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Reading Activities for Ages 6-7

Reading Activities for Ages 6-7

 

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New-Reader Roadblocks
Learn to tell the difference between ordinary beginner bumps and a more serious learning disorder.
Rub-a-Dub Read
Create a special book for bath time.
5 Ways to Raise a Reader
Make reading part of your child's life.
Design a Dream Bedroom for Your Book Lover
Make your child's book collection an essential part of her environment.
8 Great Sick-Day Activities
Chase away those sick-day blues with these simple, laid-back crafts and games. Your child will be feeling better in no time!
Make Your Own I Spy
Make a picture or write a riddle online!
10 Non-Book Ways to Get Your Child Reading
Inspire your child with these creative approaches.
Writing With Writers: Fairy Tales
Explore fairy tales and fables — some of them fractured!
Telling Spooky Stories
Author and performer Donna Washington shares age-appropriate storytelling tips.
Get to Know an Author
Try this super summer reading project: study an author who celebrates a summer birthday.
Book-Inspired Gift Kits
by Laura Johansen, Ellen Church
These presents are as fun to assemble as they are to receive!
Heavy Equipment
Hard hat alert: Create your own construction site!
There's More to Mealtime Than Food
by Amy Mascott
Sneak in some learning with your meals!
Reading Tips for Parents
by Anne Schwartzberg
Keep reading lively and interesting with these 7 tips. Learn new ways and means to support and open up this new wonderful world to your child.

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