2nd and 3rd Grade English Language Arts Activities

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

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.

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

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

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.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

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

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

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

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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.

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!