Six Chix by Margaret Shulock, 5/17/05   Reading Is Fun Week (May 12–18) is a time to share the joy of reading with children. During RIF week, RIF programs across the country will host book distributions like the ones showcased in the poetic "RIF Day" video (right). At each distribution, children will get to choose a free book that they can take home and keep! Read the poem "RIF Day" by Michele Krueger, a former RIF volunteer. Support future RIF days. Make a donation today! Reading Is Fun Week is also a time to discover how much fun reading can be! Celebrate RIF Week in your home, classroom, or community with the fun and wacky literacy activities below. Also, invite your friends and family to join the celebration by sending them the RIF Week eCard (pictured left). Note: To download the activities on this page, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Get it free.

Mixed-Up Monday       Tasty Tuesday       Wacky Wednesday       Thrilling Thursday       Funny Friday

Pre-K to 1st Grade Read a bedtime story, such as Goodnight Moon or How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, in the morning. Plus, play Mix and Match and match up animals with the sounds they make. 2nd to 3rd Grade Encourage kids to have breakfast food for lunch and dinner! Have them read the back of cereal or waffle boxes while they eat. Bonus: Start playing RIF Week Bingo and play all week long!  4th to 6th Grade Write a story or poem together in Pig Latin. See if other people can translate it! Bonus: Start playing RIF Week Bingo and play all week long!  back to top

Pre-K to 1st Grade Have alphabet cereal as a snack. Then see how many words your kids can spell using the letter-shaped sprinkles on the Alpha Sprinkles coloring page.   2nd to 3rd Grade Find yummy treats in the Reading Is Sweet word search. Then play Alphabet Soup, a bilingual, interactive word find game on the RIF Reading Planet.   4th to 6th Grade Make an easy no-bake snack together, such as trail mix, peanut butter sandwiches, or punch. While kids munch, they can learn fun facts about tasty treats with the Solve the Sweet Riddle activity. back to top

Pre-K to 1st Grade Make up wacky stories and put on a puppet show with these Wacky Puppet Show characters. Or make your own puppets using anything from socks to soda cans. 2nd to 3rd Grade Encourage kids to dress up like their favorite, goofy book characters like Pippi Longstocking, Captain Underpants, or Count Olaf. Afterwards, complete the Silly Stories activity together. 4th to 6th Grade Sit on the floor in a circle. Start telling a wacky story then have kids jump in one by one to tell what happens next. Encourage them to be creative and funny. Afterward, complete the Silly Stories activity together.   back to top

Pre-K to 1st Grade Navigate Riffington's Reading Adventure Maze. Kids can guess what story Riffington is reading as they make their way through the maze. Display the completed mazes on a bulletin board or refrigerator.   2nd to 3rd Grade See how fast kids can get through the Meet Me at the Library maze.   4th to 6th Grade Go on a scavenger hunt to find something silver, something heavy, something round, and something squishy. Have kids make up a story involving everything they've found. Then have them complete the Adventures in Reading crossword puzzle. back to top

Pre-K to 1st Grade Make up silly songs about the kids' favorite book characters. Have the kids add lines and sing the songs together. Then they can create their own RIF Funnies comic strip.  2nd to 3rd Grade Ask kids to pretend they are comic book superheroes. Have them write about their special powers and sidekick. They can draw their adventures using the RIF Funnies comic strip activity sheet. 4th to 6th Grade Have kids create a short story about a favorite book character or superhero with the RIF Funnies comic strip. back to top

Download a PDF of the  RIF Week Activity Calendar.