English Language Arts Activities : Page 4

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

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.

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

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

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

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

Here's a fun activity that will give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

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

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

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

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

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

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

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

Your preschooler will have a great time painting on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!