English Language Arts Activities : Page 5

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

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

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

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!

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

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

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

This science fair project idea raises awareness of a real ecological issue.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.