Elementary School English Language Arts Activities

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

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.

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!

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!

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!

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.

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.

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

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

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

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!

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

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.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

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

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

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

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

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

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

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

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

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!

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

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

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.