Write Silly Sentences to Master Verb Tenses
Many children struggle to understand all the different parts of speech. Here's a game to help your child grasp the concept of verb tenses. With this silly card game, the entire family can play together and she'll become an expert of verb tenses in no time.
"Z" is for Zebra!
Don't let alphabet practice turn into catching zzz's. Paint up a zany Z zebra and inject a little excitement into learning letters.
Practice Eggshell Phonics
Parents, heads up! "Short-vowel" word families such as "ing," "ack," and "ick," get lots of attention in the first grade classroom. Here's a whimsical activity that lets your child build his phonics skills by making a cool paper craft.
Make a Homework Helper Bookmark!
Here's a quick and easy project that ensures your child won't forget his assignments--or his place in the reading. Have your child create a homework helper bookmark!
Make a Scramble Book for Literacy Learning
This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also develop some solid comprehension skills too!
Play Story Ball: A Reading Comprehension Game
In the midst of a game of catch your first grader can work on reading comprehension!
Build Sentence Puzzles
Does your kindergartener know what a sentence is? Does she keep reading, long after she reaches the period, like she's in a run-on marathon? Help her practice reading, and learn the key pieces to the sentence puzzle, by creating sentence puzzles at home!
Sort the Mixed Up ABCs
Help your child reinforce the order of the alphabet with this hands-on activity using some everyday materials. It's a fun way to put a spin on a timeless skill.
Three Legged Compound Word Race
Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.
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.
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