Kindergarten - 2nd Grade English Language Arts Activities

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

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

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

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

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!

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

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.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

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

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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.

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

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.

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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

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

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

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

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

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

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

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!