
What are your favorite reading activities with your kids?!
All in God’s glory, my upcoming children’s picture book, “Jack and Maggie May Save the Day” will be here Summer 2021!!
P.S. If you’re new here, Hi! I’m Tracy Murdock, a Jesus-loving wife, and author mom of 2 sons (one on the way) and my twin daughters who inspired my #1 best-selling, award-winning children’s picture book “Zoe in Double Trouble“, all in God’s glory! Join us for “Twin Momspiration Tuesdays” with faith and family love @yourtwinmom on FB, IG, Twitter, Pinterest and get momspired with Your Twin Momspiration Newsletter. We have a private Your Twin Mom Group for twin moms with prayer requests, mom questions, and uplifting FB Lives too!
Here’s your Reading Activities Printable with 33 Fun Reading Activities for your Kids!
Hugs and blessings,
Tracy
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