Reading activities for kids

Reading has never been this much fun! Reading activities for kids encourage and develop great learning skills in children of all ages. Not only does reading expand comprehension, it cultivates creativity and imagination as well.

Reading activities are essential to a child’s academic growth and form the basis of everything the child will learn in the future. When young children are read to, they develop an innate sense and understanding of the language. Reading activities expose kids to new worlds, cultures, and ideas that subconsciously influence their thinking and character.

Reading activities for kids encourage and develop great learning skills in children of all ages. Not only does reading expand comprehension, it cultivates creativity and imagination as well.

Here are some interesting reading activities in Jumpstart to get the learning started.

• Activities for practicing alphabetical order

Remind your child that a noun is used as the name of a person, place, or thing. Write the alphabet down the side of a sheet of paper. Then have your child write a noun for each letter

• How to encourage kids to read

Help your kids get their own public library card. Visit the library regularly, get to know the children's librarian, and ask for recommendations. Your children might want to browse and select their own titles, too!

• Learning-Letters

Learning doesn't just happen in the classroom. In fact, the most effective and enduring learning occurs during everyday living. Make learning an around the clock affair with these easy tips that will ensure learning becomes part of your kids' daily routine.

• Lunchbox Notes: A fun way to promote reading

Let's face it - not all children enjoy reading because many of them view it as work or as something they have to do. But what if there were a way to make reading fun?

• Reaching for Reading

Stories are a treat for your child and a great opportunity to spark a lifelong love of learning! By sharing books and tales with your child everyday, you can help build imagination, creativity and more.

• Spelling activities

Learning how to recognize and spell words will help your child become a better reader. You can help your child practice reading and spelling short-vowel words. Below are some activities to help make learning fun!

• Practicing antonyms, synonyms and homonyms

With your child, think up some opposite word pairs, such as fast/slow, stand/sit, big/little, up/down, laugh/cry, sleep/wake, enter/exit, open/close, and tall/short.

• Rhyme time

Looking to turn your children into whiz kids? Rhyming is a great tool to help kids discover and explore alphabets, words, and language. Exposing kids to rhyming early on will help lead them to read and succeed!