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.
Write a Tall Tale
As your child learns about tall tales in school, try this wacky writing activity that's sure to bring on the giggles. Encourage him to pen his own tall tale...about his family!
Practice Writing with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Back in preschool, your kid probably read about the "Very Hungry Caterpillar." Here's a fun activity that takes that classic to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills at the same time.
Cloudy Inspiration: A Writing Activity
What will your kindergartner imagine when she looks at the clouds? Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let his imagination float free as he writes about it!
Make an "I'm Not Bored" Book
With summer just around the corner, the need for boredom-proof activities is especially important. Here's a project for children of all ages, to help keep that boredom at bay!
Valentine Party Blower Messages
Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!
Compare and Contrast! Diagram a Story
Comparing and contrasting elements in narrative texts involves identifying how story elements, situations, and plots are alike and different. Here's how you can get your middle schooler started.
Write with Quill Pens Like the Founding Fathers
Our founding fathers used quill pens to sign the US Constitution. In this activity, your child can go back in time and experience what it was like to sign this historic document by writing with his own homemade quill pens.
Create a Postcard From Africa
Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Celebrate African heritage by discovering a new and exciting place in Africa and writing a postcard to a friend, pretending you are in Africa.
Punctuate with Pasta!
This year, your second grader will need lots of practice using commas, quotation marks, periods, and question marks. Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with punctuation marks, using something straight from the cupboard... pasta!
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