English Language Arts Activities : Page 14

Check out this hot project idea to culture bacteria and determine if the claims about the anti-bacterial properties of curry and cinnamon are true.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

Combine a recycling craft with ABC practice with this homemade foam craft idea.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

This science fair project idea provide quantitative data about how well the use of ASL ( American Sign Language) works in communicating with babies.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

The goal of this science fair project is to evaluate the effect of heat on sound wave frequency.

Science fair project that determines whether brain size is correlated with intelligence.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

The purpose of this science project is to investigate which will grow larger plants: compost, soil and Miracle - Gro, a mixture of both.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Hereâs a surefire way to get your kids practicing their ABCs. Create an edible alphabet out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

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

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.