Guides for parents

Practical ideas for reading, storytelling and screen time with your family.

• Practical reading activities at home

  Reading activities for kids: low-pressure ways to make reading fun

  Try low-prep reading activities for kids ages 3–8, from voice swaps to picture clues. Make storytime fun at home without pressure or tests.

• A story can open a door

  Using stories to talk about big feelings

  Create a little distance around worry, frustration, jealousy, change, and other big feelings through a fictional character.

• Turn watching into doing

  How to make screen time more meaningful

  Use stories as a starting point for conversation, imagination, drawing, movement, and family connection—not passive autoplay.

• Meaning first, perfect translation second

  Bilingual storytime without making it a vocabulary test

  Use familiar plots, repeated phrases, pictures, and conversation to make family storytime welcoming across languages.

• Low-prep indoor imagination

  Indoor storytelling activities for kids: low-prep games for rainy days

  Explore screen-free indoor storytelling games for kids ages 3–8. Use household objects, shared tales, drawing and a story fort on rainy days.