Shaving Cream Paintings
Let your kindergartener squish his way to an understanding of colors with some shaving cream and food coloring. Here's a hands-on activity that shows your child how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.
Play the Bag Game: Learn Parts of Speech
Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around by creating this fun, easy learning game that your child will enjoy playing!
Get the Scoop! Create a Family Newspaper
Creating a family newspaper is a great way to teach your child the characteristics of a newspaper article, give him or her some excellent writing practice, and produce a delightful document of a day in the life of your family.
Play Punctuation Red Light, Green Light
With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.
Create a Lipogram
Just think how odd writing would go if you had to omit words and find synonyms, as in a lipogram. Your child might approach writing and composition more thoughtfully after this fun activity!
Make a Story with Magnetic Words
Celebrate Read Across America Day with the words used by Seuss himself. Challenge your kid to come up with her very own story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham."
Create an Easy-Store Puppet Stage
Construct an easy-to-make and even easier-to-store puppet stage. All you need is a curtain rod, an old sheet, and fabric pens, and you'll soon have the perfect set-up for your young thespian!
An Adverb Acting Game
Adverbs are all around us. Here's an adverb acting game that will have your child hungrily, unceasingly, enthusiastically learning!
Make a Thank You Frame
Looking for a great gift to give your child's teacher? Here's a great way for your child to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks.
Play Vocabulary Bingo
It's an easy twist on the classic game and it will prepare your fifth grader for the vocabulary challenges that lie ahead!
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