Reading Activities
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
The Best Learning Apps to Keep Kids Engaged All Summer
We’ve pulled together a list of great apps for kids that can help them learn math, apply critical thinking skills, learn about meditation and healthy living, develop important reading and phonics skills, or simply delight in stories.
Tween
Brightly’s Book Club for Kids: Short
Filled with laugh-out-loud moments and unforgettable characters, Holly Goldberg Sloan's Short is a heartwarming story that tweens won’t soon forget.
Growing Reader
A Summer Reading Star Chart for Beginning Readers
This easy, at-home activity helps readers keep track of new books, mark the achievement of reading them, and consider: Which ones were really great?
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Fun Word Games To Keep Your Kids Learning This Summer
Simple pen-and-paper word games are a great go-to when kids say they're bored and a fun way to reinforce fundamental reading skills in the weeks leading up to the new school year.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Fun in the Sun: Summer Printables and Activities
Keep your kids busy this summer with our fun book-inspired printables and activities, including coloring pages, word scrambles, mazes, and more.
Tween
Brightly’s Book Club for Kids: Wonder
Our latest book club selection is a New York Times bestseller and soon-to-be major motion picture from author R.J. Palacio that inspired the Choose Kind movement. We hope you’ll find it as inspiring and engaging as we do.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
How to Make Reading Fun: 25 Ideas Kids Will Love
Bestselling author, mom, and one-time struggling reader Jean Reagan shares some great ideas for how to make reading fun for kids.
Just For Fun
Tips & Advice
5 Reasons Why Your Kids Should Meet One of Their Favorite Authors
Can it be a lot of work to find author events? Yes. Is the experience of attending worth all that effort? YES. YES, YES, YES. Here's why.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
20 Sight Word Games, Activities, and Reading Ideas
Knowing sight words at a glance makes reading easier. Here you’ll find sight word games, apps, multi-sensory activities, and reading ideas.
Growing Reader
Tween
How To Stay Engaged with Your Reader as They Grow
As our children get older, and are being taught reading in school by professionals, what can we do to stay engaged with them as readers? Here are some tips.
Tween
Brightly’s Book Club for Kids: The War That Saved My Life
Our latest book club selection is a Newbery Honor winner from bestselling author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley that has received rave reviews from kids and adults alike. We hope you’ll find it as inspiring and engaging as we do.
Growing Reader
Tween
Brightly's Book Club for Kids: A Poem for Peter
This month’s book club selection is a beautifully illustrated biography of Ezra Jack Keats that introduces kids to the boundary-breaking author and one of his most famous stories, The Snowy Day.
