Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

Blog posts tagged with "Activities"

Apr 11, 2013 -- Travel journals AKA more dead guys in boxes
Mar 26, 2013 -- Preparing for a big family trip
Feb 20, 2013 -- Making writing fun
Feb 6, 2013 -- Using technology to support parents
Oct 18, 2012 -- Book-inspired costume ideas
Aug 13, 2012 -- Summer symphony
Jul 6, 2012 -- Books just in time for vacation
Mar 30, 2012 -- Fun ideas for parents on Pinterest
Feb 17, 2012 -- Why getting out matters
Oct 18, 2011 -- Word walls in math
Oct 10, 2011 -- Comprehension posters for your classroom
Jul 22, 2011 -- The textures and textiles all around us
May 26, 2011 -- How do you encourage summer learning?
Apr 12, 2011 -- Free Language Stuff
Feb 18, 2011 -- Flat Stanley goes to the gym
Jan 28, 2011 -- Snow days
Jan 19, 2011 -- Adult book club inspires the young
Jan 19, 2011 -- Science fun
Jan 11, 2011 -- Resolutions and readers
Dec 1, 2010 -- Teachers as pack rats
Oct 13, 2010 -- N is for No Letter of the Week
Sep 29, 2010 -- Dramatic science, and a calendar too!
Sep 8, 2010 -- The value of mixed practice in teaching reading
Jun 17, 2010 -- Summer suggestions
May 24, 2010 -- Summer slide
Apr 28, 2010 -- Goodbye poetry month
Mar 19, 2010 -- Madness in the air - books and basketball!
Feb 10, 2010 -- Snow day sanity... not!
Dec 1, 2009 -- Literacy Lava 3 is here!
Nov 24, 2009 -- Children, start your letter writing
Aug 26, 2009 -- Looking at writing: An emergent writer
Aug 5, 2009 -- Books as play
May 26, 2009 -- Teachers take the summer off, right? Ha!
Mar 16, 2009 -- Is it a duck or a rabbit?
Dec 16, 2008 -- 'Tis the season, again!
Nov 25, 2008 -- How do you cook a turkey?
Jun 24, 2008 -- Reading logs: Our own hot topic
Jun 11, 2008 -- Pen pals, old school style
Mar 11, 2008 -- Are word searches a waste of instructional time?

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