Elementary School 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!

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!

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.

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!

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

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.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

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!