Three Legged Compound Word Race
Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.
Create a Rebus Reading Puzzle
The most common kind of rebus uses pictographs that sound like a word in place of a word to make messages. This activity combines some of the most common sight words with busy hands for a winning combination of learning and creativity!
Phonics Scavenger Hunt!
Engage your child in a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This entertaining game will have her sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around her.
Play Tape Letter Learning Games
In preschool, letter learning is the name of the game, and there's no end to fun and easy ways to practice. In this activity, you and your child can play several different games with taped down letters to help reinforce letter recognition while playing.
Make an "I Feel" Meter
Help your first grader communicate his feelings with this "feeling meter" poster to hang on his bedroom door. Kids can practice reading and expressing what they feel, and hopefully further the harmony in your household!
Race for Spelling Patterns!
In this high energy, interactive game, third graders are challenged to a race involving spelling patterns in words. This is one race your child will want to run again and again! And it will do wonders for her reading fluency.
Tricycle License Plates
Your child can spruce up her bike with an original license plate! She'll be able to get artistic as she starts to learn what license plates look like and how they're used.
Create an Origami Puppet
Here's a fun and tactile way to help your first grader build up crucial reading skills--create this adorable origami puppet!
Make an Abbreviation Book
Recognizing common abbreviations is an important component to second grade language arts. Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide a great art lesson at the same time!
Make "Mom Talking" Message Magnets
Try these humorous but practical refrigerator magnets to get some messages across and build your first grader's reading skills at the same time.
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