Sequence Sentences...and Make Your Favorite Sandwich!
Which comes first: the bread or the turkey? Whether first graders are telling a story about a sandwich or making a real one to eat, the sequence is crucial! Help it all make sense--and taste good, too--with this activity.
Make Fingerprint Art
Get your hands dirty and paint with your fingers. Your fingerprints, that is. In this activity, you'll help your child develop the fine motor coordination she needs to master handwriting.
String Story Necklaces
Tell your kid you're going to spend the afternoon working on comprehension and you're sure to get a yawn. This activity delivers the goods with a fun art project that will also teach kids to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.
Play the Chanukah Anagram Game!
Celebrate Chanukah by guiding your child through a simple anagram word game. This activity requires your child to get his mind working, as he attempts to create as many words as possible out of the letters of "Chanukah."
Celebrate New Year's with a Time Capsule!
This New Year, ask your third grader to reflect on the events of 2010, gather her cool stuff, and create a time capsule.
Guess What? A Writing Game
This game will help your fourth grader write with more attention to detail.
Phonics Fun: C is for Caterpillar
Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills -and make for a happy afternoon on a rainy day, too.
Make a Word Quilt Collage
Boost your child's letter recognition and help her create a beautiful paper tapestry to hang in her room.
Guess Your Ancestors
This storytelling and creative writing activity is a fun way to engage your child in general and personal history.
Sequence Those Sentences, A Story Game
For kindergartners, the concept of a story having a beginning, middle, and end is only just starting to make sense. Help your kindergartner develop his story sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about story parts with sentence strips.
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