Early Childhood 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!

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.

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

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

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.

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

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

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.

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

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

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

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

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

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!

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

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

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

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.

Let your child play with scissors! Put them to work, creating a book that will keep them busy, and help them practice their letters, too.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Make a textured name plate to hang on your preschooler's door!

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 learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

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