English Language Arts Activities : Page 8

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Determine if each hemisphere specializes in dealing with specific functions. Include illustrations of the brain, it hemispheres.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

Confused about clauses? Get the concept to stick by helping your middle schooler make mix-and-match poetry dice filled with independent and dependent clauses.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

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

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

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.

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

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.