Read aloud with craft

Upper elementary blog with practical, rigorous, classroom tested ideas to implement with your students.

We are always inspired to do fun crafts and learning activities whenever we read some of our favorite children’s books! Here is a list of activities we’ve come up with inspired by popular children’s books (alphabetized by title). (Book titles are affiliate links.) Be sure to follow our Children’s Book Activities Pinterest board! ...

These Otis Book activities are perfect for kindergarten and 1st grade. Using this fall read aloud, students can practice story retell, share their opinions about the story and even do an Otis craft.

Fall Crafts and Activities are a great way to engage your Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade students in writing and reading concepts! In this activity, you will read the book "The Leaf Thief" and your students will create a squirrel craft. There are lots of options that will be listed below for your students to practice writing skills, retell, setting, characters, and comprehension. Take a look to see what's included!

Crafts are a great way to visualize stories! In the classroom or homeschool, use these 25+ crafts that were inspired by children's books!

You know we LOVE making activities to go along with books, so I wanted to make a fun activity to go along with, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, that can be done while the book is being read aloud or after the story is over. #bookswithactivities #kindergarten #preschool #ifyougiveamouseacookie

If you want to do more than just read a book out loud, if you want to create a meaningful experience through read aloud, keep reading. . .

We love connecting projects to books, and we're always inspired by the amazing group of bloggers who participate in the Virtual Book Club for Kids (you can also check the club out on Facebook) as the group comes up with some great extension activities each month. This month's author was Leo Lionni. We chose to read and do a project using a book we've really been enjoying lately, A Color of His Own. This is the sweet tale of a little chameleon who is looking for one color to stay all the…

Today I want to share a quick and very sweet read-aloud activity with you! This lesson is perfect for the back-to-school season, or anytime you need to

We love book themed crafts and activities so I am so thrilled about today’s post because it is filled with the cutest ideas including Chicka...