Make ABC Sponge Stamps!
Add some variety to your child's letter learning by making these darling sponge stamps together, great for different alphabet fun!
Create a Venn Diagram Creature!
Venn diagrams provide a perfect starting point for your child to brainstorm ways that two ideas or objects are similar or different. Introduce your child to this technique by helping her create a Venn diagram fantasy creature!
Make Your Own Letter People
Is your child learning to recognize letters of the alphabet? Get her to take a closer look at each letter and see the differences with this fun activity.
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!
Take a Picture Walk
Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? Kindergarten teachers have a technique, called a "Picture Walk", that teaches emerging readers to use pictures as clues to understand the meaning of a story, and guess at unfamiliar words. Here's how it works:
Play Contraction Concentration!
A contraction is an abbreviated form of two words. It contains an apostrophe which indicates that there are missing letters. Help your child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game.
Play the Refrigerator Name Game!
Letter recognition is an important part of kindergarten readiness and spelling one's name is an important first step as children start learning to read and write. Try this fun fridge magnet name game to help prepare your kid for kindergarten!
Draw Horrible Homophones
Work on homophones and spelling with this imaginative activity where your child can doodle or draw some silly things all in the name of learning!
Unplug Yourself with a "Little House" Dinner
The "Little House" books are a popular series with adults and kids alike. In this activity, you'll start a book club with your family and then plan a themed dinner based on the "Little House" books. It's a guaranteed good time for everyone!
Play Mood Charades
Not only is this game a fun family activity, it also helps with identifying emotion-- a very important skill when it comes to reading comprehension!
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