1st - 5th Grade English Language Arts Activities

Here's an easy project: create a homework helper bookmark so your fourth grader can write down assignments and mark the pages he needs to read.

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces students to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.